Talk:MEIKO/@comment-53539-20190902102551/@comment-53539-20191031213556

There was an announcement on the 31st of August this year that Miku is leaving VOCALOID.

She is going to be featured instead of VOCALOID a new engine made by Crypton Future Media themselves.

We've been expecting this since VOCALOID3, when Kaito V3 was released with Piapro Studio. Crossfrown at Vocaloid Otaku forums first noted it and noticed how CFM were introducing their characters on the English websites as "Piapro characters", and a theory was made that they were leaving. However, it was generally ignored. I brought it up myself in V4 a number of times myself that I don't know Miku hasn't left. No one could imagine the day Miku wasn't a Vocaloid, yet we're here.

The current versions are the last ones for VOCALOID. They will last as long as VOCALOID supports V3 an V4.

Vocaloid will continue on without her because though it got popular because of her, its always been an independent development from her. In regards to Vocaloid Wiki:Sandbox/Vocaloid: AI, it was noted all Yamaha vocal synth tech is named "VOCALOID", though ones specifically to AI are called "VOCALOID:AI".