ByteDance introduced Seedream 5.5, an image model it says keeps unedited areas unchanged at the pixel level across 100 rounds of editing, directly generates images with transparent backgrounds, and renders small text more accurately, according to the ByteDance Seed team on Nov. 9; a Pro version will follow. The Beijing News reported that Seedream 5.5 is already in ByteDance’s Doubao and Jimeng apps, with an API coming to Volcano Engine, and that editing a 2K square image costs about 0.28 yuan, less than half the cost with Seedream 5.0 Pro.