Universal Now Playing Companion

Browser helper for the desktop application, Universal Now Playing
What is Universal Now Playing Companion?
The 'Universal Now Playing Companion' is a Chrome extension that aids streamers by acquiring data from web pages like YouTube, SoundCloud, or Web Spotify, and sending it to the Universal Now Playing desktop application. This enables the seamless sharing of the users' current music with their online stream viewers.

Extension stats

By: pendo324
Users: 701 ▼ -12
Rating: 3.00 (2)
Version: 1.0.5 (Last updated: 2020-05-18)
Creation date: 2020-05-17
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • http://localhost:47565/*
  • https://www.mixcloud.com/*
  • https://www.pandora.com/*
  • https://play.google.com/*
  • https://open.spotify.com/*
  • https://soundcloud.com/*
  • https://tunein.com/*
  • https://www.youtube.com/*
  • https://www.deezer.com/*
  • https://app.plex.tv/*
  • See more
Size: 9.25K

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
Want to check extension ranking and stats more quickly for other Chrome extensions? Install Chrome-Stats extension to view Chrome-Stats data as you browse the Chrome Web Store.

Extension summary

Universal Now Playing is a desktop application that helps streamers share the music they are currently listening to with their stream viewers. It does this by updating a text file, that can then be used as an input source in OBS/Xsplit.

This extension is used to get data from web pages (i.e. YouTube, Soundcloud, Web Spotify, etc.) and then send that data to the desktop client. You must have the desktop client open in order to make use of this extension.

More information can be found on the GitHub page: https://github.com/pendo324/universal-np

User reviews

Does not currently work with Spotify on browser
by Gamefandan, 2020-09-12

I use this for my streams in conjunction with the Universal NP application. Works as intended and is able to grab music that's playing on Youtube
by Naqa Holliz, 2020-08-17
View all user reviews

Extension safety

Risk impact

Universal Now Playing Companion requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Universal Now Playing Companion has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Upgrade to see risk analysis details

Promo images

Universal Now Playing Companion small promo image
Small promo image

Similar extensions

Here are some Chrome extensions that are similar to Universal Now Playing Companion: