Find out what song plays near you - Android (2024)

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Identify songs playing around you

Open the Shazam app , then tap the Shazam button . Touch and hold the Shazam app icon on your Home Screen, then tap Shazam Now.

Identify songs playing around you

Open the Shazam app , then tap the Shazam button . Touch and hold the Shazam app icon on your Home Screen, then tap Shazam Now.

You can also use an app like Shazam to identify tracks playing nearby – even when you're wearing headphones. Access all of your previously searched songs in the Library tab, and connect the app with select music-streaming apps to play your new discoveries.

Identify songs playing around you

Open the Shazam app , then tap the Shazam button . Touch and hold the Shazam app icon on your Home Screen, then tap Shazam Now.

Identify songs on shazam.com

Open the web browser (such as Safari, Firefox, or Google Chrome) on your device, then go to www.shazam.com. Tap or click . The identified song and its lyrics (if available) are displayed. Any available concert information is displayed below the song or below the video preview.

To use the new feature on a mobile device, open the latest version of the Google app or find the Google Search widget. Tap on the mic icon and say “what's this song?” or click the “Search a song” button. Then start humming for 10 to 15 seconds.

On an Android device, you can tap and hold the Shazam app in the app drawer, then tap Shazam Now. If you want Shazam on in the background so it can continue to identify what is playing around you, you can turn on Auto Shazam by opening the app and touching and holding the Shazam button.

Popular music-identification apps such as Shazam and SoundHound are valuable tools that quickly name unknown songs as they play. But what if you want to figure out a song's title when it's not playing? Online services work like music-identifier apps, referencing an online database to try to match your query.

What is the automatic song identifier? ›

Identify songs automatically

Shazam can automatically identify what's playing around you with Auto Shazam. To turn off Auto Shazam, tap (or click on Mac) the Shazam button. , then turn on “Shazam on app start.”

In any case, if you want to try it out, just fire up Bixby Voice by long pressing the Bixby key or by waking it up by saying 'Hi Bixby', then ask 'What track is this' or 'What song is this' while the music is playing. Don't worry if Bixby Voice also picks up some words from the song that is playing.

Bixby has picked up a new trick recently: You can now ask Samsung's virtual assistant to identify music that's playing around you, just like Shazam.

Use the Google app or widget to find a song

To find a song using Google, tap the microphone icon and click the Search a song button to identify songs playing near you. You can also hum or whistle a tune to find the song.