Last verified: October 30, 2026. Seedance 3.0 has not been released, and ByteDance has not announced it. There is no Seedance 3.0 model page on ByteDance Seed, no launch post on the Seed blog, no technical report, and no Seedance 3.0 model ID or price on Volcano Engine Ark, the API platform where every Seedance model has shipped. The newest Seedance model you can use today is Seedance 2.5, released on July 31, 2026, which generates up to 30 seconds of video with audio in one pass. Any Seedance 3.0 release date, spec sheet or price you see online is a guess. This update collects what ByteDance has actually confirmed, with a source for each point, lays out the Seedance version timeline, and separates reasonable expectations from rumors. It also gives you three test prompts to run on Seedance 2.5 now, so you can measure the next version the day it lands.
TL;DR
- Seedance 3.0 release status: not announced, not released. Checked on October 30, 2026 against ByteDance Seed's model pages, blog and publication list, and the Volcano Engine Ark model list and price list.
- Newest Seedance model: Seedance 2.5 (July 31, 2026). On Ark it is
doubao-seedance-2-5-260628, with 4 to 30 second clips and 1080p in 10-bit color. - Release date: none given. Past gaps between Seedance releases ran from about 2 to 6 months; Seedance 2.5 is 91 days old today.
- Specs and price: unknown. ByteDance has only named directions: more coherent storytelling, more intuitive generation and editing, and better real-world physics.
- What to do now: bookmark the Seedance 3.0 release tracker and practice on Seedance 2.5.
Quick Answer
No, you cannot use Seedance 3.0 yet, and there is no official date for it. ByteDance's own channels still list Seedance 2.5 as the newest video model, and the Ark API catalogue, updated on October 29, 2026, has no model ID beyond doubao-seedance-2-5-260628. Treat any "Seedance 3.0" generator or spec page as marketing until one of those official sources changes.
If you came for the newest Seedance, open the Seedance 2.5 model page or start a clip in the AI text-to-video generator. For release news, the Seedance 3.0 tracker is updated whenever ByteDance publishes something new.
What ByteDance has officially confirmed
These are the places a real Seedance release appears first. Each row is something you can open and check yourself.
| Source | What it shows on October 30, 2026 | Seedance 3.0? |
|---|---|---|
| ByteDance Seed models page | Seedance 2.5 is the only video model in the GenMedia lineup, next to Seedream 5.0 Pro, SeedRealtime and Seed Audio 1.0 | Not listed |
| seed.bytedance.com/en/seedance3_0 | The site's "page doesn't exist" message | No page |
| Seed blog | Latest model posts: the Seedance 2.5 launch (July 31, 2026) and SeedRealtime (August 5, 2026) | No post |
| Seed publications | Newest paper dated October 25, 2026; the latest Seedance technical report is for Seedance 2.0 (April 15, 2026) | No report |
| Volcano Engine Ark model list (updated October 29, 2026) | Video models: Seedance 2.5, 2.0, 2.0 Fast, 2.0 Mini, plus 1.0 Pro and 1.0 Pro Fast marked as retiring soon | No model ID |
| Volcano Engine Ark price list (updated October 24, 2026) | Prices for Seedance 2.5 and the 2.0 family, and a two-step Draft mode for Seedance 2.5: a draft billed at the 480p rate, then the final render | No price |
Volcano Engine Ark model list (Chinese documentation), video generation section, October 30, 2026: Seedance 2.5 is the top entry, with 4 to 30 second clips and 1080p in 10-bit color. No Seedance 3.0 model ID appears.
Two details in those lists are worth noting. Seedance 1.0 Pro and 1.0 Pro Fast are marked as retiring soon, so the active lineup is narrowing to the 2.x family. And Seedance 2.5 has a Draft mode on Ark, where you pay the 480p rate for a preview before committing to the final render. Neither points to an imminent 3.0; both show ByteDance still building around 2.5.
What ByteDance said about the next step
The only official signal about a future model is the closing section of the Seedance 2.5 announcement. The Seed team named two weak spots: physical plausibility in complex motion, and stability when several subjects interact. It then listed three directions it will keep working on: more coherent storytelling, a more intuitive generation and editing experience, and a deeper grasp of real-world physics. That is a direction, not a spec, and it does not mention a version number.
Seedance version timeline
Seedance has shipped four public versions in a little over a year. The gaps are the only evidence-based way to think about timing.
| Version | Released | Gap from previous | What it added |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedance 1.0 | June 11, 2025 | First release | Multi-shot video from text or an image, at 1080p |
| Seedance 1.5 Pro | December 2025 | About 6 months | Audio and video generated together for the first time |
| Seedance 2.0 | February 2026 | About 2 months | A unified multimodal audio-video model that accepts text, images, video and audio |
| Seedance 2.5 | July 31, 2026 | About 5.5 months | 30-second single-pass clips, up to 30 images, 10 videos and 10 audio clips as references, timestamp-level editing |
| Seedance 3.0 | Not announced | 91 days since 2.5, as of October 30, 2026 | Unknown |
Seedance 2.5 also showed how a release rolls out. It went live in ByteDance's Jimeng and Doubao apps first, the API opened on Volcano Engine Ark on August 7, 2026, and native 1080P with 10-bit color followed on August 17, 2026. If the next model follows the same path, the apps get it first and API access comes a week or more later.
For a side-by-side look at the last jump, read Seedance 2.5 vs Seedance 2.0. If you are wondering whether any Seedance version can be downloaded and run locally, Is Seedance 2.5 open source? covers weights and API access.
What to expect from the next Seedance version
Everything in this section is our inference from the timeline and from ByteDance's own words. None of it is an announcement.
Timing. The 2.0 to 2.5 gap was about five and a half months. Repeated from July 31, that points to around mid-January 2027. The jump from 1.0 to 2.0, a full version number, took about eight months, which would put a "3.0" in the first half of 2027. ByteDance has also used Volcano Engine's FORCE conference as a stage: Seedance 1.0 was announced there in June 2025, and Seedance 2.5 was previewed there in June 2026. Neither pattern is a schedule.
Name. The next release may not be called 3.0. ByteDance has already shipped half steps, 1.5 Pro and 2.5, so the next Seedance could be another 2.x model.
Capabilities. The safest expectations are the weak spots ByteDance named itself: steadier physics in fast, complex motion, more stable scenes with several interacting people, and longer stories that hold together. Expect improvements in those areas, not features nobody has announced.
Claims you can ignore for now. These circulate on unofficial pages and none traces back to ByteDance:
| Circulating claim | Status on October 30, 2026 |
|---|---|
| A fixed Seedance 3.0 launch date in late 2026 or early 2027 | No date from ByteDance |
| Ten-minute single clips | No official spec exists |
| A cost far below Seedance 2.0 | No price published anywhere |
| A "Seedance 2.1" between 2.0 and 2.5 | Not in ByteDance's lineup or the Ark catalogue |
| Sites offering "Seedance 3.0" generation today | No Seedance 3.0 model ID exists to call |
A launch-day test kit you can build on Seedance 2.5 now
The best way to judge a new Seedance model is to rerun prompts you already know on the old one. These three target the exact areas ByteDance says it is working on. Run them on Seedance 2.5 now, save the results, and run them again on the next version.
SeedVideo AI video generator, October 30, 2026: Seedance 2.5 is the newest Seedance model in the menu, with 1080p, clips of 4 to 30 seconds, and prices from 12 credits.
To run a prompt from text alone, paste it into the text-to-video generator. To use one of the stills below as the first frame, upload it to the AI image-to-video generator. On SeedVideo AI, Seedance 2.5 is on paid plans; the pricing page shows the credit cost of each clip length.
Test 1: several people interacting
Image prompt: Cinematic still from a restaurant kitchen video: two adult line cooks in white jackets during a dinner rush, the cook on the left tilting a flaming steel pan, the cook on the right plating seared salmon, a third cook carrying a stack of plates behind them, steam and orange flame light, stainless steel counters and hanging pans, medium-wide shot at chest height, warm tungsten light mixed with cool fluorescents, realistic documentary look, 16:9 frame.
15-second handheld shot in a busy restaurant kitchen. The cook on the left flips the flaming pan and slides the food onto a plate the second cook holds out, she adds the salmon and garnish, then hands the plate to the third cook who walks it out of frame. Hands, plates and food stay consistent. Audio: sizzling pan, clattering plates, a short call of "service".
What to watch: whether hands, plates and food stay where they should when they pass between people.
Test 2: fast, complex motion
Image prompt: Cinematic still from a street sports video: an adult skateboarder in a loose grey hoodie mid-air in a kickflip over a stone stair set in a city plaza at golden hour, the board flipping under his feet, pigeons lifting off in the background, low angle from the bottom of the stairs with a wide lens, warm low sun with long shadows, realistic photographic look, 16:9 frame.
8-second low-angle shot at golden hour. The skateboarder pops a kickflip off the top of the stone stairs, the board spins once under his feet, he catches it, lands at the bottom and rolls away toward the camera as pigeons scatter. Real gravity and weight on the landing. Audio: wheels on stone, the board snapping, wings flapping.
What to watch: the board's rotation, the moment of landing, and whether the feet and board stay physically connected.
Test 3: a one-take story
Image prompt: Cinematic still from a short film: an adult lighthouse keeper in a yellow oilskin coat climbing a narrow iron spiral staircase inside a stone lighthouse at night, holding a lantern that lights the wet stone walls, a storm and distant lightning visible through a small round window, camera looking up the spiral from below, warm lantern glow against cold blue moonlight, moody atmospheric realism, 16:9 frame.
30-second one-take shot at night. The lighthouse keeper climbs the spiral staircase with his lantern while rain hits the round window, reaches the lamp room, restarts the great lamp, then steps out onto the gallery as the beam sweeps across a stormy sea and a small boat turns toward the harbor. Audio: wind, rain, footsteps on iron, the lamp humming to life.
What to watch: whether the story moves through all four beats in order without the character or the space changing. For more prompt structures to test with, see the Seedance 2.5 prompt guide.
How to hear about Seedance 3.0 first
- Bookmark the tracker. The Seedance 3.0 release tracker shows the current status, the confirmed facts, and the date it was last checked.
- Create a free SeedVideo AI account. Account holders get the release announcement, and new models appear in the generator the day they are switched on.
- Watch the two official sources. A real launch shows up on the ByteDance Seed models page and in the Ark model list. If neither shows Seedance 3.0, it has not shipped.
- Plan for the API lag. If you build on the API, expect a gap of a week or more between the app launch and API access. The Seedance 2.5 API guide covers today's endpoints and limits.
More model updates and version guides are in Seedance Models.
FAQ
Has Seedance 3.0 been released?
No. As of October 30, 2026, ByteDance has not released or announced Seedance 3.0. There is no official model page, launch post or API model ID for it.
When is the Seedance 3.0 release date?
There is no official date. Past Seedance releases came 2 to 6 months apart, and Seedance 2.5 came out on July 31, 2026. If that pattern holds, a new model in the first half of 2027 is plausible, but that is an estimate, not an announcement.
What is the newest Seedance model right now?
Seedance 2.5. It generates clips of 4 to 30 seconds with audio in the same pass, at up to 1080p, accepts up to 30 images, 10 videos and 10 audio clips as references, and can edit or extend an existing clip.
Are Seedance 3.0 spec sheets and sample videos real?
Not from ByteDance. No official Seedance 3.0 spec, price or sample exists. A site that says it runs Seedance 3.0 today cannot be calling an official model, because no such model ID exists on ByteDance's API platform.
Will the next Seedance be called 3.0?
Not necessarily. ByteDance has used half steps before, with 1.5 Pro and 2.5, so the next release could be a 2.x model.
Will Seedance 3.0 be available on SeedVideo AI?
When ByteDance releases a new Seedance model, SeedVideo AI plans to add it to the generator, and the tracker page will be updated the same day.
Start with Seedance 2.5 today
Seedance 3.0 is still unannounced, but the newest Seedance model is already live. Try Seedance 2.5 in the AI text-to-video generator, keep your three test clips, and check the Seedance 3.0 tracker for the next update.
