miHoYo's BSide: Olivia Lin Music App Launches on Steam Early Access
The app extends miHoYo's portfolio into music software and AI-driven user interaction, separate from its game titles.
Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, Game Spark.
miHoYo began early access for the free PC app BSide: Olivia Lin on Steam on July 13, 2026. The app has over 450 user reviews with 85% positive, earning a 'Very Positive' rating. It allows music listening, MIDI-based video generation, and AI letter replies. The app is not available in Japan, and future plans there are unclear.
The app's central character, Olivia Lin, is a Shanghai university student majoring in piano and minoring in psychology, and the app frames her as researching the connection between music and memory. Users can listen to her performances, upload MIDI files to generate music videos, and write letters that receive AI-generated replies, though replies are currently in Chinese only even if the letter is written in Japanese. The early access period runs through the end of 2026, and the app is not yet available in Japan, with no announced plans for a Japanese release.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.