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Shazam App
Minjun ParkGeneral

Update to Shazam makes the app more useful

It is hard to believe that nearly four years have passed since Apple paid a reported $400 million for the music recognition app Shazam. Whether this was a move made by Apple to compete with Pixel’s Now Playing feature is unknown. At the time that the deal was…

Shazam App
Rajiv MenonGeneral

Music lovers are getting a “small” present in iOS 14.6

Has this ever happened to you? You hear a song that you like and want to find out the name of the tune and the artist. So you start navigating your iPhone’s screen looking for Apple’s own Shazam app, but by the time you find it and tap on the icon, the song…

Shazam App
Minjun ParkGeneral

Shazam! Apple releases public beta for iOS 14.2

Last week, just the day after it released iOS 14, Apple introduced the developer beta for iOS 14.2. Today, the first public beta version of both was launched by Apple and it allows for the addition of the Shazam music recognition feature to the Control…

Shazam App
Minjun ParkLiving

Shazam finally adds Apple Music integration on Android

It’s been almost two years since Apple acquired Shazam, the music recognition software that everyone installs on their phones. To this day, Shazam would allow Android users to connect to the Spotify app to add songs to playlists or even play them within the…

Shazam App
Minjun ParkGeneral

Apple’s Shazam app updated with new Pop Up functionality

Recently acquired by Apple, Shazam is bringing new features to its users, although this time only Android users will benefit from the changes. A new Pop Up functionality has just been added to Shazam for Android, which will allow users to identify songs…

Shazam App
Minjun ParkElectronics

Apple buys song recognition app Shazam

Apple said Monday that it would buy leading song recognition app Shazam in a fresh bid to secure an edge in the intensifying battle of streaming services. Apple, whose streaming service has rapidly grown but still has only half the paid subscribers of…

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