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Google Lyria 3

Maker
Google
Origin
United States
Released
Feb 18, 2026

Strengths & weaknesses

  • Generates vocals with auto-written lyrics from text, image, or video prompts
  • High output quality for short-form music
  • Currently locked to the Gemini app with no public API
  • Limited to 30-second maximum clips

Evaluation

Awaiting evaluation
  • Output qualityw35
  • Controlw20
  • Language coveragew15
  • Latencyw10
  • Licensing & safetyw10
  • Cost efficiencyw10

w = weight, each criterion’s share of the overall score. How scoring works

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