How to know what song is playing on your iPhone
With streaming music services such as Apple Music and others in full swing, we are increasingly open to discovering new music. That’s why sometimes we hear a song in a mall, on the radio or in a bar and want to have it on our list. Sometimes it’s not easy to find that song and you have to google it, but there are faster ways. With your iPhone, you can find out the exact title of a song and we’ll tell you how.
Shazam has been the quintessential smartphone app to detect which song is playing and get the exact title. You’ll even have a link to the Apple platform to listen to it. Since 2018 this app belongs to Apple, so we have managed to integrate it as much as possible in the ecosystem and by invoking Siri we can have this extension.
Simply open Siri , either by clicking on the corresponding button or by saying the famous “Hey Siri”. Once you’re in the wizard you must say “What song is this?” or some other similar one like “What’s playing?” At that moment Siri will stay listening and after a few seconds she will tell you what song it is. For this you don’t need to have the app installed on your iPhone.
However, if you find it more convenient to use the Shazam app , you can still use it. It is still available for download in the iOS App Store. Once you are granted permission to access the microphone it is ready to use. Every time the app is opened, it will automatically start listening.
The song may not be recognized in the app or with Siri . This may be due to multiple factors. The first is that the microphone is far from the speakers or the volume is not high enough to be clearly detected. There is also the possibility that some noise in the environment or interference such as radio may be preventing proper detection. In the extreme case, you may have a damaged microphone, which you should contact Apple for repair.
As we said before, we have several advantages with Shazam. Being able to directly access Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube or other platforms is a real advantage. That way you can listen to that song right away, completely and without interruption. You also have other songs by the same artist or other related songs from the same interface. You can also save it to your favorites list and even take a snapshot of it to find the song later. Note that Shazam stores your searches in case you want to check your ‘shazameadas’ playlist at any time.
