What is Shazam
Shazam is a musical app that can figure out music or TV shows by listening to a snippet of the audio, display more details and sharing options upon identifying a song or TV show.
Shazam is a very simple app to use, just tap the Shazam menu feature in the app. You can also activate it through Siri on any Apple device like iPhones.
For those who hears a song and don’t really know much about it and the artist that sang it, Shazam app will build a bridge to that gap. The app is simply a music recognition tool that has been in existence way back 2002 according to Business Insider.
Shazam happens to be the first app to be included in Apple App Store in 2008. Ads and TV programs were later added to its database in 2011.
How to Use Shazam App
To use Shazam is very simple and takes less time. You just have to access the app and tap on the Shazam logo featured on the app dashboard. You can also use it through Siri.
What is Siri / What is Siri Used for
Siri is a virtual assistant that is part of Apple Inc.’s iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, macOS, and tvOS operating systems. The assistant uses voice queries, gesture based control, focus-tracking and a natural-language user interface to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions by delegating requests to a set of Internet services. The software adapts to users’ individual language usages, searches, and preferences, with continuing use. Returned results are individualized…read more on Wikipedia.
How Shazam works
Shazam works more like magic. It takes the app few seconds to identify any music you are listening to. It is also possible to activate Siri on any Apple device and direct Shazam to figure out the source and every relevant information about the song that’s being played.
These are what Shazam reveals whenever you tap on the app logo:
When you tap on the logo, it creates digital fingerprint of any audio it picks from your microphone and then match the digital fingerprint to a database that contains millions of music tracks or TV shows. Once it identifies a match, Shazam app will display every information about the song like the name of the song and the artiste. Lyrics, sharing options are also part of the information Shazam will reveal to you.
What are the Devices that Support Shazam
Shazam app is available to both iOS and Android users for download. You can also use it on Apple Watch, Android Wear and Macs. Shazam has been built into Siri on Apple devices since 2018 after Apple bought the company.
Features of Shazam App
Shazam app does more than what you have probably heard or know about it. It does more than identifying the name of TV shows, songs or artistes.
You can sing along as you play the song on the app as it displays lyrics of the music in real time. Additional information Shazam will show you about the music you’re listening to are, top songs of the artiste, other albums of the artiste, music videos, suggestion for related songs and track information.
It features many sharing options for social media apps, email, text messages and menu to access song in Apple Music or Spotify or purchase on iTunes. There’s also an option in Shazam to add songs you find on the app to Apple Music or Spotify playlists.
It automatically stores the songs you Shazam so that you can refer to them later in the library lab when next you want to play. The app has an offline mode feature that when you use it without internet, it will create a digital fingerprint of the audio that will match to the database the next time internet is activated on your device.
Another interesting feature of Shazam app is the “Auto Shazam”. This feature allows the app to automatically identify songs or TV shows playing around you even when you’re active on other apps.
What is the No. 1 Song on Shazam Global Charts
On September 11, 2021, ‘Love Nwantiti’ by Nigerian singer, Ckay becomes the No. 1 song being listened to on Shazam Global Charts in the world. Shazam tracks the most searched songs in the world and ranks them on a chart…..read more here
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