A second attempt was made with the voice of hide, a member of group X Japan, who died in 1998. However, this is only being done for private use. This is the first attempt to bring back a singer whose voice had been lost, yet it had been considered a possibility since the software was first released in 2004. New technology is also being used to bring back the voice of the singer Hitoshi Ueki who died in 2007.

The first Spanish Vocaloids, Clara and Bruno, were released in 2011. Also, Vocaloid 3 has Triphone support unlike Vocaloid 2 which improves language capabilities. Yamaha will also be granting the licensing of plug-ins and use of the Vocaloid software for additional mediums such as video games. The vocal libraries themselves only contain a 'tiny' version of the Vocaloid 3 editing software. Unlike previous versions, the vocal libraries and main editing software are sold as two separate items. It is also able to use plug-ins for the software itself and switch between normal and 'classic' mode for less realistic vocal results. It supports additional languages including Chinese, Korean, and Spanish.

With the launch of Vocaloid 3, a tool that was developed titled VocaListener, a software package that allows for realistic Vocaloid songs to be produced using human singing as a template, currently only supports Japanese vocals. Several studios are providing updates to allow Vocaloid 2 vocal libraries to come over to Vocaloid 3. Vocaloid 3 launched on October 21, 2011, along with several products in Japanese product, the first of its kind.

Dex vocaloid vocal range