Press kit

aux is a free music overlay for Mac and Windows games: it floats over whatever you play and shows your Spotify or Apple Music song, so you can skip, see synced lyrics and listen along with friends without alt-tabbing.

Fact sheet

Name	aux (always lowercase)
What it is	A music overlay for games
Platforms	macOS 13 or later; Windows 10 and 11
Music	Spotify, Apple Music; SoundCloud in a browser tab on Mac. No sign-in.
Status	Private beta on Mac and Windows; public waitlist open
Price	Free. Optional worlds (two pets, scenery and a player theme) are $2.99 each, a fixed price with nothing random.
Built with	Swift and SwiftUI on Mac; Rust with Direct2D and DirectComposition on Windows
Website	https://auxoverlay.com
Community	The aux Discord

Descriptions

One line

aux: your music, on top of every game.

One paragraph

aux is a free music overlay for Mac and Windows games. It floats over whatever you play and shows your Spotify or Apple Music song, then gets out of the way in a slim mini mode once the match starts. Skip, search and change the volume without alt-tabbing, read synced lyrics, listen along with friends in sync across Mac and PC, and bring pixel pets along for the ride. It never injects into games and is built to use less than a browser tab.

Features

Stays on screen over fullscreen games; mini mode turns on by itself mid-match.
Synced lyrics, on the player or in the Hub.
Listen along with friends and shared queues, Mac and PC together.
Eight visualizers and rave mode, which finds the drop.
A game ↔ music balance and per-app volume mixer; Autopilot lowers the music while friends talk.
PlayStation and Xbox controller controls; the PlayStation touchpad works as the album.
Pixel pets with hats, and genre trophies earned by listening.
Discord status with the song.

Images

Free to use in coverage of aux. The game in the hero shot is Red Eclipse 2 (screenshot by TucanHolmes, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Contact

Reach the developer on the aux Discord.