TrackID

{{Short description|Music identification application}}

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| developer = Sony Mobile Communications

| released = 2005

| discontinued = 2017

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| website = {{URL|//trackid.sonymobile.com/}}

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TrackID was a mobile music and audio search engine for Sony Ericsson (now Sony Mobile) feature phones, Android devices and some Sony television sets. TrackID was developed by Sony Mobile and allowed users to identify music using Gracenote's music database.{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/268907/sony-ericsson-and-gracenote-unleash-mobile-music-20|title=Sony Ericsson and Gracenote Unleash Mobile Music 2.0|date=14 June 2007}} Gracenote was acquired by Sony in 2008.[http://www.gracenote.com/company_info/press/042208/ Gracenote News: Sony Corporation of America to Acquire Gracenote] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604174219/http://www.gracenote.com/company_info/press/042208/ |date=June 4, 2010 }} The acquisition was completed on June 2, 2008.[http://www.gracenote.com/company_info/press/060208/ Sony Corporation of America Completes Gracenote Acquisition] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516050155/http://www.gracenote.com/company_info/press/060208/ |date=May 16, 2010 }} The revised Android application was released in March 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.androidheadlines.com/2015/03/sony-updates-trackid-pulling-beta-giving-material-design.html|title=Sony Updates TrackID By Pulling It Out Of Beta And Giving It Material Design|publisher=Android Headlines|date=4 March 2015}}

The service has been present on select Sony Ericsson handsets since around 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.knowyourmobile.com/products/2271/trackid-its-pure-bloody-genius|date=4 April 2007|title=TrackID - it's pure bloody genius}}{{cite web|url=http://www.intomobile.com/2007/11/11/review-shazam-id-trackid-is-no-longer-just-a-sony-ericsson-thing/|title=Review: Shazam iD, TrackID is no longer just a Sony Ericsson thing|date=11 November 2007}}

TrackID was discontinued by Sony Mobile on 15 September 2017 and Sony recommended that users install Shazam to 'continue discovering music'.{{Cite web | url=http://www.xperiablog.net/2017/07/03/trackid-music-recognition-service-closing-down/ | title=TrackID music recognition service closing down | Xperia Blog}}