ByteDance's image creation model Seedream 5.0 Lite goes online, for the first time supporting online retrieval.

date
13/02/2026
The DouBao image creation model 5.0 Lite is officially launched at the Volcano Ark Experience Center. The model API service will be launched in the mid to late February at the Volcano Ark. It is reported that compared to version 4.5, Seedream 5.0 Lite has comprehensively improved in the three major capabilities of cross-modal understanding and reasoning, precise instruction following, and online real-time retrieval, allowing every demand to be timely responded to and accurately presented. Among them, the model's newly supported real-time retrieval enhancement capability can obtain the latest knowledge and information through online retrieval, and more accurately respond to time-sensitive creative needs.