Google has announced that using its newly included Lyria 3 model, Gemini users will be able to create 30-second music tracks based on a prompt, or remix an existing track to their liking. The new model builds on Gemini’s pre-existing ability to generate text, images and video, and will also be available in YouTube’s “Dream Track” feature, where it can be used to create elaborate backing tracks for shorts.
Like some other music production tools, Gemini doesn’t require a lot of detail to produce useful results. Google’s example prompt is “a ridiculous R&B slow jam that tells of a sock finding their match,” but after playing with Lyria 3, you can certainly get more detailed information about individual elements of the track – for example, changing the tempo or the style of drumming – if you want. In addition to text, Gemini can also generate music based on photos or videos, and tracks can be combined with album art created by Google’s Nano Banana image model.
Google says Lyria 3 improves on its previous audio generation models in the ability to create more “realistic and musically complex” tracks, give prompters more control over individual components of the song, and automatically generate lyrics. Gemini’s outputs are limited to 30-second clips right now, but seeing as how Google’s promotional video shows off the feature, it’s not hard to imagine those clips becoming longer or the model being added to other apps like Google Messages.
Like Gemini’s other AI-generated output, songs created with Lyria 3 are also watermarked with Google’s SynthID, so Gemini clips can’t be broadcast as easily as human clips. Google has started rolling out its SynthID detector to identify AI-generated content at Google I/O 2025. The sample tracks that Google included with its announcement are believable, but you might not need the company’s tools to notice their machine-made qualities. The instrumental parts of Gemini’s clips often sound great, but Lyria 3’s lyrical compositions sound by turns awkward and awkward.
If you’re curious to try out Lyria 3 for yourself, Google says you can sign up for the track in Gemini starting today, provided you’re 18 or older and speak English, Spanish, German, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, or Portuguese.
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