Lyrixound for Chrome

Privacy policy

Last updated: 5 November 2026

This policy describes the Lyrixound extension for Google Chrome. The Windows app has its own privacy policy. The extension is published by Andrei Arekhva. It does not send data to a Lyrixound server. For questions, email support@lyrixound.app.

No account

The extension does not create an account and does not ask you to sign in.

What it reads on a page

On ordinary web pages, the extension reads the page’s media session: title, artist, album, artwork address, and whether playback is playing or paused, including the playback position. It uses that to find lyrics for the song in the tab.

It does not read the rest of the page, passwords, or your browsing history, and it does not send the page address anywhere. Artwork is shown from the address the page already published, so your browser may request that image from its host.

What stays in the browser

Appearance choices, such as colors, font, and window position, are stored with chrome.storage.local. The current song and playback position are kept in chrome.storage.session until the browser session ends. Recent lyric lookups are cached in memory for a short time so the same song is not requested again immediately. Removing the extension removes this data.

Lyrics search

To find lyrics, the extension sends the artist and title to LRCLib (lrclib.net), Musixmatch (apic-appmobile.musixmatch.com), and lyrics.ovh (api.lyrics.ovh). Those services handle the request under their own policies. LRCLib requests name the client as LyrixoundChrome. Musixmatch requests include a random identifier stored in the browser so that API accepts the call. It is not an account and is not used to follow you across websites. A link to the lyrics source opens that site in a new tab.

Audio recognition

The extension can capture a few seconds of audio from the playing tab and send a signature of that audio to Shazam (amp.shazam.com) to identify the song. This happens when you choose Recognize, when a tab is playing and has no title, or when a lyrics search finds nothing. The request includes one-time random identifiers, the time of the request, and a fixed timezone string that API expects. It does not include your location. Lyrixound does not keep the audio. Shazam processes the request under its own policy.

Website

The extension popup links to lyrixound.app and adds the browser name to that address, such as Chrome, Edge, or Brave. The site records the visit in Google Analytics, as described in the Windows app privacy policy. The extension itself does not send usage analytics.

What we do not do

The extension does not show ads. We do not sell your personal information.

Changes

If this policy changes, the date at the top of the page will be updated.