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SpotIt

SpotIt is an Android utility that detects advertisements in supported music-streaming apps and mutes them.

About SpotIt

SpotIt is an Android utility that detects advertisements in supported music-streaming apps and mutes them. It is intended for people who want playback to continue without an audible ad interrupting what they are doing. The supplied description names Spotify, JioSaavn, and Gaana as supported services. Rather than modifying the streaming apps, SpotIt uses notifications from those apps to recognize when an advertisement is playing. It then mutes the ad, according to the product description. This approach is described as working through the Android notification system and not bypassing the services’ protection measures. The listing also states that the app does not require network access and does not collect private data. The feature is focused on muting advertisements, not removing them from a service or changing the user’s subscription. The supported services are specifically identified in the available information, so compatibility with other players should not be assumed. Its described role is a small companion utility that responds to notification information while the user listens in one of those supported music apps.

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