Gracenote

I enabled Gracenote in the audio settings menu, but cannot find wtf it does. Anyone know?
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I didn't know myself so I searched:

What is Gracenote in a car used for?

Gracenote delivers a unified in-car user experience for audio, sports and video content, enabling personalization across different content types. With Gracenote's entertainment data, automakers can provide next-level media experiences for every type of vehicle and varying levels of connectivity in the car.

 

I don't think it's something useful (at least for me) but here the detail : Gracenote | Media and Entertainment Metadata Solutions

 

Thanks, I googled and got that but there is no mechanism for Toyota to get any info from me, dont have any subscription services. Is there any in-car advantage?

 

From what I can tell, it shows Thumbnails of various artists when you use an alternate device (iPhones, etc) to play music. That's about it.

 

This is for allowing a corp to track what you listen to in exchange for occasionally showing you album covers and artist names on the screen.

 

I’m not sure how that would work. On my rig, the Gracenote database resides on a micro SD card that plugs into the lower right side of the head unit. Since I have no built in wifi or other transmitting radio, Gracenote has no idea as to what I am playing. I guess they could get Toyota to download any stored info when I go to the dealer for service, but that would seem to be a bit on the excessive side for my level of paranoia. My iPhone would be a better source of those type of data, but as we all know, Apple is all about privacy, or so they tell us.

 

"This is for allowing a corp to track what you listen to..."

Oh, Christ...

 

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