{"id":223582,"date":"2026-02-18T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/google-adds-music-generation-capabilities-to-the-gemini-app-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:00:00","slug":"google-adds-music-generation-capabilities-to-the-gemini-app-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/google-adds-music-generation-capabilities-to-the-gemini-app-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Google adds music generation capabilities to the Gemini app | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google announced on Wednesday that it\u2019s adding a music generation feature to the Gemini app. The company is using <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/deepmind.google\/models\/lyria\/\" target=\"_blank\">DeepMind\u2019s Lyria 3 music generation mode<\/a>l to power the feature, which is still in beta. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To use the feature, you\u2019ll describe the song you want to create, and the app will generate a track along with lyrics. For instance, you could ask Gemini to create a \u201ccomical R&amp;B slow jam about a sock finding its match,\u201d and the app will generate a 30-second track along with a cover art made by Nano Banana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google said that you can even upload a photo or a video, and the AI-powered tool will create a song to match the mood of the media file.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company said that Lyria 3 improves on <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/snippet\/3009803\/google-expands-access-to-its-lyria-music-generating-models\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the previous generation of models<\/a>, creating more realistic and complex music tracks. Users can also change and control other elements like style, vocals, and tempo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with rolling out Lyria 3 to the Gemini app, Google is making the model available to YouTube creators through the Dream Track feature on YouTube, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/14151606?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">a<\/a> tool that helps creators make AI-generated tracks. The option was only available to YouTube creators in the U.S. until now. But with this release, Google is expanding Dream Track availability globally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google said that you can\u2019t mimic an artist outright, but if you add an artist\u2019s name to your prompt, Gemini will create a track in a similar style or a mood. (It\u2019s not clear if generation will make it easier for others to decode the music style of a particular artist.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMusic generation with Lyria 3 is designed for original expression, not for mimicking existing artists. If<br \/>your prompt names a specific artist, Gemini will take this as broad creative inspiration and create a<br \/>track that shares a similar style or mood. We also have filters in place to check outputs against<br \/>existing content,\u201d the company said in a blog post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google noted that all songs created with the Lyria 3 model will have a SynthID watermark to identify AI-generated content. The company said that it\u2019s also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/gemini\/answer\/16722517?hl=en&amp;co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop\" target=\"_blank\">adding capabilities to identify AI-generated music<\/a> with SynthID within Gemini. Users will be able to upload tracks and ask Gemini if it is AI-generated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Music generation is rolling out to all 18+ Gemini users across the world with support for English, German, Spanish, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AI-generated music has created mixed sentiments among artists and listeners. On one hand, companies like YouTube and Spotify are adopting AI and signing contracts with music labels to monetize AI-generated music. On the other hand, AI model and tooling companies are facing lawsuits from the music industry over copyrights of the training material. Platforms like <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/01\/29\/deezer-makes-it-easier-for-rival-platforms-to-take-a-stance-against-ai-generated-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deezer have published tools to mark AI-generated music<\/a> to curb fraudulent streams of this kind of music.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/02\/18\/google-adds-music-generation-capabilities-to-the-gemini-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google announced on Wednesday that it\u2019s adding a music generation feature to the Gemini app. The company is using DeepMind\u2019s Lyria 3 music generation model to power the feature, which is still in beta. To use the feature, you\u2019ll describe the song you want to create, and the app will generate a track along with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-223582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}