Siri Shazam Auto Recognize?

[Laurence Eckert]

I thought that Siri was supposed to auto recognize songs playing in the background... now with the public release there isn't that feature? I really don't want to talk to siri to get her to listen to a song and I don't want to download the Shazam app....

Is this just happening to me or what?

 

[Apple_Robert]

I thought that Siri was supposed to auto recognize songs playing in the background... now with the public release there isn't that feature? I really don't want to talk to siri to get her to listen to a song and I don't want to download the Shazam app....

Is this just happening to me or what?

Works for me in iOS 8.

 

[dlmart2]

I thought that Siri was supposed to auto recognize songs playing in the background... now with the public release there isn't that feature? I really don't want to talk to siri to get her to listen to a song and I don't want to download the Shazam app....

Is this just happening to me or what?

You have to ask Siri "what song is playing?". Works great for me

 

[matttye]

They removed that feature because it was listening to and trying to identify ambient sounds in the background.

You now have to activate it using a voice command like every other siri feature.

 

[Purex]

I just say " Shazam " and it works too. Siri starts listening.

 

[legaleye3000]

Does Siri save song searches?

 

[iOz]

Does Siri save song searches?

Yes, it's accessed through the iTunes app and your wish list then Siri tab.

 

[KALLT]

Has anyone been able to use this feature without having to ask Siri first? I'm perplexed at how useless this is. I've seen Google Voice listening to both your commands and background music at the same time, but it appears that Siri can't do this.

 

[cyb3rdud3]

It is a sham as it was working really well in the Betas for me. But I have not been able to get this to work in the full release.

 

[ZEEN0j]

You have to ask Siri "what song is playing?". Works great for me

I use the shazam app so this is not a problem for me. But having to ask it to recognize would be quite difficult in a loud environment. But having it listen automatically would be troublesome as well. The best would be having a button in the middle of the screen like the shazam app for example, but also being able to ask Siri what song is playing. Best of both worlds and covers all situation.

 

[KALLT]

I use the shazam app so this is not a problem for me. But having to ask it to recognize would be quite difficult in a loud environment. But having it listen automatically would be troublesome as well. The best would be having a button in the middle of the screen like the shazam app for example, but also being able to ask Siri what song is playing. Best of both worlds and covers all situation.

I was hoping I could use this Shazam integration instead of the pretty large app. It's useless in loud environments as you said, but it also means that you have to tell Siri something in public, something with which I at least am still not comfortable with.

 

[Julien]

Has anyone been able to use this feature without having to ask Siri first? I'm perplexed at how useless this is. I've seen Google Voice listening to both your commands and background music at the same time, but it appears that Siri can't do this.

I believe this is a hardware limitation of the iPhone. Apple will likely add a low energy chip (kind of like the M chip) for always on listening to the 6S.

 

[afsnyder]

I use the shazam app so this is not a problem for me. But having to ask it to recognize would be quite difficult in a loud environment. But having it listen automatically would be troublesome as well. The best would be having a button in the middle of the screen like the shazam app for example, but also being able to ask Siri what song is playing. Best of both worlds and covers all situation.

Actually not really. Siri is pretty good at picking up voices in loud environments. Just put the microphone closer to your face and cut off the recognition as soon as you finish speaking. It works well for me at least.

 

[ZEEN0j]

Actually not really. Siri is pretty good at picking up voices in loud environments. Just put the microphone closer to your face and cut off the recognition as soon as you finish speaking. It works well for me at least.

Good workaround but not a solution. Has to be simpler.

 

[afsnyder]

Good workaround but not a solution. Has to be simpler.

I wasn't trying to make a solution but rather just saying what I've learned from using siri in loud situations lol