Results for "Shazam"

News: Music Industry

Why Does Apple Want Shazam?

January 5, 2018

The recent acquisition of Shazam by Apple for a relatively modest 400 million has left many wondering what the tech giant could want with the music identification service. Given that Apple has had similar infrastructure for some time, it seems the purchase was likely motivated more by interest in Shazam's historical user data. Guest post by ...

News: Technology

Who Needs Shazam? Google Assistant App Adds Song Recognition

November 8, 2017

Google has added song recognition to its Google Assistant app across all platforms. Ask Google Assistant “what song is this?” or “what song is playing?,” and it shows the song's name, the artist, lyrics, and links to YouTube, Google Play Music and Spotify. Move over Shazam... Music recognition had previously come to Google's Pixel 1 and Pixel ...