AppleInsider Staff
A new Shazam music recognition feature was added to Control Center as part of the iOS 14.2 beta released to developers on Thursday.
The new feature enables direct access to Shazam from the iOS Control Center, keeping the music recognition tool handy at all times.
When activated, Shazam will listen for music playing in the surrounding environment, as well as through system speakers or AirPods. Recognized songs are displayed as a notifications which, when tapped, open the track in Apple Music if available.
To access Shazam music recognition, beta users must navigate to the Settings app and toggle the "Shazam" option under "More Controls," reports
Apple purchased Shazam in 2017 for a reported $400 million. Today's iOS 14.2 beta feature marks the first comprehensive integration into an Apple product beyond Siri.
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For years we’ve been able to ask Siri to identify a song, but sometimes the response I get is, “There’s nothing playing.” Well, yeah Siri, I’m asking what song is playing in the movie I’m watching, not the song that is playing on my iPhone and would be easy enough for me to check on my own!
I can see Control Center access being very handy. If it works while the phone is locked it will be a win for me.
I like the back tap implementation they added with the update today for iOS 14 but this is cool.
I’ve been using Shazam for almost 10 years and until this article I didn’t know it worked over AirPods.
What happened to Shazam being the be-all audio recognition app?
For a while ads would say things like "shazam to enter the contest!" *Deep-voiced narrator*. I really wanted Shazam to be bigger than it was. Seems Apple did not like the idea?