ByteDance is closing in on the release of Seedance 2.5, the next step in its video model line and the first to generate native 30-second clips in a single pass. The launch was originally penciled in around July 9 but slipped, reportedly amid ongoing talks with rights holders, and the API release is now targeted for July 16. References to it have been multiplying across partner apps, and pricing details have already appeared on Jimeng in China. The model, unveiled at ByteDance's FORCE conference in June, also accepts up to 50 reference inputs spanning images, video, and audio, and supports region-level edits. The rollout is expected to run through Jimeng and Dreamina first, then CapCut and the Volcano Engine API. Seedance 2.0 topped independent video arenas earlier this year, even as Hollywood cease-and-desist letters slowed its global rollout, and ByteDance has since layered in filters and previewed a copyright-licensing platform. Google's Gemini Omni came close in video editing, but Omni Flash tops out at around 10 seconds per clip.