Does it happen to you that you heard only a small part of a song and need to know its name? The app to identify it is called Shazam. You can use it for free, although it has a fairly accessible paid version.
You can easily describe the author or album to which the song belongs easily and quickly. But it doesn't stop at just that, it also has several concert recommendations and other functions that we will talk about right here.
What is Shazam and where can I get its app?
It is an application that can identify music just by listening to a short sample audio. Currently, it belongs to Apple, since it was purchased in 2017.
Shazam takes advantage of your phone's microphone to follow the digital acoustic fingerprint and compare it with its own database to find matches. It will allow you to know the name of the song, artist, album or links of interest to YouTube or Spotify.
The app is currently available for iOS and Android for free. Even enjoy good integration with Siri, to facilitate assistance in this regard. Use it in your Apple Watch or Android Wear without problems and you can download it with the following links:
How to use the Shazam app
Once you have the Shazam app installed on your mobile, you just have to open it and you will notice that it has a fairly intuitive interface. With Press the "Shazam" button, active listening to the musical theme will begin.
Once you identify and compare what you have heard with the database you have, it will generate the results (name, date, album photo...). Although it has a large number of songs, it may not recognize the song you present to it, and its database is constantly updating.
In its results it offers interesting data such as the best songs by the same artist, music videos or similar song suggestions.
The app automatically saves the songs you use internally, so that you can consult them later in the "My Shazam" option.
Tips and tricks to get the most out of Shazam
Although it is an app created to recognize songs, it has many functions that you can exploit to get the most out of it. We tell you some of the things you can do with Shazam.
Identify global trends
By showing you what the songs most recognized by the app, depending on each country or region, you can have an estimate of global trends. Above all, it is interesting to learn about songs that may not be top (since they are easily recognized), but by rising artists.
Recommendations according to your profile
Thanks to the songs you may be identifying, Shazam has the ability to make comparisons with other similar songs, bringing you closer to artists that may catch your attention. Nowadays almost all apps for listening to music offer custom lists, this function acts in a similar way.
Identify images, instead of songs
A new feature that Shazam added is power identify through images, photos, posters or covers related to music. It is easy to access this, you just have to locate the "camera icon" on the main screen. This will allow you to point at any image with your mobile and the application will try to take you to the subject that most resembles it.
This feature may not be as accurate as audio identification, but it is another quality that Shazam offers that will surely improve over time.
You should not cover the microphone and always use the best parts
It may sound obvious, but it is worth highlighting that so that the audio that enters the mobile can be correctly identified, we must be careful not to cover the microphone. The less distorted the audio reaches the device, the better the results can be with the app.
It is also recommended use the best part of the song In order to identify it, let's remember that there are thousands of songs with similar chords or instruments, which complicates the work even more. The best part to recognize a song in most cases: the chorus or chorus.
Now, the next time you hear that catchy fragment of a song, you will have the ideal tool to know what it is.