Couldn’t be more wrong.
How did Face ID came to life? By acquisition of different companies.
It is the Apple way.
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It’s already integrated in Siri. Which most people either don’t know, or forgot.
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Apple Acquiring Shazam and Says 'Exciting Plans' Are Ahead
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How did Face ID came to life? By acquisition of different companies.
It is the Apple way.
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It’s already available for free on iOS in Siri, so why would they charge for it?
You can’t delete Siri.
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It’s been already integrated into Siri for a few years.
Living under a rock lately?
I got a free Starbucks download code a number of years back for SoundHound Unlimited, and I haven't looked back at Shazam since. I like the way SoundHound does things. Siri integration isn't useful for me since I already have more than 900 tags on SoundHound that are all tagged with time and date and location.
I guess we'll see how this plays out for Apple.
I guess we'll see how this plays out for Apple.
I disagree. Yelp is rather hated because you basically have to bribe them to "curate" reviews of your business, and then if you pull a stunt like asking for poor reviews (google them with the pizza place that tried it) they try to SUE you for not playing the game. Also, Snapchat is getting their rear ends handed to them by Facebook, so in the long term there is little upside to buying them before there's a fire sale.
Waze, however, would have been very good to acquire, as well as LoopPay.
This is bad.
I can see how this can evolve into where Apple will ask for $$$ for other applications to connect to Shazam.
I can see how this can evolve into where Apple will ask for $$$ for other applications to connect to Shazam.
No. Shazam’s technology/IP is well understood. And locked up with patents. It has nothing to do with product vision.
You buy in those situations, especially when you are cash-rich, and the other company has unique expertise.
Nothing new or anti-innovation about that. Silicon Valley has been doing that for decades. That’s why the last 11 person startup I was in was acquired by a 40,000 employee company, who could have rolled their own. But that would have been incredibly stupid. That’s how it works here.
Fabulous - I will switch to SoundHound now completely. Not a fan of how they handled Siri once they owned it and the stagnation that occurred there.
Why? They're healthy competition.
I am frustrated with their artist royalty rates, but i don't think it good that they go away.
Apple Acquires Shazam and Says 'Exciting Plans' Are Ahead
I do not see the word "may."
Great :/, bye Shazam. Hello iMusic Tunecatcher: Apple Music Subscription Required or some other variation
This will not hurt Spotify. I'm not going to stop using Spotify, nor am I going to stop using Shazam. It's just going to be a little more annoying for me each time I do, but convince me to switch to Apple Music? No chance.
Huh?....Siri and Google Assistant were both built FROM integrations. That's the way its done in the tech world. Why build when you can easily buy an asset.
Good bye Spotify integration...
If they remove Spotify integration, I'm immediately deleting Shazam and doubling down on my commitment to use only platform agnostic services. Unfortunately I can totally foresee this happening - because very obviously Apple becomes more and more the talking man on the blue screen in front of a sitting army of indoctrinated followers.
Just use Soundhound. In my tests, it works better anyways.Good bye Spotify integration...
It might hurt Spotify, but 100% agree with the rest you said. Personally any such nasty anti-competitive move from Apple will just cement my resolve not to use Apple Music, EVER.
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Preemptively will have to give it a try!
SoundHound is way better at playlist integration, not to mention discovery in general. I think Apple bought the wrong company.Good bye Spotify integration...
let me guess, integrate into Siri so they get better answers for the search requests... Exciting plans my arse!
What would be exciting is if we could take a picture and get siri to identify the object, except the object database would be small, and google now would make a better one for andriod within 6 months.
Tim Cook for retirement? let's hope!
What would be exciting is if we could take a picture and get siri to identify the object, except the object database would be small, and google now would make a better one for andriod within 6 months.
Tim Cook for retirement? let's hope!
Not sure if anyone else mentioned this but Google Assistant recognizes songs based on Play Music I believe. So that feature will still be available for Android.