TikTok parent ByteDance to take on Google DeepMind’s ‘Nano Banana’ with Seedream 4.0 – All you need to know

TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, has introduced its latest image generation artificial intelligence tool, Seedream 4.0, with strong image editing capabilities, the tech company Seed Department, responsible to administer its AI capabilities, said on Tuesday. Seedream 4.0 is expected to directly compete with Google DeepMind's Nano Banana, also known as Gemini 2.5 Flash Image.