What is Shazam and how does it work?

You listen to a song and you love it, or it reminds you of someone, or you think it's horrible ... but you do not know the title, or the artist, or the record ... And what do you do? There is an instantaneous way to know all those data with a single gesture and through your smartphone, the solution is: Shazam, a mobile application with which you can discover at the moment what is the name of the song that is playing, together with its author, album to which it belongs, etc. From .com we want to explain in more detail what Shazam is and how it works.

What is Shazam?

Shazam is an application for smartphones, available for iPhones and iPads, Blackberries, Nokia, Android, Windows Phone 7 and Windows Mobile 6 that allows you to instantly know the title, author and album of the song that is playing, just by letting it sound close to your mobile device This is possible thanks to its large database that exceeds 60 million songs and more than 100 million people registered.

How does it work?

First of all, you must install the Shazam app on your smartphone and have an Internet connection. When you count on it, every time you want to know what song is playing, you must open the application and click on the "Shazam" button (a term that comes from English and is equivalent to the "tachán" of the magicians). Then Shazam will listen to the song for a few seconds and once it identifies the song, the title, artist and cover or name of the album in which it was published will appear.

Although Shazam has a large number of songs on file, there is also the possibility that it does not recognize the song we are listening to, because it is not part of its database.

What else does Shazam allow me to do?

In addition to the information that Shazam gives you about the song, it offers the option to buy it in iTunes and watch the video clip on YouTube, if possible.

Shazam is free?

Yes, it is Shazam is a mobile application that you can download and use for free, although you should know that you will see ads in the app. In case you do not want to have publicity, you can pay for the premium version.

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