Wondering what song is
playing? No need to open an app; Shazam’s music-recognition feature in
ios 14 is now tightly integrated
with iOS 14. Here's how to access it.
Apple acquired music-discovery app Shazam music
recognition ios 14 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.
Make use of the Shazam music app.
If you have
the Shazam music app loaded on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac, you may
use it to identify songs and add them to your collection.
Open the
Shazam app on your device.
Tap or click
the Shazam button to find out what's playing in the area.
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
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.
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