Shazam gains a long-awaited feature

In an update, Shazam now supports a feature we thought would never happen. It is enough to revive interest in the application for those who no longer use it.

Owner of Shazam since 2018, Apple keeps updating its music recognition app. From now on, you will be able to recognize and identify songs playing in third-party apps like TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube.

Shazam opens to third-party apps

Have you ever wanted to identify a song that you hear in another app? This is exactly what Shazam offers with its latest update. In the release notes, the novelty is presented this way:

“Just open Shazam, hit the blue button, and go back to whatever app you were using.”

To make this possible, Shazam uses the iPhone’s microphone to hear the song over other apps in use. A few seconds is enough to select the address. All you need to do is find it on Shazam to get the name of the song and artist.

But the easiest way to use this new feature is to go directly through the iPhone’s Control Center to select a song. For example, you can open TikTok, play a song, and quickly access your Control Center to tap the song recognition icon without leaving the app.

Once you select the song, it may appear in “Dynamic Island” on your iPhone (if you have it). You can then go to Shazam in one click to get more information. Tagging a song will automatically add it to your Shazam history, as well as a personalized playlist on Apple Music so you can listen to it in its entirety later.

Apple continues to improve its app

Apple is still available on Android, and it still keeps some features for the iOS version, as in The latest version 15.36 is available on the App Store. Apple has not yet determined whether or not the Android version will be able to take advantage of music recognition in third-party apps.

Apple bought the Shazam app for €340 million in 2018. The American giant’s first decision was to remove ads from the app. Today, Apple uses it as a selling point for its devices thanks to its deep integration with iOS and iPadOS, but also in music services like Apple Music and Apple Music Classical.

Shazam reveals the most Shazamed songs ever

After learning about the music, Shazam even tried clairvoyance by trying to predict which songs would be the most successful in 2023. If the app remains a reference in its field, it should face some competition like that of Google Pixel smartphones. In fact, the latter is able to recognize, locally, the music of your environment thanks to the microphone, without having to restart the application.

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9to5Mac