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Collective flow in heavy ion collisions is seen as a key signature of the Quark-Gluon Plasma, a state of matter that is created in ultra-relativistic Pb-Pb collisions at the Large Hadron Collider. This observable has been measured with high precision by ALICE in the last decade, providing crucial insights into the nature of the QGP. With the transition to Run 3, many detectors have been upgraded to handle the increased interaction rates and thus are expected to collect more data, enabling even greater precision in many studies, including collective flow. As a bulk observable, the collective flow of inclusive hadrons is relatively straightforward to measure, making it one of the first observables analyzed with the new Pb-Pb data from Run 3. In this talk, I will present the first preliminary results of $v_n$ measurements in Run 3 and conclude with prospects for the upcoming heavy ion run.
