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Google DeepMindLyria familyCurrentMusic generationReleased 29 Jul 2026

Lyria 3.5

Google’s best music generation model (songs with vocals) for apps and creators.

Model idlyria-3.5

Price$0.08 per song

Checked29 September 2026

Where it stands

3newer music generation models since its release

All music generation models

Before it from Google
Lyria 3 (Clip / Pro)18 Feb 2026
Weights
Closed weights; access is hosted only.

How to call it

5 ways to use Lyria 3.5, with the model id each provider expects.

Providers, model ids, endpoints and docs for Lyria 3.5
ProviderModel idEndpointDocs
Gemini API (Interactions API) lyria-3.5 https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/interactions ai.google.dev
Gemini API (Interactions API) lyria-3-clip-preview https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/interactions
Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (Vertex AI) docs.cloud.google.com
OpenRouter google/lyria-3-pro-preview
Web app gemini.google.com

Pricing

Prices for Lyria 3.5
Per song$0.08

As published: “per full song (~2 min). Lyria 3 Clip (30 s, lyria-3-clip-preview) $0.04 per clip; lyria-3-pro-preview $0.08 per song”.

Source: ai.google.dev, checked 29 September 2026.

Specs

Input
Text and images
Output
Audio
Context window
Not published
Max output
Not published
Open weights
No
Licence
Proprietary
Released
29 July 2026
Status
Current
Type
Music generation

What stands out

What its maker marketed at launch, and what people found later, each with its source.

  • Full songs with vocals and lyrics

    Full-length ~2-minute tracks with verses/choruses/bridges, generated vocals and lyrics; 44.1 kHz stereo MP3/WAV.

    Source: ai.google.dev

  • Image-conditioned music

    Accepts text and image prompts via the Interactions API.

    Source: ai.google.dev

  • SynthID-watermarked audio

    Latent-diffusion model with SynthID watermarking on outputs.

    Source: deepmind.google

Notes

Launched 2026-07-29 in Google Flow Music (the rebranded ProducerAI); Gemini API GA 2026-09-03 (status Stable, no free tier). Not yet listed on the Vertex/Agent Platform Lyria pages or pricing as of 2026-09-29 (Vertex still offers lyria-3-pro-preview, lyria-3-clip-preview and lyria-002). The lyria-3-clip-preview access line above is the older Lyria 3 Clip, see lyria-3.md; lyria-realtime-exp covers streaming music (lyria-realtime.md). OpenRouter lists only Lyria 3 previews (not 3.5).

import base64
from google import genai
client = genai.Client()
it = client.interactions.create(model="lyria-3.5",
    input="An epic cinematic orchestral piece about a journey home.")
open("music.mp3", "wb").write(base64.b64decode(it.output_audio.data))

Sources: music generation guide, pricing, model card, changelog.