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Everything Runway shipped in October 2026, collected from official Runway sources. Each entry is dated and links to the page it came from.
Runway released OpenAI Dots integration, Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite, Seedance 2.5 Draft Mode, and App Studio in October 2026. These updates included ecosystem partnerships, video generation tools, and app development features.
Summary generated from the releases listed below.
October 2026 is Runway's 2nd busiest month of the 10 we have tracked: 23 releases so far, about 2.1× its monthly average of 11. That is 4 releases more than September 2026, with the month still in progress. Most were Model (15), followed by Product (4) and API (1).
Releases so far
23
+4 vs September 2026
Rank of 10 months
2nd
Average 10.8 a month
Most shipped
Model
15 releases
Kling 4.0 (kling_4) is now available on Runway Dev. Generate video from text, from a first frame with optional middle and last frames, or from image and video references, or edit a source video. Durations are 3-30 seconds (default 5) at 720p (the default) or 1080p . Select the t…
Source: Runway API ChangelogNano Banana 2 Lite (gemini_image3.1_flash_lite) available on Runway Dev. Generates images from prompts up to 5,500 characters with 14 reference images. Supports 1K output sizes. Billed at 4 credits per image.
Source: Runway API ChangelogSeedream 5.0 Flash (seedream5_flash) available on Runway Dev. Generates images from prompts up to 4,000 characters with 10 reference images. Supports 1K and 2K output sizes. Billed at 2 credits per image.
Source: Runway API ChangelogNewest first. Each entry links to the official page it came from.
Seedance 2.0 (seedance2), Seedance 2.0 Fast (seedance2_fast), and Seedance 2.0 Mini (seedance2_mini) now accept bitrate on text to video, image to video, and video to video. Bitrate defaults to standard, which is the previous output. Set bitrate to high to keep more detail with…
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Describe the creative app you need in plain language, and App Studio builds it with Runway’s models, your brand and your files, then hosts it for you.
Kling 4.0 (kling_4) is now available on Runway Dev. Generate video from text, from a first frame with optional middle and last frames, or from image and video references, or edit a source video. Durations are 3-30 seconds (default 5) at 720p (the default) or 1080p . Select the t…
Describe the creative app you need in plain language, and App Studio builds it with Runway’s models, your brand and your files, then hosts it for you.
Seedance 2.5 (seedance2_5) can now return a .mov instead of the default .mp4 : set outputFormat: "mov" on text to video, image to video, or video to video. MOV keeps higher color precision for grading and compositing, and is billed at the same rates as MP4. Draft previews and en…
Nano Banana 2 Lite (gemini_image3.1_flash_lite) available on Runway Dev. Generates images from prompts up to 5,500 characters with 14 reference images. Supports 1K output sizes. Billed at 4 credits per image.
Seedream 5.0 Flash (seedream5_flash) available on Runway Dev. Generates images from prompts up to 4,000 characters with 10 reference images. Supports 1K and 2K output sizes. Billed at 2 credits per image.
Mirelo SFX 2.0 is now available in Runway MCP. Give your agent a clip and describe the sound you want, from footsteps to ambience, and get a separate audio track to use in your edit.
Remove backgrounds automatically in Runway MCP with BiRefNet v2. It detects the foreground on its own, making it easy to prepare product shots, illustrations, and assets for layouts or composites.
Fish Audio Drama 3 is now available in Runway MCP. Turn scripts into expressive voiceovers with seven voices and delivery cues for whispers, laughter, and dramatic moments.
Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro (kling2.5_turbo_pro) generates from text or a start frame, with an optional last frame, at 5 or 10 seconds (default 5). Text-to-video ratio is 1920:1080 (the default), 1440:1440, or 1080:1920 (1280:720, 720:720, and 720:1280 are still accepted). Image-to-vide…
Seedream 5.0 Flash is now live in Runway MCP. Generate 1K or 2K images from text, or from up to 10 reference images.
Generate images with legible typography and layout from a prompt of up to 10,000 characters, with up to 5 reference images and outputCount from 1-8.
Generate images with legible typography from a prompt of up to 4,000 characters, or remix a single reference image, with outputCount from 1-4.
Workspace admins can now set a credit cap on any project, giving each team or client its own budget. Members see how much is left as they work, and generation pauses automatically once the cap is reached. Please reach out to your account team to have this setting enabled.
FIBO 1.5 (bria_fibo_1_5) available on Runway Dev. Generates images from prompts up to 10,000 characters with 1 reference image. Supports 1MP and 4MP output. Billed at 5 credits per 1MP image.
Generate images from a prompt of up to 5,500 characters, with up to 14 reference images (optional prompt-referenceable tags) and outputCount from 1-4.
Agent can now generate with Seedance 2.5 Draft mode, creating fast 480p drafts with post-generation enhancement. Iterate and correct generations faster and cheaper, with Draft mode automatically suggested and easy to toggle on or off.
Ideogram 4.5 is now supported in Runway MCP, bringing its image generation capabilities directly into your MCP workflows.
Runway is now available in OpenAI's Dots. Brief your dot before bed: it plans the shots, Runway shoots them, and the finished spot is waiting in the morning.
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite ( grok_imagine_1_5_lite ) is now available on Runway Dev. A faster, lower-cost version of Grok Imagine Video 1.5 for generating videos from text or a start-frame image. Text-to-video takes ratio as width:height sizes across 480p, 720p, and 1080p (for…
Runway releases per month, for October 2026 and the 9 months before it. A taller bar means more releases that month; the dated entries for each month are on its own page.
22 of the companies we track shipped in October 2026; Runway ranks 2nd by number of releases.
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