diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e88eca76..118e930c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 🔥 **RealESRGAN_x4plus_anime_6B** for anime images **(动漫插图模型)**. Please see [[*anime_model*](docs/anime_model.md)]
 
 <!-- 1. You can try in our website: [ARC Demo](https://arc.tencent.com/en/ai-demos/imgRestore) (now only support RealESRGAN_x4plus_anime_6B) -->
-1. :boom: **Add** online demo: [![Replicate](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Demo&message=Replicate&color=blue)](https://replicate.com/xinntao/realesrgan).
-1. [Colab Demo](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1k2Zod6kSHEvraybHl50Lys0LerhyTMCo?usp=sharing) for Real-ESRGAN **|** [Colab Demo](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1yNl9ORUxxlL4N0keJa2SEPB61imPQd1B?usp=sharing) for Real-ESRGAN (**anime videos**)
+1. :boom: **Update** online Replicate demo: [![Replicate](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Demo&message=Replicate&color=blue)](https://replicate.com/xinntao/realesrgan)
+1. Online Colab demo for Real-ESRGAN: [![Colab](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Demo&message=Colab&color=orange)](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1k2Zod6kSHEvraybHl50Lys0LerhyTMCo?usp=sharing) **|** Online Colab demo for for Real-ESRGAN (**anime videos**): [![Colab](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Demo&message=Colab&color=orange)](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1yNl9ORUxxlL4N0keJa2SEPB61imPQd1B?usp=sharing)
 1. Portable [Windows](https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN/releases/download/v0.2.5.0/realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan-20220424-windows.zip) / [Linux](https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN/releases/download/v0.2.5.0/realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan-20220424-ubuntu.zip) / [MacOS](https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN/releases/download/v0.2.5.0/realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan-20220424-macos.zip) **executable files for Intel/AMD/Nvidia GPU**. You can find more information [here](#portable-executable-files-ncnn). The ncnn implementation is in [Real-ESRGAN-ncnn-vulkan](https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN-ncnn-vulkan)
-1. You can watch enhanced animations in [Tencent Video](https://v.qq.com/s/topic/v_child/render/fC4iyCAM.html). 欢迎观看[腾讯视频动漫修复](https://v.qq.com/s/topic/v_child/render/fC4iyCAM.html)
+<!-- 1. You can watch enhanced animations in [Tencent Video](https://v.qq.com/s/topic/v_child/render/fC4iyCAM.html). 欢迎观看[腾讯视频动漫修复](https://v.qq.com/s/topic/v_child/render/fC4iyCAM.html) -->
 
 Real-ESRGAN aims at developing **Practical Algorithms for General Image/Video Restoration**.<br>
 We extend the powerful ESRGAN to a practical restoration application (namely, Real-ESRGAN), which is trained with pure synthetic data.
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Other recommended projects:<br>
 <!---------------------------------- Updates --------------------------->
 ## 🚩 Updates
 
+- ✅ Add the **realesr-general-x4v3** model - a tiny small model for general scenes. It also supports the **--dn** option to balance the noise (avoiding over-smooth results). **--dn** is short for denoising strength.
 - ✅ Update the **RealESRGAN AnimeVideo-v3** model. Please see [anime video models](docs/anime_video_model.md) and [comparisons](docs/anime_comparisons.md) for more details.
 - ✅ Add small models for anime videos. More details are in [anime video models](docs/anime_video_model.md).
 - ✅ Add the ncnn implementation [Real-ESRGAN-ncnn-vulkan](https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN-ncnn-vulkan).
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a45be4627..1866a362b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.8
+0.2.9
diff --git a/docs/model_zoo.md b/docs/model_zoo.md
index f41dee85d..132cc514b 100644
--- a/docs/model_zoo.md
+++ b/docs/model_zoo.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 | [RealESRGAN_x2plus](https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN/releases/download/v0.2.1/RealESRGAN_x2plus.pth)                      | X2    | X2 model for general images                  |
 | [RealESRNet_x4plus](https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN/releases/download/v0.1.1/RealESRNet_x4plus.pth)                      | X4    | X4 model with MSE loss (over-smooth effects) |
 | [official ESRGAN_x4](https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN/releases/download/v0.1.1/ESRGAN_SRx4_DF2KOST_official-ff704c30.pth) | X4    | official ESRGAN model                        |
+| [realesr-general-x4v3](https://github.com/xinntao/Real-ESRGAN/releases/download/v0.2.5.0/realesr-general-x4v3.pth) | X4 (can also be used for X1, X2, X3) | A tiny small model (consume much fewer GPU memory and time); not too strong deblur and denoise capacity |
 
 The following models are **discriminators**, which are usually used for fine-tuning.