Since Shazam was acquired by Apple in 2018, it has become a free service of Apple, backed by Apple Music, sitting on 90 million songs, and built into the control center of iPhone and iPad, Mac users want to use it to identify songs, they also need to install software first, but in any case, Shazam is parasitic to Apple, at least no longer have to worry about the profit model.
A few days ago, Shazam launched a browser plug-in for Chrome users, and after listening to songs and songs, even the web page does not have to be returned, and it can be completed directly in the browser.
Previously, I saw many people in a community say that Shazam could not be found in the Chrome app market, but Shazam has placed the entrance to the extension in the most prominent position on its official website.
▲ Screenshot from Shazam's official website
Click after direct installation, Chrome in the upper right corner has more than a Shazam logo, the whole process and the naming origin of this music application is quite consistent, the original Shazam refers to a superhero under dc (Chinese Shazam), the male protagonist was originally an ordinary child, by chance to get the power of Shazam, shout Shazam, you can transform into a superhero with six gods and magic.
▲ Stills from the movie "Shazam"
With a click, the Shazam logo instantly identifies the song being played. The app got a good name.
Shazam on the Chrome web side is also very simple to use: the current page has a song, you feel very good, you can click on the extension, and then tap the S flag, the computer will recognize the audio content of the current page.
Even if the computer mutes, it can be recognized, and if successfully recognized, the album cover, song title, artist, number of recognitions, and Jump buttons for Apple Music will appear in the program window in the upper right corner.
Clicking on the album art will take you to the song's information page on Shazam, because I am logged in to my Apple Music account in advance, so I can directly click the play button to listen online.
Tried to find a few Chinese and English songs, there are original songs and cover songs and Live, but the recognition rate is not optimistic, nearly half can not be accurately identified, and the recognition process will occupy network bandwidth, resulting in the audio being played stuttering, and then affect the recognition rate.
▲ Play the live singing video of Lin Youjia on the B station, and finally successfully identify it after repeated attempts
In addition, the process of jumping to Apple Music is not very smooth, Shazam successfully identified that I am playing "Mercury" sung by Guo Ding, but after clicking on the jump, what appears is the Apple Music homepage, no matter how you try, you can't jump directly to the song page or desktop iTunes, I hope to improve it later.
For me, the significance of this extension is that I can listen to the audio content played in the office without opening the outside, and listen to the audio content played on the web, without affecting my colleagues. It is a good practical function, but unfortunately, such and such a small problem affects the entire experience process.