The Shazam service has been around for a long time and is quite useful when you hear a song playing on the radio. However, until now, the app couldnāt "listen" to music played through headphones. Instead, the sound had to be fed through speakers, which wasn't always convenient. Now, this has changed. .
The Pop-up Shazam feature in the latest version of the Android app works with sound played through headphones. The app operates in the background while doing so. When identifying music this way, the Shazam pop-up appears as a floating chat icon in the smartphone's user interface. It's similar to Facebook Messenger chat.
When identifying a song, the system provides its title and can also display the lyrics if necessary. Reportedly, the new feature works with various apps, including Spotify and YouTube. The only downside to this innovation is that a similar capability is not available on iOS. The reason is that Apple's requirements for background apps are stricter than those of Android. Such issues exist for audio recording apps as well.
It's worth noting that Apple acquired Shazam back in 2018, but has yet to ease restrictions for its mobile OS. This seems strange, considering that the company integrated Siri into Shazam back in 2014. Thus, the chance of an updated version of the app appearing on iOS is quite low, unless Cupertino changes its own rules.Ā
Source: 3dnews.ru
