TrackID was a mobile music and audio search engine for Sony Ericsson (now

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) feature phones, Android devices and some Sony television sets. TrackID was developed by

and allowed users to identify music using

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's music database. Gracenote was acquired by

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in 2008. The acquisition was completed on June 2, 2008. The revised Android application was released in March 2015. The service has been present on select Sony Ericsson handsets since around 2005. TrackID was discontinued by Sony Mobile on 15 September 2017 and Sony recommended that users install

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to 'continue discovering music'.

References

{{reflist Android (operating system) software Music search engines