Ambient Music Mod 2.2.1 APK Download by Kieron Quinn

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This is quite a large update, please make sure to update Ambient Music Mod and then Now Playing from the Updates screen after installing

Enabled Now Playing Summary in the Now Playing History, a new feature that's not even on Pixels yet, which displays statistics about your listening habits including genre, artists, and timings from the last 30 days (configurable down to 1 day up to 365 days)
NNFPv3 (the updated model) is now enabled on all devices except legacy armv7. Google have switched Pixels over to using it, indicating music databases for the legacy model may stop being updated at some point.
Please note that due to format changes, a database update will be forced after updating, and any saved On Demand recognitions will be removed. This is unavoidable, and Google has already done this on Pixel devices with official Now Playing
Added experimental option to download extra country databases (up to two)
Added option to periodically (daily/weekly/monthly) back up to a specified location
Improved track list viewer speed by caching track info in Ambient Music Mod, rather than loading it from the Now Playing database every time. This will increase the storage footprint of Ambient Music Mod, but you can clear the app's cache if it becomes an issue.
Added a track info viewer to the track list, displaying all available information for a track on one page, including links to play tracks in the database
Added option to edit and delete stored On Demand tracks
Updated database downloader, and implemented a system whereby the system Job Scheduler (which is relied on to schedule downloads) gets told to expedite downloads where possible. This should improve the speed of database downloads.
Improved Lock Screen detection logic
Fixed an issue where some switches in the app behaved differently depending on whether the text or the switch handle was pressed
Fixed an issue where notifications for Now Playing were being re-enabled after being disabled by the user on some devices

nb: Version 2.2.1 fixes a cache issue with 2.2 which may impact updates. For this reason, it has replaced 2.2 and that version has been removed.

About

This release does not have a Play Store Description, so we grabbed one from version 2.0.2:

Ambient Music Mod | Now Playing

Ambient Music Mod is a Shizuku or root app that ports Now Playing from Pixels to other Android devices.

Requirements

Android device running Android 9.0 or above (11+ recommended). ARM64 is currently required.
Shizuku (Android 12+) or root access (Android 9+).
- Shizuku does not require root, instead needing an ADB command to be run every reboot.

Features

Full Now Playing support, based on the latest version from Pixel devices and the latest music databases
Automatic Ambient Music recognition, with settings to control how often recognition runs - finding the right balance between battery usage and convenience
Now Playing History and Favourites support
Support to trigger recognitions manually, including a homescreen widget
On Demand recognition on supported devices, using the Google Assistant-backed recognition engine for songs that are not in the local database (must be triggered manually)
Show Now Playing songs on the lock screen (accessibility service required)
View the full track list of recognisable songs, and change the database location if your taste does not match your device's locale

Screenshots

Installation

Download the latest APK from the Releases page and install it. Ambient Music Mod will download and install the latest Now Playing APK for you as part of the setup process.

If you have any questions, please read the FAQ before opening an issue or replying to the XDA thread.

Building

Note: If you are building Ambient Music Mod yourself, you must also build Now Playing, since the signatures have to match for security reasons.

Clone the repository
Create a local.properties file in the root of the project, and set it up:

sdk.dir=<path to your Android SDK>
storeFile=<path to your keystore>
keyAlias=<keystore alias>
storePassword=<keystore password>
keyPassword=<key password>

Open the project in Android Studio
Set the Build Variant to release
Run and install a build of app as normal

Building the Magisk Overlay Module

Open the project in Android Studio
Run the :ondemandoverlay:buildOverlay task. A module zip will be built and placed in ondemandoverlay/build/module.