# Runway updates

Every Runway update in one feed — release notes, features and changes, straight from the source.

80 updates

- ## [Runway Agent can open files, run code, and build a launch kit](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-agent-new-capabilities>)

The post also says Agent builds product shots, ad variations, and motion graphics from a reference, and it does not name a plan or a price.

2026-10-30

- ## [Runway App Studio adds Character Swap for video](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-app-studio-character-swap>)

Swap the person or the place in a clip and keep the motion, and optionally move or replace the audio.

2026-10-29

- ## [Runway Dev is now available as a Codex plugin](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-dev-codex-plugin>)

One plugin install gives Codex the Runway Dev connection and integration skills, and the Codex IDE extension still cannot load plugins.

2026-10-28

- ## [Runway Ads](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-runway-ads>)

Runway Ads reads top performers on Meta, Google and TikTok, generates on-brand variants, and publishes approved ones on every paid plan.

2026-10-27

- ## [App Studio](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-app-studio>)

A plain-language description becomes a hosted app that generates images, video and audio with Runway's models and Brand Kits, on paid plans.

2026-10-23

- ## [Runway adds Kling 4 with three days of unlimited use](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-unlimited-kling-4>)

New Runway Max or Team subscribers get three days of unlimited Kling 4 generations, and Kling 4 is 25% off on every plan.

2026-10-21

- ## [Runway MCP is now available in Grok Bot](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-mcp-in-grok-bot>)

Runway’s generation tools can now be used inside Grok Bot chats through Runway MCP, without leaving Grok.

2026-10-19

- ## [Mirelo SFX 2.0](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-mirelo-sfx-2-0>)

Runway's MCP now generates sound effects from a clip and a text description, as a separate audio track, for paid plans.

2026-10-15

- ## [BiRefNet v2 Background Removal](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-birefnet-v2-background-removal>)

BiRefNet v2 in Runway MCP finds the foreground automatically, so product shots and illustrations can be cut out for layouts on paid plans.

2026-10-15

- ## [Fish Audio Drama 3](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-fish-audio-drama-3>)

Runway MCP adds a script-to-voiceover model with seven voices and cues for whispers, laughter and drama, available on paid plans.

2026-10-14

- ## [Runway MCP adds Seedream 5.0 Flash](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-seedream-5-0-flash>)

Paid Runway plans can generate 1K or 2K images in MCP from text or up to 10 reference images.

2026-10-12

- ## [Project Credit Caps](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-project-credit-caps>)

Runway's Enterprise admins can budget credits per team or client, with generation pausing at the cap once the account team enables the setting.

2026-10-09

- ## [Runway MCP adds Ideogram 4.5](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-ideogram-4-5>)

Ideogram 4.5 image generation is available in Runway MCP workflows for paid plan users, following Ideogram 4.0's arrival there in August.

2026-10-02

- ## [Seedance 2.5 Draft Mode in Agent](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-seedance-2-5-draft-mode-in-agent>)

Draft mode makes quick 480p Seedance 2.5 generations in Runway's Agent, with post-generation enhancement, on every plan.

2026-10-02

- ## [OpenAI Dots x Runway](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-openai-dots-x-runway>)

Runway's video generation now works inside OpenAI's Dots, on every Runway plan, so a brief given at night can become a finished spot by morning.

2026-10-01

- ## [ElevenLabs V4](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-elevenlabs-v4>)

ElevenLabs V4 audio generation is available in Runway on paid plans, with the model described as ElevenLabs' latest and most expressive.

2026-09-29

- ## [Seedance 2.5 Draft Mode in Runway](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-seedance-2-5-draft-mode-in-runway>)

Draft mode lets Seedance 2.5 users iterate on cheaper generations before enhancing the chosen result to full quality.

2026-09-24

- ## [DaVinci Resolve Plugin](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-davinci-resolve-plugin>)

Runway's tools are now built into DaVinci Resolve for paid plan users, without leaving the edit.

2026-09-23

- ## [Runway MCP on Cursor](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-runway-mcp-on-cursor>)

Runway's MCP server for AI agents is now listed on Cursor's Marketplace, available to users on all Runway plans.

2026-09-23

- ## [Brand Kits in Runway MCP](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-brand-kits-in-runway-mcp>)

Agents in Runway's MCP can now pull in Brand Kit assets as references, though creating and editing still happens in the product.

2026-09-22

- ## [Runway Launches DIFFUSE for AI-Native Creative Talent](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-runway-launches-diffuse-for-ai-native-creative-talent>)

Creatives list portfolios and brands search directly, with Runway citing AI skills in 17% of over 1,000 analyzed creative job postings.

2026-09-22

- ## [Expanded Workflows in Runway](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-expanded-workflows-in-runway>)

Runway's Workflows tool now includes Compositing, Alpha, HDR, Depth Map, and RGB Depth for building video pipelines.

2026-09-21

- ## [Kling Models on Runway MCP](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-kling-models-on-runway-mcp>)

Runway MCP adds Kling O3 4K, Kling 3.0 Standard, Kling O3 Standard, and Kling 3.0 Motion Control for paid plan users.

2026-09-18

- ## [Runway MCP for Grok Bot](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-runway-mcp-for-grok-bot>)

Paid Runway users can now generate images and video from within a Grok Bot chat.

2026-09-17

- ## [Enhance Frame Rate](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-enhance-frame-rate>)

Max+ plans can convert any video to 25, 30, 48, 60, 120 or 59.94 fps, up to 4K and 5 minutes long, in the Enhance menu, Tool Mode, Workflows and Agent.

2026-09-17

- ## [Agent in Asset Comments](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-agent-in-asset-comments>)

Enterprise teams can now @-mention Runway's Agent in asset comments, with its replies forming an edit history.

2026-09-15

- ## [Real-Time Video Models Animate Sketches as You Draw](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-real-time-video-models-animate-sketches-as-you-draw>)

Runway Labs previews a real-time video model with a drawing app that generates each frame live as you sketch.

2026-09-14

- ## [Runway Model Licensing for Bespoke Frontier Models](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-runway-model-licensing-for-bespoke-frontier-models>)

Enterprises can now fine-tune and self-host Runway's model weights and commercialize the results, with support from Forward Deployed Researchers.

2026-09-11

- ## [Agent Brand Kits](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-agent-brand-kits>)

Agent on all Runway plans can now build and edit Brand Kits from within the chat, without leaving the session.

2026-09-10

- ## [GPT-Image 2.5 on Runway](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/runway-gpt-image-2-5-on-runway>)

Runway adds GPT-Image 2.5 in two modes: Flare for quick iteration and Sunburst for high-fidelity precision editing.

2026-09-09

[Open Runway updates on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/updates/runway>)

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