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Reviewed by Shaun Campbell

Shazam is a free application for the iPhone, available for download from the Apple App Store.

What Shazam aims to do is to identify music (song name, artist, album) that is playing around you – on the radio, on TV or at the cinema. Almost everyone has experienced that moment when you hear a great song for the first time but don’t know what it is, or how to find out. This is where Shazam comes in.

How does Shazam work?

Shazam records a 15 or so second sound-bite from the song and then sends that information to a large music database. This database will either “tag” the song, returning information on the title and artist, or it will return a “sorry, no match could be found” message. If the song is located, you have the option to save the “tag” for future reference, buy the song directly from iTunes, view related YouTube videos, take a picture to accompany the tag and also email the tagged song to friends.

In order for Shazam to work, the iPhone must have access to the internet – via 3G, edge or Wi-Fi. The downside to this application is that it doesn’t really have any functionality for those people on phone plans without a data package or 3G network access. Unfortunately Shazam does not have the facility to record the sound-bite to submit at a later point in time.

Does Shazam actually work?
In short, yes – most of the time.

I tested the following seven tracks at a medium noise level in a quiet room:

ACDC – Highway to Hell
Kings of Leon – Revelry
Eric Prydz – Pjanoo
John Coltrane – Giant Steps
British India – Run the Red Light
Tiesto – Lovestoned (Justin Timberlake) remix
Bach – Cello Suite

The Results:
Shazam correctly identified the first four songs, but couldn’t identify British India, the Tiesto remix or Bach. These songs may not be particularly mainstream, but they certainly aren’t completely obscure. After doing some further testing, it seems popular and contemporary music is much more readily identifiable. Although unable to identify all the tracks, I was quite impressed by the accuracy of Shazam, none of the songs were mis-identified.

I found that Shazam had issues identifying tracks when there was a lot of ambient noise in the room or if the volume was very low.


Worth the download?
Definitely – if you have 3G internet access on the go. Still worth a look if you don’t – it’s free, so you can’t really go wrong. It doesn’t work all the time, but I’d still highly recommend it for music fans.

[rating:3.5]

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Add the Shazam Option to Control Center

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Before you can use the native Shazam button, you’ll have to add it to Control Center by following these steps:

  1. Open Settings and select Control Center.
  2. Check whether Music Recognition is already listed in the Included Controls section. If it is, you can skip the rest of these steps.
  3. If it’s not there, find it in the More Controls section at the bottom.
  4. Tap the green plus button next to Music Recognition to add it.
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Now you can access it in Control Center to quickly identify music playing through headphones or your iPhone’s speakers.

How to Use the Shazam for Music Playing on Your iPhone

Once you’ve added the Control Center widget, follow these steps to use the Shazam functionality:

  1. Play a song, a video with background music, or some other music source on your iPhone using the built-in speakers or headphones.
  2. Swipe down from the top-right corner of your iPhone’s screen to reveal Control Center. If your iPhone has a Home button, swipe up from the bottom of the screen.
  3. Tap the Shazam icon to activate music recognition. The icon will turn blue while it’s listening.
  4. Wait for it to listen and search. Your iPhone will vibrate when it’s finished and show a notification with the result.
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View the Results and Play the Full Song

If your iPhone couldn’t identify the song, the notification will say No Result. Otherwise, the notification will display the song, its artist, and a thumbnail of the album artwork. Clean mac free download.

Tapping the notification will open a Shazam results page in Safari, from which you can play a preview or tap Listen in Apple Music to enter that app.

Tapping and holding on the notification presents an option to Listen on Apple Music directly from Notification Center.

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Your iPhone Knows Its Music

With your iPhone’s music recognition capabilities, you have the power to find the music you love from just about any source. Whether it’s in a video, a podcast, or somewhere else on your device, your iPhone can recognize it!

Keep exploring and you’ll find that there are other great Control Center widgets available for quick access, too.

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