Shazam Update Adds Songs Identified by Siri to Music Recognition History in Control Center

[MacRumors]

Apple today updated the Shazam app for iPhone and iPad, introducing a new feature that is designed to allow songs identified using Siri to be added to both the Shazam App library and the Music Recognition History view in the Control Center. Note that this functionality requires iOS 16.

Apple added Music Recognition feature to the Control Center back in iOS 14, and there has long been a history of songs identified if you long press on the Shazam Control Center icon. Songs listed here were shown if you used the Control Center button to identify music content, but not if you asked Siri to identify a song.

"Hey Siri, what's the name of this song?"

Songs you identify using Siri on iOS 16 now sync to your Shazam App library and Music Recognition History View in Control Center.

With the update, the Music Recognition History list and the App Library in Shazam will show songs identified through Siri or through the Music Recognition tool.

• How to View Shazam Music Recognition History on iPhone and iPad

Apple purchased Shazam in 2018 for $400 million and has been integrating the service into its devices since then, in addition to adding a number of improvements. Apple last year said that its Music Recognition feature in Control Center had surpassed one billion cumulative recognitions over the course of a year.

Article Link: Shazam Update Adds Songs Identified by Siri to Music Recognition History in Control Center

 

[EmotionalSnow]

What took them this long?

 

[MLL63QNA]

Weird fact, I havent used/needed shazam yet in my life, and Im almost 37yo. All the public places Ive been to are listening some pop ****, and Im a hardcore metal fan.

 

[blazerunner]

Weird fact, I havent used/needed shazam yet in my life, and Im almost 37yo. All the public places Ive been to are listening some pop ****, and Im a hardcore metal fan.

Top 40 stuff isn't music; it's a product made to sell and cater to the masses. It's just soulless drivel.

 

[MLL63QNA]

Top 40 stuff isn't music; it's a product made to sell and cater to the masses. It's just soulless drivel.

Yeah, good music - especially good metal music - is really hard to find. Sometimes you stumple across them by accident. Maybe Apple Music suggest them or YouTube. Ive found a lot of smaller bands that way that are not that well known. But Im feeling glad every time when I find one of those smaller bands, they sound unique and they focus on the music quality, thats what matters the most in my eyes, or should I say in my ears.

 

[mcfrazieriv]

How was this company worth $400M? Was there some sort of algorithm they were actually after for another reason?

 

[Eorlas]

What took them this long?

apple does advancements to their software once per year

 

[jvchappy]

How was this company worth $400M? Was there some sort of algorithm they were actually after for another reason?

I believe the sound recognition feature in accessibility is powered by the algo... i.e. identifying door bell or baby crying. It's actually really useful tech...

 

[klasma]

I didn’t know the Shazam feature keeps a history, that’s actually really neat.

 

[iBreatheApple]

That’s a nice little update!

 

[iBreatheApple]

Weird fact, I havent used/needed shazam yet in my life, and Im almost 37yo. All the public places Ive been to are listening some pop ****, and Im a hardcore metal fan.

You’ve never been watching a tv show, movie, or concert that had any music that you’ve liked ever? I’ve even Shazammed neighboring cars at a stop light.

 

[augustrushrox]

It would be great if the mobile apps also synced with the macOS app.

 

[JMO1]

What about from SIRI or the Apple Watch?

 

[23Aaron]

Weird fact, I havent used/needed shazam yet in my life, and Im almost 37yo. All the public places Ive been to are listening some pop ****, and Im a hardcore metal fan.

Top 40 stuff isn't music; it's a product made to sell and cater to the masses. It's just soulless drivel.

Not liking popular music doesn’t make you cool

 

[_Spinn_]

About time. I can't believe we didn't have this before.

 

[Jeaz]

I sort of wish they’d just bake more of the core features into iOS directly. Without Shazam installed you’re still directed to the Shazam clip app when recognising songs and just feels like an unnecessary step if you are using Apple Music.

 

[miamialley]

Honestly have wanted this for a long time. Never understood why it didn't do this before.

 

[lazyrighteye]

Not sure if anyone else is seeing this issue, but as I posted elsewhere...

I am not liking the "updated" Siri song search feature in iOS 16. Anyone know if it's possible to fix the following two issues?

Issue 1
Back in OS 15... When asking Siri "what song is this," Siri would listen for a moment, respond with the song name and with one tap, Music would launch to that identified song. At this point, with just one more tap, that newly identified song was added to my Library. A really efficient workflow.

In iOS 16, the "one-tap-to-launch-Music" portion or the workflow has changed. Once a song is identified (more on that in a moment), that first tap does not launch Music but instead, launches Shazam. Shazam?!? Why on earth would I want to launch a song in a music app I don't use? Answer: I don't. I'm an Apple Music subscriber and want to go back to launching the Siri-identified song into my default music player: music. So my question...
Is there a way to revert back to auto-launching Music in that scenario instead of Shazam?

Issue 2
Since updating to iOS 16 on an iPhone 14 Pro, the vast majority (maybe ~80%) of my song searches, on both cellular and wifi, don't yield a song name and, instead, yield a message from Siri stating "Sorry, I can't recognize music right now. Please try again in a bit." I just tried this with an iPhone 14 Pro/16.0.2 and an iPad mini/15.7 - both on the same wifi network. As has proven the new norm, iPhone Pro/16 yielded the "Sorry..." message. iPad mini/15 works exactly as expected. E=With recent scuttlebutt about microphones access in iOS 16, I do wonder if Siri isn't able to access the microphone - or is having issues with accessing microphone - for song identification requests.

I'm a musician and overall music nerd. Asking Siri to identify a song is one of my main requests of Siri. Has helped me evolve my music collection and tastes. For that feature to no longer work (while not at all the end of the world) is an annoyance, for this user. Any help would be appreciated.

As you were.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Updates can be good. And bad?

I noticed today, for the first time, that the lyrics from Shazam seem to truncate lines that are not currently supposedly sang/spoken that exceed a certain length. I like to sing along with songs I'm listening to, and lately I'm seeing 'long' verses clipped until they are in the limelight, and that kinda kills the whole experience. I do not remember it doing that before. When did it start doing that?

 

[TheWatchfulOne]

"Sorry, I can't recognize music right now. Please try again in a bit."

Try again in a bit? You mean like after the song I'm trying to identify is over? 😒

 

[antnythr]

Neither asking Siri what the song currently is, nor using the music recognition icon in control center, adds the song to the My Shazam Tracks playlist.

I don’t understand how it’s possible that I still need to open the Shazam app manually to get songs added to the Shazam playlist.

 

[DeepIn2U]

What took them this long?

Right??! I thought this was done already.

Still issues of Shazam playlists existing when done from multiple devices using the same iCloud account. Should just be consolidated into 1 playlist.

 

[svish]

Great to see this. Should have happened a long time back.

 

[CarlJ]

You’ve never been watching a tv show, movie, or concert that had any music that you’ve liked ever? I’ve even Shazammed neighboring cars at a stop light.

One of my main uses for a while was taking my nieces to dance class - the teacher would use a lot of cool music, and I'd Shazam any songs that were new and add them to a playlist that we'd listen to on the drive home. Worked out really well.

And yeah, I've totally Shazam'd songs from TV/videos on occasion. Yes, I could look it up in the show's credits and type that into Apple Music's search box, but why jump through so many hoops?

 

[chfilm]

Apple today updated the Shazam app for iPhone and iPad, introducing a new feature that is designed to allow songs identified using Siri to be added to both the Shazam App library and the Music Recognition History view in the Control Center. Note that this functionality requires iOS 16.

Apple added Music Recognition feature to the Control Center back in iOS 14, and there has long been a history of songs identified if you long press on the Shazam Control Center icon. Songs listed here were shown if you used the Control Center button to identify music content, but not if you asked Siri to identify a song.With the update, the Music Recognition History list and the App Library in Shazam will show songs identified through Siri or through the Music Recognition tool.

• How to View Shazam Music Recognition History on iPhone and iPad

Apple purchased Shazam in 2018 for $400 million and has been integrating the service into its devices since then, in addition to adding a number of improvements. Apple last year said that its Music Recognition feature in Control Center had surpassed one billion cumulative recognitions over the course of a year.

Article Link: Shazam Update Adds Songs Identified by Siri to Music Recognition History in Control Center

My question is- does it also work for Apple Watch Siri Shazam requests??