Is Shazam: Find song names from your browser safe?

Clean risk

Shazam sends a persistent installation identifier to its analytics servers on every popup interaction.

Each time you open the Shazam popup, the extension transmits a randomly generated installation ID (inid) along with your device language, country, and platform to beacon.shazam.com. The identifier is stored locally for one year, allowing Shazam to track usage patterns across sessions. No browsing history or page content is included in these requests.

Shazamv2.7.0Chrome Web Store
0Risk
Who publishes it

Apple, Inc. - 2 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
Shazam
Declared legal entity
Apple, Inc.
Registered address
One Apple Park Way, Cupertino, CA 95014, US

Same operator - 2 listings

Published under a different store account, but sharing the registered address, contact or declared legal entity this one gave the store.

iCloud Passwords
same declared legal entity
7.0M+Clean
iCloud Bookmarks
same declared legal entity
7.0M+Clean

Shared hosts - 1 hostname

Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.

amp.shazam.com
Also called by 5 other listings, including Twitch Enhanced Viewer | JeetBot, Music Identifier

AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2.5.0. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to. The current listed version is 2.7.0, which we have not unpacked yet.

  • Capture the video and audio of a tab

    tabCapture

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser

    unlimitedStorage

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Shazam: Find song names from your browser contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.

  • beacon.shazam.com

    Shazam: Find song names from your browser sends data to beacon.shazam.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.

Updated 30 September 2026mmioliijnhnoblpgimnlajmefafdfilb