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FAQs
Seedream 5.5 FAQ
What is Seedream 5.5?
Seedream 5.5 is the newest AI image model from ByteDance’s Seed team and the successor to Seedream 5.0 Pro. It focuses on stable multi-round editing, native transparent (RGBA) output, layer splitting, 4K output and more accurate multilingual text.
When is the Seedream 5.5 release date?
Seedream 5.5 is released in late October 2026, with Lumina by BytePlus as the first platform to offer it. It follows Seedream 5.0 Pro, which came out in July 2026.
Is Seedream 5.5 free?
You can start for free on Seedream55: new accounts get free credits on signup, no card required, to spend on the image and video models in the generator.
Where can I use Seedream 5.5?
Lumina by BytePlus is the first platform to offer Seedream 5.5. On Seedream55 you will find it in the image generator’s model picker, alongside Seedream 5.0 Pro, Seedream 4.5, Nano Banana and GPT Image, which you can use right away.
How is Seedream 5.5 different from Seedream 5.0 Pro?
Seedream 5.5 keeps the same prompt workflow but is designed to cut cleanup: edits that stay stable over 80+ rounds, transparent output instead of manual cutouts, up to 100 layers, 4K at 16:9, and more reliable small text in Chinese, English and other languages.
Can Seedream 5.5 create transparent PNGs?
Yes. Native RGBA output, including fully and partly transparent areas, is one of its headline upgrades, so products, stickers and overlays come out ready to composite without a separate background-removal step.
Can Seedream 5.5 render text in different languages?
Yes, that is one of its main upgrades: more accurate small text in Chinese, English and other languages, plus structured text recognition that keeps font, colour and style so text can be changed by a downstream tool.