--- title: Amazon Bedrock launches Web Search for OpenAI GPT models description: Amazon Bedrock now offers general availability of Web Search, a built-in server-side tool that lets OpenAI GPT models (GPT-5.4, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.6... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-bedrock-launches-web-search-for-openai-gpt-models-myju7kpj8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Amazon Bedrock launches Web Search for OpenAI GPT models | daily.dev og:description: Amazon Bedrock now offers general availability of Web Search, a built-in server-side tool that lets OpenAI GPT models (GPT-5.4, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.6... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-bedrock-launches-web-search-for-openai-gpt-models-myju7kpj8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mYju7kPJ8.png og:image:alt: Amazon Bedrock launches Web Search for OpenAI GPT models og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Amazon Bedrock launches Web Search for OpenAI GPT models **[AWS](https://daily.dev/sources/aws)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Amazon Bedrock now offers general availability of Web Search, a built-in server-side tool that lets OpenAI GPT models (GPT-5.4, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.6 Sol/Terra/Luna) ground responses with live web data entirely within AWS. It eliminates the need for third-party search providers, separate API keys, and custom orchestration. Built on Amazon's own web index of tens of billions of documents with a built-in knowledge graph, it performs semantic snippet extraction and integrates via a single parameter in the OpenAI Responses API. Available now in three US AWS regions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I add web search grounding to OpenAI GPT-5.5 calls on Amazon Bedrock? Add the web search tool to an existing API call using the standardized tool-use interface compatible with the OpenAI Responses API; Bedrock handles the entire search lifecycle server-side and returns a grounded response with citations in a single call. No separate vendor onboarding, API keys, or orchestration is required. _daily.dev surfaces integration guides like this for developers wiring grounding into GPT-based apps._ ### Which AWS regions support Web Search on Amazon Bedrock? Web Search on Amazon Bedrock is generally available in US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), and US West (Oregon). It works with OpenAI models GPT-5.4, GPT-5.5, and GPT-5.6 (Sol/Terra/Luna variants), keeping data residency within the secured AWS environment with zero data egress. _Track region rollouts like this on daily.dev before committing an architecture to a new AWS feature._ ### What does Amazon Bedrock's Web Search tool return instead of raw web pages? It returns semantic snippet extraction rather than raw pages, delivering context-efficient results optimized for the model's context window with low latency. This is combined with a web index spanning tens of billions of continually refreshed documents and a built-in knowledge graph providing verified facts. _daily.dev helps engineers comparing grounding approaches keep up with how tools like this actually work._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Web Search on Amazon Bedrock is now available in AWS GovCloud \(US-West\)](https://daily.dev/posts/web-search-on-amazon-bedrock-is-now-available-in-aws-govcloud-us-west--u78nqzdiu) · AWS · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Amazon Bedrock expands API support and introduces Cross Region Inferencing for OpenAI models](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-bedrock-expands-api-support-and-introduces-cross-region-inferencing-for-openai-models-jpnkpyvru) · AWS · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing Web Search on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore: Ground your AI agents in current, accurate web knowledge](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-web-search-on-amazon-bedrock-agentcore-ground-your-ai-agents-in-current-accurate-web-kn-r2ifedcpb) · AWS · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [OpenAI GPT-5.4 generally available on Amazon Bedrock in AWS GovCloud \(US-West\)](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-gpt-5-4-generally-available-on-amazon-bedrock-in-aws-govcloud-us-west--zudfnbmf2) · AWS · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#rag](https://daily.dev/tags/rag), [#amazon-bedrock](https://daily.dev/tags/amazon-bedrock) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-bedrock-launches-web-search-for-openai-gpt-models-myju7kpj8) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Amazon Bedrock launches Web Search for OpenAI GPT models","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-bedrock-launches-web-search-for-openai-gpt-models-myju7kpj8","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-bedrock-launches-web-search-for-openai-gpt-models-myju7kpj8"},"datePublished":"2026-08-04T21:05:44.508Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:16:02.760Z","description":"Amazon Bedrock now offers general availability of Web Search, a built-in server-side tool that lets OpenAI GPT models (GPT-5.4, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.6...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--qPvKM23u--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2009","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--qPvKM23u--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2009","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"AWS","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"AWS","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/aws","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/aws"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-bedrock-launches-web-search-for-openai-gpt-models-myju7kpj8","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"aws,openai,rag,amazon-bedrock","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"AWS","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/aws"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Amazon Bedrock launches Web Search for OpenAI GPT models"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-bedrock-launches-web-search-for-openai-gpt-models-myju7kpj8#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I add web search grounding to OpenAI GPT-5.5 calls on Amazon Bedrock?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Add the web search tool to an existing API call using the standardized tool-use interface compatible with the OpenAI Responses API; Bedrock handles the entire search lifecycle server-side and returns a grounded response with citations in a single call. 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