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Web search

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Normally a model only knows what it learned during training. With this checkbox it looks things up on the web before generating.

Try it on: Seedance 2.0 · Seedance 2.5 · Seedance 2.0 Fast

The "Web search" setting in the panel under the gear

  1. A toggle. Off by default.

Off by default.

When to turn it on

  • Your prompt mentions a recent event: "in the style of the new film", "like at the latest keynote".
  • It names a specific brand, place or person the model may not know precisely.
  • You need the real look of something: "the interior of café N in Moscow".

When to leave it off

  • You invented the scene — there is nothing to look up.
  • You need reproducibility: the web changes, so tomorrow the same prompt gives a different result even with the same seed.

Where to find it

Under Advanced settings on Seedance 2, 2.5, 2 Fast and 2 Mini.

Do not expect

Accuracy guarantees. The model looks things up and still draws its own way: logos, celebrity faces and signage may come out approximate.