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# Black Forest Labs released FLUX 1 Kontext and Playground API
- URL: https://www.testingcatalog.com/black-forest-labs-released-flux-1-kontext-and-playground-api/
- Published: 2025-05-29T20:39:19.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-29T20:39:19.000Z
- Author: Alexey Shabanov
- Tags: Latest AI News

Black Forest Labs has unveiled FLUX 1 Kontext, dated 29 May 2025\. The release pairs two in-context image models—Kontext \[pro\] and the experimental Kontext \[max\]—with a [web Playground](https://playground.bfl.ai/image/generate?ref=testingcatalog.com) that runs the same API. Kontext adds joint text-and-image prompting to the FLUX line, letting users keep a reference photo and request edits or brand-new scenes in one loop.

> Today we're releasing FLUX.1 Kontext - a suite of generative flow matching models that allow you to generate and edit images.  
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> Unlike traditional text-to-image models, Kontext understands both text AND images as input, enabling true in-context generation and editing. [pic.twitter.com/zleJGuXDge](https://t.co/zleJGuXDge?ref=testingcatalog.com)
> 
> — Black Forest Labs (@bfl\_ml) [May 29, 2025](https://twitter.com/bfl%5Fml/status/1928143010811748863?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=testingcatalog.com)

Each model builds on a 12 B-parameter rectified-flow transformer distilled to sample in as few as eight steps. Internal tests show up to 8× lower latency than FLUX 1.1 Pro and top scores on the new KontextBench for text editing and character preservation. Features include local edits, style transfer, on-image text rewrite, and stable character identity; the “max” variant also raises typography quality and prompt following.

![Flux](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2a/1b/2a1b1782-8506-4d7d-bf53-ad3fb52e2a0f/content/images/2025/05/14b5fef2009f608b69d226d4fd52fb9de723b8fc-3024x2529.jpg)

Kontext \[pro\] and \[max\] are live today through the BFL API plus partner services such as KreaAI, Freepik, Lightricks, Leonardo, Replicate, FAL, Runware, and Together. An open-weight 12 B Kontext \[dev\] enters private beta, with wider release planned on Hugging Face after safety review.

Builders using the Replicate endpoint report crisper edits at lower cost than OpenAI’s gpt-image-1 and praise consistent subjects during multi-step workflows. For Black Forest Labs—formed by alumni of the original Stable Diffusion project—Kontext deepens its hybrid strategy: commercial high-speed endpoints paired with research weights the community can fine-tune.

[Source](https://bfl.ai/announcements/flux-1-kontext?ref=testingcatalog.com)