iPhone Shazam History: How To Find All The Songs You've Scanned
The Shazam app on an iPhone can identify songs playing around the user, and there's even a way to view previously identified tracks. Shazam is a music identification app that Apple bought a few years ago and has since been added to iOS. It can be activated by asking Siri what song is playing or by tapping the Shazam icon in the Control Center. It can help the user identify new music and create a library of favorites in Apple Music.
Shazam is one of the oldest music identification apps. Using audio 'fingerprints' captured by the iPhone's microphone, the app matches this relatively small sample to a database of millions of songs, returning the result to the user and providing useful information and links that can be added to their music library. The app is popular enough to have inspired a TV game show called Beat Shazam. The show pits contestants against the Shazam app, and it's now heading into its fifth season.
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The quickest way to tell Shazam to start listening to a song is by opening the iPhone's Control Center with a swipe down from the top-right side of the screen. The recognized song is then shown in a notification. The full list of songs that have been recognized in the past can also be seen by pressing and holding the Control Center button. After a second or so, the song history will appear. Tapping any song in the list will open it in Shazam even if the app isn't installed, using Apple's App Clip feature.
The iPhone App Clip for Shazam provides several details about any song that's identified. The name of the song and the band or artist is shown along with a play button to hear a snippet of the track. An Apple Music button lets users
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