Release2026-07-29

Google began rolling out Lyria 3.5, its newest music generation model, in Google Flow Music on July 29, 2026. Google describes improvements in musicality, with more complex and natural-sounding melodic structures; lyric generation with better prompt adherence and structural awareness; and vocals with more expression, emotional nuance and improved pronunciation. The release also adds creative controls for tempo and duration of generated outputs. The model is available to try immediately at flowmusic.google. The announcement was posted under Google Labs and Google DeepMind and did not state pricing, tier availability or benchmark figures.

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