Google Adds Lyria 3 Music Generation To Gemini
Lyria 3 in Gemini creates 30-second AI tracks with lyrics and Nano Banana cover art, includes SynthID watermark, and expands Dream Track globally.
Overview
Google announced Lyria 3 is being deployed in the Gemini app, adding beta music-generation features that produce short AI songs.
Google said Lyria 3 can generate 30-second tracks from text, photos or video, optionally with lyrics and Nano Banana-generated cover art.
Google said all Lyria 3 outputs will include a SynthID watermark and users can upload tracks to Gemini to check if they are AI-generated, amid mixed reactions from artists and listeners.
Music generation is rolling out to Gemini users aged 18 and older worldwide with support for English, German, Spanish, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese, and Dream Track is expanding globally to YouTube creators.
The feature is in beta, will appear on desktop now and in the mobile app over the next few days, and free subscribers are capped at 30 seconds while paid tiers have higher unspecified limits.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources report this neutrally: they present Google's product announcement, technical details (Lyria 3, SynthID), availability, and limitations without loaded language. Coverage relies on company statements and factual examples, briefly noting mixed artist reactions but omitting partisan framing or evaluative judgment, focusing on features and implications.
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FAQ
SynthID is Google's watermarking technology that embeds identifying information into AI-generated audio to mark it as machine-created content[1]. All Lyria 3 outputs include this watermark, and users can upload tracks to Gemini to verify whether they are AI-generated, providing transparency about the origin of music files[1].
Free Gemini subscribers are capped at generating 30-second tracks, while paid tier users have access to higher unspecified limits for music generation length and potentially other features[1].
Music generation is available to Gemini users aged 18 and older worldwide, with language support for English, German, Spanish, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese[1]. The feature is rolling out starting on desktop with mobile app availability over the following days.
Lyria 3 can generate 30-second tracks from multiple input formats including text prompts, photos, or video[1]. Users can optionally include lyrics in their generated tracks and have the ability to add Nano Banana-generated cover art to their creations.
Dream Track, Google's music generation feature, is expanding globally to YouTube creators as part of the Lyria 3 rollout[1]. This allows content creators worldwide to use the music generation capabilities within the YouTube platform alongside the Gemini app integration.
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