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Product Description
Product Description
Simply touch to start tagging
Discover, Buy, and Share Music
Loving that tune? Just hold your phone up to the music to identify it, to buy it direct on Amazon MP3, to check out the video and lyrics, or to share it with friends.
The new Song Previews feature lets you listen to clips of songs you've tagged. It's the perfect way to help you decide if you like a track and want to buy it. Previews works when you're browsing through your tag history, your friends' tags in Shazam Friends, or tags featured in Shazam's Tag Chart.
Learn more about the songs your friends are tagging with Shazam Friends and share the songs you've discovered as well. See what's popular in your country with Tag Chart, find tour dates for tagged artists, and buy concert tickets. Keep up to date with the latest music news with Shazam's blog.
Shazam Friends
Everyone has friends that have great taste in music. With the exciting new feature Shazam Friends you can now discover and share new music with your friends on Facebook. You'll see a real-time view of songs your friends are tagging, giving you a steam of new music to check out for yourself!
• Browse all your friends' tags, watch music videos, read reviews, access biographies, and get artist tour info
• See all recent tags from a particular friend in one place
• Add friends tags to your Shazam history and playlist
• Buy the track
• Post tags to Facebook and Twitter, add comments, and give your friends a chance to listen and comment
• Invite friends to use Shazam Friends
See song information within moments
Shazam Widget
Add the Shazam Widget to your home screen to tag a track immediately and discover what songs Shazamers around the world are tagging with the live Tag Stream feature. To find out more about a track featured on the Tag Stream, tap the title to add it to your Tag List or watch the music video.
Reviews, Artist Bios, and Lyrics
To learn more about your favorite bands and artists, check out album and song reviews, biographies and discographies, and lyrics!
Offline Tagging
Offline Tagging allows you to tag a track even when you don't have data coverage--ideal for clubbers! Tag the track as usual and Shazam will store it as an Unsubmitted Tag in My Tags. When you connect again, just tap the Unsubmitted Tag and Shazam will send you the Tag Result. Unsubmitted tracks won't count towards your 5 free tags until they've been successfully matched.
Free Version
This sponsored promo app gives you unlimited tagging until January 1, 2012. For lifetime of unlimited tagging and exclusive features, try Shazam Encore.
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
126 of 136 people found the following review helpful
By Keith VanErk
Amazon Verified Purchase
I've just started using this app a few minutes ago & I have to say, it's amazing! I mean you click it open, tab the Shazam icon & watch the magic happens: It listens to the music source, a few secs, it identifies & 'tags' the song for you! You get its name, lyrics (downloadable), YouTube vids, Facebook & Twitter share options (plus more), you can also buy the songs you like on Amazon MP3...Have you ever been in the situation where you're listening to a song on a radio & you like it but just can't search it 'cause you don't know its name ( & even worse sometimes) who's singing?! Well, wonder no more, just Shazam!
Update #1: I've got over excited using this FREE version of Shazam but to my grief, I've reached the MONTHLY limit for tagging :-( I've only tagged 5 songs! Know I'm thinking of upgrading to the paid 'Full' version. A quick search: Full Version of Shazam on Android Market is $ 4.83 vs $4.99 on Amazon Appstore for Android. Well, I know it's only a few cents less or more but something to know. Plus, now I want to try another app that offers a very similar service, Soundhound. It also comes in a Free & Paid flavors. Let's dig in more music ;-)
Update #2: I've downloaded & successfully installed the free version of Soundhound. While both apps offer very similar functionalities, Soundhound offers UNLIMITED 'Taps.' Well, that's a BIG advantage over Shazam. It also advertised as being able to identify a song as the user sing it. I've tried that but the results were far off. Maybe I'm not the best performer out there or else I would've made it to American Idol! Anyways, the mixed up results in this case are quite expected. One more thing I liked about Soundhound as oppose to Shazam, is 'Similar Artists' feature which helps you explore more music that may very well rhyme with your musical taste. As for the UI, I thought Shazam has a cleaner, more attractive, so to speak, User Interface. But that's a matter of personal preference. For now, I'm gonna stick with Soundhound as my mystery music identifier of choice. But if I'm to buy one of the two, it'll be Shazam.
Bottom Line: Whether Shazam or Soundhound, they're both solid, stable apps with neck-to-neck functionality offerings. However, it's a question of whether or not you want to buy the premium version of either. If not, then Soundhound is your best bet since it now offers unlimited tabs vs Shazam which offers a skinny 5 a MONTH!!! Unless 5 a month is what you desire?! However, I liked Shazam UI better, so if I'm to buy one or the other, it'll be Shazam. Your life, your choice ;-)
Update (04/28/2011):
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Only today, Shazam has started rolling out an update which enables UNLIMITED tagging of songs plus some other 'social' features along with the usual bug fixes. Now with this little bit of info out, both Free versions of Shazam & Soundhound offer unlimited tagging/tapping. The choice is still yours :-)
Update (08/20/2011):
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After using both apps for a a few months now, I have to admit they're neck and neck! It is hard to announce a KO winner without involving a certain amount of personal preference. But, SoundHound ' has made it a little easier to show some reasonable bias. SoundHound ' managed to move their App 2 SD. That's 3.1 MB saving in memory spending! When contacting Shazam Encore to perhaps consider a similar move, they replied: "There are no plans to allow the transferal of the Shazam application onto an SD card. We have looked into the possibility but it causes problems with the application." Well, I really hope Shazam's team will one day figure out a way to overcome those "problems!" Until then I'm sticking with SoundHound ' .
Samsung Epic 4G with Android 2.2 (Froyo)
Update #1: I've got over excited using this FREE version of Shazam but to my grief, I've reached the MONTHLY limit for tagging :-( I've only tagged 5 songs! Know I'm thinking of upgrading to the paid 'Full' version. A quick search: Full Version of Shazam on Android Market is $ 4.83 vs $4.99 on Amazon Appstore for Android. Well, I know it's only a few cents less or more but something to know. Plus, now I want to try another app that offers a very similar service, Soundhound. It also comes in a Free & Paid flavors. Let's dig in more music ;-)
Update #2: I've downloaded & successfully installed the free version of Soundhound. While both apps offer very similar functionalities, Soundhound offers UNLIMITED 'Taps.' Well, that's a BIG advantage over Shazam. It also advertised as being able to identify a song as the user sing it. I've tried that but the results were far off. Maybe I'm not the best performer out there or else I would've made it to American Idol! Anyways, the mixed up results in this case are quite expected. One more thing I liked about Soundhound as oppose to Shazam, is 'Similar Artists' feature which helps you explore more music that may very well rhyme with your musical taste. As for the UI, I thought Shazam has a cleaner, more attractive, so to speak, User Interface. But that's a matter of personal preference. For now, I'm gonna stick with Soundhound as my mystery music identifier of choice. But if I'm to buy one of the two, it'll be Shazam.
Bottom Line: Whether Shazam or Soundhound, they're both solid, stable apps with neck-to-neck functionality offerings. However, it's a question of whether or not you want to buy the premium version of either. If not, then Soundhound is your best bet since it now offers unlimited tabs vs Shazam which offers a skinny 5 a MONTH!!! Unless 5 a month is what you desire?! However, I liked Shazam UI better, so if I'm to buy one or the other, it'll be Shazam. Your life, your choice ;-)
Update (04/28/2011):
____________________
Only today, Shazam has started rolling out an update which enables UNLIMITED tagging of songs plus some other 'social' features along with the usual bug fixes. Now with this little bit of info out, both Free versions of Shazam & Soundhound offer unlimited tagging/tapping. The choice is still yours :-)
Update (08/20/2011):
___________________
After using both apps for a a few months now, I have to admit they're neck and neck! It is hard to announce a KO winner without involving a certain amount of personal preference. But, SoundHound ' has made it a little easier to show some reasonable bias. SoundHound ' managed to move their App 2 SD. That's 3.1 MB saving in memory spending! When contacting Shazam Encore to perhaps consider a similar move, they replied: "There are no plans to allow the transferal of the Shazam application onto an SD card. We have looked into the possibility but it causes problems with the application." Well, I really hope Shazam's team will one day figure out a way to overcome those "problems!" Until then I'm sticking with SoundHound ' .
Samsung Epic 4G with Android 2.2 (Froyo)
36 of 41 people found the following review helpful
This app does not disappoint! I've used it many times and love the accuracy and options for downloading, YouTube & more.
41 of 49 people found the following review helpful
By Gary Guider
Amazon Verified Purchase
cool app that i use frequently in the car to find the name of a song. my kids tell me to shazam a song when they want to know who is singing. :)
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great!
I hear songs on the radio all the time but they dont always mention the singer or song name so this is convenient especially if its not a current song that I have not heard in a... Read more
Published 1 day ago by Melissa M. Walker
5.0 out of 5 stars
Shazam Music Identification
I love the fact that you can just point it at any entertainment device and it will identify what's playing...no more guesswork! :)
Published 4 days ago by April Bowles
5.0 out of 5 stars
GET IT!!
I've tried Sound Hound and Shazam beats it hands down! It's super simple to use and it picks up on the songs WAY faster!
Published 6 days ago by Denise Plencner
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ends the "What is that song?" misery.
Want to know the name/artist of the song playing? Use this app and find it instantly.
Reliable and stable, app settles debates over songs heard in bars in an instant.
Reliable and stable, app settles debates over songs heard in bars in an instant.
Published 6 days ago by Kevin C. Ryan
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE Coolest!
I was just playing around while a movie was on the TV. Shazam identified the movie and the availability of the soundtrack. So fun, I loved it.
Published 7 days ago by Mary Orrell
5.0 out of 5 stars
Shazam
This is a very handy app for anyone who is really into music. It allows you to identify those songs you hear on the radio (or even TV commercials).
Published 9 days ago by R L Jindra
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works Well
This product works well, even in large rooms with background noice. Really easy to download and use. Nice graphics and feel.
Published 11 days ago by Professor G.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Doesn't work
When I first installed it on my Kindle Fire It worked fine. It gave me all the information about the recording I was listening to. Read more
Published 12 days ago by Jay H. Harris
5.0 out of 5 stars
ok
It's a fun application and I really enjoy it! I would highly recommend this application for everyone. Get it now!
Published 15 days ago by Love it
5.0 out of 5 stars
ShazaM
I love having this app on my I phone..this way I can get the name group and see the lyrics.....
Published 17 days ago by Linda
