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⚠️ Google's March OS update broke Pixel detection for all 3rd party apps. Meet your new Universal Tracker, your music history lives on! ⚠️
The ultimate Pixel companion
“Infinitely better than the default Now Playing app for the simple reason that it doesn't instantly crash if you have a large history.” — Siddhesh K.
“This is what Google should have done!” — Sonny C.
“Much to my chagrin, I discovered when I moved to a new phone that I could not transfer my now playing history. Wishing to stave off this issue in the future, I went searching for solutions. I found this app, which in my opinion, is a lesson in simplistic elegance. It is exactly what you need if you want more features from 'now playing' and you want to save and export this data.” — Eric H.
“This app is incredible. It's a great expansion on the 'now playing history' that Google already provides and I can see a map of where every song has been heard, and the top songs and artists. This app honestly feels like it should be a pixel native service.” — Isaac S.
“Does exactly as promised in the description! Excellent being able to export the data easily too.” — Alan R.
“This app does everything I want it to! It's a lot better than Google's own Now Playing History... LOVE IT!” — Brian L.
Supercharge your Pixel's built-in music detection. Automatically save, map, and back up every ambient song you hear, and export them directly to your favorite streaming apps.
Secure Backups
& Easy Device Transfer
Never lose your music history! Whether you're upgrading your phone or just want peace of mind, the robust backup and restore lets you save your entire database and seamlessly transfer it to a new device.
Map the Soundtrack
of Your Life
Relive your memories with the Music Map! See exactly where you were when you heard that perfect song. Tap any location cluster to explore all the music you’ve discovered there.
Turn Discoveries Into Playlists
Turn your ambient discoveries into playlists. Effortlessly group your favorite tracks into custom playlists to organize your musical journey and export them to YouTube Music and Tidal. (Coming soon)
Discover Your Personal Charts
Who's your top artist? What's your most-listened-to song? Get detailed personal charts for your Top Songs, Artists, Genres, and times.
Universal Tracking & Last.fm Scrobbling
Don't just track background music! Automatically track your active playback from YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, and Shazam. Unify your ambient history and active listening, and sync it all to your Last.fm profile with built-in scrobble support.
Fix Metadata & Pick The Perfect Cover Art
"Now Playing" made a mistake? No problem. Easily edit the song title, artist, or genre. You can even fix incorrect covers by choosing from multiple options with the built-in album art selector.
Now Playing History is the ultimate premium companion to your Google Pixel’s native music detection feature. While the built-in Pixel tracker is a great tool, it lacks permanence—if you upgrade your device, your entire music history is permanently deleted, and the native interface notoriously crashes if your history gets too large. Now Playing History solves this by instantly capturing and saving every ambient song your phone hears into a highly optimized, searchable local database. Armed with robust daily backups and seamless device transfer capabilities, you can safely store tens of thousands of songs over multiple years without ever losing a musical memory again.
Going far beyond simply logging background music, the app transforms your phone into a comprehensive, cross-platform discovery dashboard. It unifies your entire audio footprint by tracking your active playback from YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, and Deezer right alongside your ambient history from Pixel Now Playing and Shazam. Power users can dive deep into auto-generated charts to discover their top songs, artists, genres and listening times, view an interactive heatmap to see exactly where they were when they heard a specific song, and create and export custom playlists to multiple streaming platforms (like YouTube Music and Tidal). It even includes a built-in Last.fm scrobble queue.
Engineered from the ground up to push the boundaries of modern Android development, the app showcases a masterclass in Material 3 Expressive design. From fluid container transforms and dynamic color extraction to stunning home screen widgets and fully adaptive, multi-column layouts for tablets and large screens, it delivers a flagship-tier user experience. Best of all, it operates with a strict privacy-first architecture. There are no accounts required, no audio is ever recorded or sent to a server, and the highly efficient background engine uses less than 1% of your battery to deliver a rock-solid, crash-free experience.
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