Lyria 3 NEW
Google's Generative Music + Live Mode
Google's music generation model — Lyria 3 and the realtime Lyria RealTime, integrated into the Gemini app, YouTube Shorts, and NotebookLM Audio Overviews. RealTime variant generates music live as you guide it, similar to playing a synthesizer.
Why it matters
Made generative music a default Gemini-app feature for hundreds of millions of consumers. The realtime variant proved that generative music can be interactive performance, not just batch synthesis.
Core Capabilities
Audio
Speech, music, or other audio understanding/synthesis.
Generative
Produces images, video, audio, or other media.
Multimodal
Combines text, vision, and audio in one model.
Context Window
Context window not disclosed.
Availability
API
Available
Product / App
Available
Open Source
Not released
Enterprise
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Pricing Model
Pay per token
Input and output billed separately.
Pay-per-token What it feels like
- Audio model from Google DeepMind — see the linked sources below for benchmark and review coverage
- Audio synthesis or transcription per the published model card
Best use cases
- Audio synthesis / transcription tasks per the model card
- See the model spec and sources block for benchmarked use cases
Tools to try
Not ideal for
- Tasks far outside the modalities listed in this model's spec
- Workflows where a more recent successor in the same family scores higher