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Shazam

Shazam

by Yan Matusevich on Feb 26, 2010 3:45:17 PM — read 29,227 times

Tested version: 1.3
Latest version: 3.9.0-BB73851
Requires Android: from 1.6

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Summary

Shazam is an application for music identification. To get it working simply place your device next to a speaker while an unknown song is playing. If things match up after approximately 30 seconds the title, artist, and the appropriate cover art for the given song is displayed.

Features & Use

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First impression: Amazing! This application turns a possibly hour-long excruciating search into a simple click of a button.

The following features are included in the application:

  • Music identification via microphone
  • Display of song title, artist, album, genre (upon identification)...
  • Search on Amazon MP3 Store for song titles
  • Search for additional information on Myspace and YouTube.

Out of curiosity we tried out identifying 10 music tracks with this application. Whereas newer songs we're easily identified, the application had a tough time identifying classical music pieces. Even really famous pieces, like the Toccata or the Ride of the Valkyries, unfortunately came up as unknown tracks. Merely 4 tracks were successfully identified.

Bottom line: The idea and layout of this application is really impressive. Unfortunately, the music identification itself fails to be consistently good in all musical genres.

Screen & Controls

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Very intuitive controls (access via two simple buttons). All navigation within the application is very user-friendly and scored highly in our test.

Speed & Stability

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The application is ready-to-go as soon as you click on the main icon. 10 seconds of any given song gets recorded and then analyzed. All in all it’s totally satisfactory. There were no stability issues during the tests.

Price/Performance Ratio

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The application is available to download for free from Android Market. Additional costs may apply when obtaining music tracks from the Amazon MP3 Store.

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Review "Shazam" from Dec 21, 2011 (Portuguese)

Review "Shazam" from Aug 4, 2011 (Spanish)

Review "Shazam" from Jan 31, 2009 (German)

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Market Comments

Joe, Apr 18, 2012
Great This is a great app.. right on the money with identifying the song
Brandon, Apr 18, 2012
Cool Cool
Heather, Apr 18, 2012
Awesome My favorite app ever!
Brendan, Apr 18, 2012
Love it Great app and is a must for me, I disagree with the guy below > assuming all android phones work the same
TEE, Apr 18, 2012
Love it
Rizaldo, Apr 18, 2012
(y) Almost perfect app! (y)
Samantha, Apr 18, 2012
Meh This app is for the most part very good, but it does not recognize ALL music.
Tamsin, Apr 18, 2012
Brilliant Loads quickly and is very helpful, definatley download :)
Zuhair, Apr 18, 2012
Awesome! This app is really amazing
Anonymous, Apr 18, 2012
Identifying This does a very good job identifying songs I don't know. Love it! Thanks!
Rashid, Apr 18, 2012
Great App! It works as advertised, quick, accurate, and efficient. I would like to see it support a larger library and offer more support to music listeners with less mainstream tastes. Update 4/18: Changed from 4 to 5 stars. Shazam gives me the ability to do something that I could not, or was very difficult, to do before. Before Shazam, it was extremely difficult to track down a song after hearing a few bars on an obscure college radio show. Now, it is effortless in most cases.
Big, Apr 18, 2012
Amazing Works great
Naquan, Apr 18, 2012
Amazing I used this at least once a week. It just makes finding music easier!
Cotrus, Apr 18, 2012
Galaxy Gio So cool app i dont have word's to say how cool is this app.
John, Apr 18, 2012
This app is great I love it like my daddy loves hookers.
akash, Apr 18, 2012
Not good It doesn't work after long use
jenny, Apr 18, 2012
Samsung S2 Very good..
Brandon, Apr 18, 2012
Dope This is what an app is supposed be
Farid, Apr 18, 2012
I love it ;) good tool
dayanara, Apr 18, 2012
Love. Finds the song, album, and artist. Loveee.
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