Anniversary tour of the London-based company, which has been part of Apple since 2018 Shazam: Last week the company managed to achieve its hundred billionth music award. This is a new record and means that, mathematically, 12 titles have been queried by every person on the planet. The most recognized song – with 45 million “tags” – was Tones & I’s “Dance Monkey”, followed by Passenger’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” (Gotee) and “Let Her Go”.
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Found in (almost) all Apple products
According to Shazam, it currently has 300 million monthly active users. The service is also deeply integrated into Apple’s ecosystem, including iOS, iPadOS, and part of macOS. The company offers its own apps for other platforms. Since the iPhone 15 and Apple Watch Ultra, it has also been possible to recognize action buttons on Apple devices to recognize titles even faster. You can also let detection run its course, for example to detect songs from the radio.
Shazam has a very long history. The company was founded in 2002 by researchers at Stanford and MBA students at Berkeley. At the time, usage was still primitive: you called the hotline and then placed the phone on speaker. Recognition should finish after 30 seconds, and the track and artist will arrive via SMS. When the app era began with the iPhone, Shazam was also available as smartphone software. The company was eventually taken over and integrated by Apple six years ago.
Satisfy your hunger for new music
The integration is considered successful – Shazam, Apple’s largest acquisition to date, similar to Beats – operates comparatively independently, but is considered by Apple in all appropriate areas. Once identified, you can check Apple Music directly to see if a track is available for download or streaming. Apple Music boss Oliver Schusser said in a statement that 100 billion recognized tracks was a “monumental milestone” that shows how much people enjoyed using Shazam — as well as people’s appetite for new music. Even the hunger.
In fact, the service – in addition to the curation on offers like Apple Music or Spotify – helps you identify the songs you listen to in everyday life without any delay and then add them to your media library. Direct competitors also include others sound HoundOver the years, Shazam has gotten better and better at recognizing tracks; Now it is comparatively rare that tracks do not “match”.
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