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Shazam now supports one of iOS 17's best features
By Daryl Baxter published
Apple has added support for Live Activities to its Shazam app, letting it identify new music as you multitask.
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My iPhone 15 Pro Max Action Button is a Shazam shortcut and nothing else
By Daryl Baxter published
Opinion The Action Button was touted as the big feature for iPhone 15 Pro handsets — but it’s most useful to me for a super-specific purpose..
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Apple's Shazam can now identify songs playing inside other iPhone and iPad apps even while you're wearing headphones
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple's Shazam music identification app can now ID songs from other apps even when you're using headphones.
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Shazam finally supports iOS 16's hottest new feature a year after it was released
By Oliver Haslam published
Shazam just gained support for iOS 16's Lock Screen widgets a year after the software update arrived.
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Shazam can now identify mystery songs on TikTok, Instagram, and more
By Oliver Haslam published
Shazam can now identify songs that are playing in third-party apps for the first time including Instagram and TikTok.
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Shazam now puts your song history in Control Center even if you used Siri to ID it
By Oliver Haslam published
"Hey Siri, what's the name of this song?"
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New patent suggests Shazam might become much creepier in the future
By Luke Filipowicz published
Apple bought Shazam in 2018 and has made great use of its music recognition software across its platform, but a new patent show Apple might have big plans for the future of Shazam.
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Apple celebrates Shazam's birthday with 20 Years of Shazam Hits playlist
By Joe Wituschek published
To celebrate twenty years of Shazam, Apple has assembled an Apple Music playlist of the most Shazamed songs over the last two decades.
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Shazam adds Bandsintown integration, helps people find live music nearby
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple has added Bandsintown integration to the Shazam app and service, making it easier for people to find live music and ticket information.
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Shazam brings music recognition to Chrome with a new extension
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple-owned music recognition outfit Shazam has launched a new Google Chrome extension that will allow people to identify songs and listen via Apple Music.
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Shazam now works 'harder' and 'longer' to recognize the song that's playing
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple-owned music recognition app Shazam now listens for longer and works harder to try to recognize more songs, according to the latest update's release notes.
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Shazam now matches 1 billion songs every month, has matched 50 billion since 2002
By Oliver Haslam published
Apple-owned music matching service Shazam has announced that it has crossed the 50 billion song mark and it now matches 1 billion songs each month.
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Shazam Dolly Parton to get up to five months of Apple Music for free
By Joe Wituschek published
Dolly Parton has partnered up again with Apple and Shazam to offer new Apple Music subscribers up to five free months of service.
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Shazam 14.2 gets a new look and improved Apple Music, Spotify syncing
By Oliver Haslam published
Shazam now looks better, works better, and syncs better.
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iOS 14.2 adds Shazam to Control Center to discover music in more ways
By Joe Wituschek last updated
Rather than using Shazam through Siri, you will soon be able to discover music around and on your iPhone through Control Center.
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Apple Music is now an option for Shazam on Android
By Stephen Warwick published
Android users can now select Apple Music as an option within Shazam when they find a song using the service.
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Shazam for iOS gains Dark Mode support, new multi-touch gesture
By Brandon Russell published
Shazam for iOS is preparing for the release of iOS 13 with support for Dark Mode.
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