Shazam is a powerful music recognition application integrated into your iPhone, allowing you to identify songs playing in your environment with just a tap. Whether you’re in a café, at a concert, or watching a movie, Shazam can quickly recognise music tracks, making it an invaluable tool for music lovers.

What Is Shazam?

You can use Shazam on a variety of devices, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple Vision Pro, HomePod, and Android devices, to identify almost any song within earshot and discover music on your preferred platform. It allows you to sync identified songs to an Apple Music or Spotify playlist, automatically adding them to a “My Shazam Tracks” playlist in the respective apps on your device. With Shazam, you can quickly open songs in Apple Music or listen to them in other music apps like Spotify, Deezer, or YouTube Music.

Stay updated on your favourite artists by exploring upcoming concerts, receiving reminders, and accessing ticket details. You can sing along to time-synced lyrics, watch official music videos, and share your identified songs with friends or on social media using Messages and other apps.

Additionally, you can purchase identified tracks to support the artists you love, discover new tunes through recommended songs and playlists, and even identify music playing in a browser tab using an extension. Customise your Shazam experience with haptic feedback, video previews, and other preferences, and utilise accessibility features to enhance readability on your device’s screen.

How Shazam Works

Using Shazam is incredibly straightforward. Simply open the app or activate the feature via the Action Button if you’ve assigned it to recognise music. Once activated, Shazam listens to the audio playing nearby for a few seconds and then displays the title of the song, the artist, and album information if it successfully identifies the track.

Shazam also provides links to stream the song on popular platforms like Apple Music or Spotify, allowing you to listen to or purchase the song instantly. You can explore the song’s lyrics, see related music, and even discover new artists through Shazam’s recommendations.

Shazam Features

In addition to its core function of identifying songs, Shazam offers several useful features:

• Offline Mode: You can still tag songs even without an internet connection. Shazam will store your tags and identify them once you reconnect to the internet.
• History and Library: All identified tracks are saved in your Shazam history, making it easy to revisit songs you’ve discovered.
• Integration with Siri: You can ask Siri, “What song is this?” to use Shazam’s music recognition capabilities directly from your voice assistant.
• Shazam for TV: The app can identify music from television shows and movies, enhancing your viewing experience by connecting you with the soundtrack.

Enhancing Your Music Experience

Shazam enriches your music experience by bridging the gap between fleeting moments and your music library. No longer do you need to wonder about that catchy tune you heard; with Shazam, you can find out instantly and explore more about it.