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You can now use Shazam to identify songs inside ChatGPT

Ivan Jenic — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 02:04:01 +0000

If you hear a song that you don't recognise while using ChatGPT, you can now use Shazam inside the AI assistant app to instantly identify it. Read more...

Apple's new Viral Chart playlist pulls hit tracks from TV, TikTok, and socials via Shazam

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 07 May 2025 20:14:01 +0000

Apple has launched a Viral Chart playlist powered by Shazam to let you find viral songs on places like TikTok, TV, and streaming. Read more...

Ray-Ban Meta glasses v11 software update brings Live AI and Live Translation features

Pradeep Viswanathan — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:32:01 +0000

Meta has announced new features for Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, including live AI, live translation, and hands-free music recognition. Read more...

Shazam celebrates 100 billion song recognitions

Taras Buria — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:44:01 +0000

Apple-owned Shazam has hit a major milestone: 100 billion recognized songs after its launch 22 years ago. Read more...

Shazam App now supports Music Haptics with iOS 18

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:20:01 +0000

With the latest iOS 18 update, the Music Haptics feature is added to the Shazam app, which is available on the App Store. Read more...

Apple's music finder app Shazam now supports Apple Music Classical

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 10 May 2023 17:42:01 +0000

Shazam's latest app update for iPhone brings support for the recently released Apple Music Classical app. It is now easier for users to listen to the identified songs in the classical music app. Read more...

Apple celebrates 20 years of Shazam with a nostalgic playlist

Anushe Fawaz — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 18:20:02 +0000

Apple is celebrating 20 years of Shazam by making a playlist featuring songs users have Shazam'd the most. The playlist includes hits by artists like Adele, Sia, Akon, Ed Sheeran, and more. Read more...

iOS 14.2 beta brings Shazam's music recognition to Control Center

Usman Khan Lodhi — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:02:01 +0000

The first beta version of iOS 14.2, available to developers, lets users add built-in control for Shazam making recognizing music of internal or external audio with Shazam just one tap away. Read more...

Shazam Discovery Top 50 chart introduced to Apple Music

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 17:00:02 +0000

Apple Music has announced a new weekly chart for the music streaming platform. Starting today, the Shazam Discovery Top 50 chart will be updated every Tuesday, featuring the week's trending artists. Read more...

Apple's Shazam now lets you share songs on Instagram Stories

Jay Bonggolto — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 05:12:01 +0000

Music discovery app Shazam has received a new update on the Apple App Store that allows you to find a song and post it to your Instagram Story. The update is currently available for its iOS version. Read more...

Shazam begins to alert users of Apple acquisition, merges privacy policy with Apple's

Sharath Ravishankar — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:14:01 +0000

Shazam, the music recognition service acquired recently by Apple, now presents users with an alert that informs them of the fact. Its privacy policy has been changed to align with that of Apple's. Read more...

Apple finally announces acquisition of Shazam weeks after EU gives green light

Paul Hill — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 17:06:01 +0000

Apple has finally announced the acquisition of the music detecting service, Shazam. The finalisation of the acquisition comes just weeks after the European Union said the deal could go ahead. Read more...

European Union gives Apple the green light for Shazam acquisition

Usama Jawad — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 04:34:02 +0000

After probing and scrutinizing Apple's proposed acquisition of music discovery app, Shazam, for a few months, the European Union has finally given the Cupertino tech giant the go-ahead for the deal. Read more...

European Union set to allow Apple's acquisition of Shazam

Paul Hill — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 20:08:01 +0000

Apple looks likely to receive the EU's unconditional approval of its acquisition of Shazam. The EU is worried that Shazam could give Apple Music an unfair advantage over rival services. Read more...

European Commission to examine Apple's acquisition of Shazam

Jay Bonggolto — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 05:54:01 +0000

The European Commission plans to examine Apple's acquisition of Shazam due to competition concerns raised by a number of countries such as Austria, France, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Spain, and Sweden. Read more...

Shazam! Apple is indeed buying the popular "name-that-clip" app

John Keefer — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:02:06 +0000

In one of those rare times where "sources" were correct, both Apple and Shazam have confirmed that the iPhone maker has purchased the app that lets users identify song or video tidbits. What's next? Read more...

Report: Apple may be close to buying "identify-that-clip" app Shazam

John Keefer — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 22:50:02 +0000

While the report is unconfirmed, Apple could indeed be setting itself up for another avenue to drive people to Apple Music or its future AR endeavors. The deal could be worth as much as £300 million. Read more...

Shazam bids adieu to its Windows 10 app

Gurkaran Singh — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 07:34:01 +0000

The music-discovery service has quietly discontinued its Windows 10 app presumably due to a low adoption rate. The app, however, will continue to work for users of the service on the platform. Read more...

Here's what popular apps will look like on the Apple Watch

Max Slater-Robins — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 18:06:01 +0000

A new tool allows anybody to check out screenshots from the Apple Watch of various apps, including Clear, Twitter, Yahoo Weather and Shazam, showing how developers are working with the platform. Read more...

Shazam app updated to support Windows Phone 8

John Callaham — Thu, 30 May 2013 19:27:48 +0000

The Windows Phone version of the Shazam music discovery app has now been updated to support Windows Phone 8 devices, along with a new design and additional features. Read more...

Shazam Windows 8 app shows up in Windows Store

John Callaham — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:34:26 +0000

The popular Shazam music, movie and TV service now has a Windows 8 app in the Windows Store, although this first version does not yet support Windows RT devices like the Surface. Read more...