- Lyria 3.5 is available through Google Flow Music, with improvements to musicality, lyrics, vocals and creative control. [1] - Flow Music offers a free tier; paid plans cost $8, $24 or $64 per month and include larger credit allowances. [3] - Google says it trains Lyria on material it has a right to use, but has not published a catalog, rights-holder list or detailed dataset breakdown.
[4][5] Google DeepMind has released Lyria 3.5 in Google Flow Music, updating its generative-music system with improved musicality, lyrics, vocals and control over the resulting track.[1]
Flow Music can generate songs from text, images and uploaded or recorded audio. Users can revise song structure, shorten introductions, add bridges, adjust mixes and change instrumentation or style through conversational instructions.[2]
Free access, with paid credit tiers #
Flow Music is available to adults in supported regions through a Google account. Its free plan includes daily credit top-ups and two concurrent generations. Monthly subscriptions cost $8 for Starter, $24 for Plus and $64 for Member, providing roughly 600, 2,000 and 6,000 songs a month, respectively. Google’s public pricing page does not separately state which plan is required for Lyria 3.5.[3]
Google says it does not claim ownership of original content generated in Flow Music. Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra benefits also advertise commercial-use rights for their corresponding Flow Music tiers. Users remain responsible for having rights to uploaded material and for avoiding outputs that violate intellectual-property, privacy or impersonation rules.[5][7]
Safeguards remain broader than the data disclosure #
The Lyria model card, which Google says covers Lyria 3 and subsequent versions, lists dataset filtering, supervised fine-tuning, red-teaming, output safety filters and SynthID watermarking among its safeguards. It says the model was trained on captioned audio data but does not identify individual recordings, catalogs, licenses or rights holders.[4]
Google has separately said Lyria uses material that YouTube and Google have a right to use through terms of service, partner agreements and applicable law. [5] That position is being tested in a proposed class action from independent musicians; Google has sought dismissal, arguing that YouTube’s terms licensed the disputed uses.
[8]Flow Music’s privacy notice says Google may use uploads, outputs and interactions to improve products and machine-learning systems unless users disable the relevant setting. A sample may be reviewed by humans, and conversation data can be retained for as long as 18 months.[6]
Companies mentioned #
Further sources #
[1] Google DeepMind, “We’re launching Lyria 3.5 in Google Flow Music, with advances… ↗
[[2] Google Flow Help, “Create & manage songs in Google Flow Music.” ↗](https://support.google.com/flow/answer/17084348?hl=en)
[[3] Google Flow Music pricing page. ↗](https://www.flowmusic.app/pricing?plan=monthly)
[[4] Google DeepMind, Lyria 3 model card, updated March 2026. ↗](https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/lyria-3/)
[[5] Google, “Google Flow Music and Believe bring next-gen tools to artists,” May 6,… ↗](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-labs/believe-flow-music-partnership/)
[[6] Google Flow Music Privacy Notice. ↗](https://www.flowmusic.app/privacynotice)+2 more
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