Christian Zibreg, iDownloadMac:
Following the recent public release of iOS 14, Apple, almost immediately, released the developer beta of the next iOS 14 version, iOS 14.2. With this update, Apple added a dedicated tile for its music recognition tool, Shazam for the control center of iOS. And here is how you can add the tile to your control center and start recognizing songs. Do you hear a song and don't know what it's called? Then the Shazam app has been the solution for years. The app listens via the microphone of your iPhone, and then knows exactly what song you are listening to. Since iOS 14.2 you have super fast access to Shazam. You can put a Shazam. Apple has now built-in Shazam Music Recognition directly into iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2. You just activate it in control center and use it from there.
Apple-owned Shazam is the most popular music-identification service in the world. Starting with iOS 14.2, your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch can identify music playing around you or in apps via Shazam-powered music recognition available from the Control Center.
In a nutshell, if you’ve got the iOS or iPadOS 14.2 beta installed:
- Go to Settings > Control Center
- Tap the green + to add Music Recognition to Included Controls
Do that, and you’ll see the Shazam icon in Control Center. Tap it, it’ll do its thing.
Me, I ask Siri:
“What song is this?”
Both seem to work equally well. I’m guessing they fire up the same exact bit of code. The Control Center approach is much more subtle if you’re in a room with others. Good to have both.
A new Shazam music recognition feature was added to Control Center as part of the iOS 14.2 beta released to developers on Thursday.
The new feature enables direct access to Shazam from the iOS Control Center, keeping the music recognition tool handy at all times.
Ios Music Recognition
When activated, Shazam will listen for music playing in the surrounding environment, as well as through system speakers or AirPods. Recognized songs are displayed as a notifications which, when tapped, open the track in Apple Music if available.
To access Shazam music recognition, beta users must navigate to the Settings app and toggle the 'Shazam' option under 'More Controls,' reports
Iphone Shazam
Apple purchased Shazam in 2017 for a reported $400 million. Today's iOS 14.2 beta feature marks the first comprehensive integration into an Apple product beyond Siri.
Ios 14.2 Shazam Widget
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