Google (Android, iOS) and Siri (iOS, built-in) both come with music recognition in their bag of tricks, with quick voice commands allowing you to ID what song is playing. You can also queue up. The new feature is called Music Recognition, and it was rolled out to developers in the iOS 14.2 beta – software made available for testing before it is released for consumers. The Music Recognition feature is the system-level integration of the Shazam app in iOS 14.2. If you remember, Apple acquired Shazam a while back and has been slowly integrating it with iOS. The integration is quite powerful and different from the Shazam app. On iPhone or iPad, add the Shazam widget to identify music in the Today View. Use Shazam on your Apple Watch to Shazam tracks. To identify music from the menu bar of your Mac, get Shazam for Mac from the Mac App Store. On HomePod, say “Hey Siri, Shazam this song.” Use the Shazam It action to add music recognition to your Shortcuts.
Ios Music Recognition
iOS 14.2 makes it possible
by: Akriti Rana - Last updated on: November 23rd, 2020
What do you do when you hear a song playing around you and want to identify it? Well, we have been either summoning Siri on our iPhones or Apple Watch, asking her to recognize the song, or have been launching the Shazam app for the same purpose. Both options come in handy most of the time but take their own sweet time. Waking up Siri does take a few seconds and fishing out Shazam from the list of apps can also waste a few moments. These few moments are often key when you are out hearing and trying to identify a random song. Also, speaking to your phone (rather than on it) in public can get you some weird glances.
Well, all of this can now be avoided. You can figure out what song is playing around you with just a single tap on your iPhone.
Yep, that simple. The iOS 14.2 update has introduced a feature that will allow you to tap and recognize the songs playing around you. The feature called, “Music Recognition” is basically Shazam in your Control Centre. For those who might have forgotten, Apple bought Shazam back in 2018 for $400 million and after integrating it with Siri, the brand is further weaving the music recognition software into its OS. But instead of calling it Shazam, Apple has added it as Music Recognition with a Shazam logo. And it puts song recognition a tap away on your iPhone.
Here is how you can get the feature on your iPhone!
Update! Update! Update!
First things first, your iPhone must be running on iOS 14.2 or above in order to get this feature working on your device. If you have not updated your iPhone, you can easily do so by going to Settings. Pick out “General” and then tap on “Software Update”. From here you can update your iPhone to the latest version of iOS available in your region.
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Dive into Control Center
Once your iPhone is updated, you again need to go swimming in the Settings but this time you have to select a fish swimming a little deeper than General and select the “Control Centre” option. It is right below General.
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Time to recognize Musical Recognition
After getting into the Control Centre find the feature called “Music Recognition”. You would have to scroll down all the way to the bottom of the page to find it but it will surely be there. The feature will have the iconic blue Shazam icon.
Add Musical Recognition Control to your Centre
Now all you have to do is tap on the tiny green “+” icon right next to it and the feature will be added to the Control Centre on your iPhone. It will now have a “-“ icon next to it – this we will ignore!
Identify songs with a tap:
Next time you hear a song around that you want to identify, do not summon Siri or launch Shazam. Simply swipe down (or up, based on what iPhone you are using) to access your Control Centre, tap on the Shazam icon which is now called Music Recognition. And let it do the job for you. It will identify the song and show it as a notification, tapping on which will open the song in Shazam.
Easy Peasy Apple Squeezy!
(Note: No Apples were harmed in the making of this article.)
Apple acquired music-discovery app Shazam in 2018, and quickly made it an ad-free experience. While Shazam has remained a standalone app available across mobile operating systems, Apple has now integrated Shazam more tightly into its ecosystem with iOS 14, allowing iPhone and iPad users to name that tune without opening a separate app. Here's how to use it.
Add Shazam to Control Center
To quickly figure out what song is playing, the best way to access Shazam is by adding it to Control Center. Here’s how to enable it:
- Open iPhone Settings
- Tap Control Center
- Tap the “+” next to Music Recognition
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This adds a Shazam icon to Control Center. To move its position, tap and hold the hamburger icon to the right of the Music Recognition option and drag it up or down. To remove it, tap the red minus (-) icon and tap Remove.
When you need to find out the name and artist of the song you’re currently bopping your head to, swipe down from the top-right of your iPhone (or swipe up from the bottom if you have a Home button) to reveal Control Center, then tap the Shazam icon to start the search. Shazam will dig through its library and display the track name, artist name, and a small single/album cover art image as a notification banner at the top of the screen.
Tapping on the banner will open Shazam’s website with more track information, where you can also check out synced lyrics. If you have the Shazam app installed, you will be taken to the app and presented with additional track and artist information.
Given Shazam is now an Apple app, the option to open the song in Apple Music features prominently, but you can tap the three-dot menu on the top right to open it within another music-streaming service, like Spotify. Connect your Shazam app to Apple Music or Spotify, and the app will display the option to open your Shazam'd songs in that app going forward.
Ask Siri to Start Shazam
Another way to use Shazam’s music-recognition feature is to ask Siri: 'What song is playing?' Siri will discover and reveal additional track information via a notification banner, similar to the Control Center method. Additionally, you can tell Siri “play more songs like this,” and it will queue up similar tracks in Apple Music.
Evoking Siri to discover music is faster than opening Control Center and tapping the Shazam icon. On the other hand, by using Siri, you won’t be able to disguise the fact that you don’t know a song. But however you access Shazam, the app can help you avoid feeling like an out-of-touch old fogey when it comes to what the kids are listening to these days.