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Just tried it out on my throwaway Android. Wow, this actually works really well!

As I write this from my iPhone, this might singlehandedly be the reason why I switch to a Pixel instead of another iPhone this fall. I was always disappointed that even after acquiring Shazam, Siri could never seem to correctly guess what song was playing unless I had a perfect recording.

Anytime I go to a live concert venue, or even a club, I never can get a recognizable song from my phone. Live music I could maybe sort of understand, but the club part failing was always weird to me, because besides a little bit of distortion, the song being played is coming directly out of a speaker. It shouldn’t be that hard right?

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It works just fine in the Google Search iOS app.

What app are you using? I tried “what song is this”, and it just directs me to a search result on my iPhone.

Mine has a "search a song" button that appears after tapping the microphone button.

Same here, and I have no "search a song" button after hitting the microphone

edit: now the button does show up. Tried humming "Peter and the wolf" and it failed.

There is an update available to the Google app. It worked for me once I updated the app.

The Google search app named “Google” on iOS 13.7, iPhone X. Norway.

The button is there for me, and hum to search works.

Screenshot: https://snipboard.io/ITZN9A.jpg

When I first installed the app after reading the article, to test it out, I couldn’t find it even when I pressed the microphone symbol.

But after rereading the article I installed it again and when I went and tapped the microphone I saw the Search a song button.

Weird, now I see the button. "Google" on iOS 13.7, asia

Immediately after updating, there was no button. Maybe something changed on their end or something needed to sync in my phone.

Same for me. When the news broke, despite getting the latest app there was no button, but now there is (Japan).

Nice! It showed up after I reinstalled it. If I end up wanting to do so, is there a way to potentially replace Siri with Google somehow in the settings?

This is probably cross platform; But what is not cross platform is the "Now Playing" feature of Pixels, that enables ambient songs matching in the background (without the use of internet, you can confirm with airplane mode). It keeps a list of songs that it identifies as well... Also the recorder app, which is the bomb (transcribing without internet, searchable, editing (cuts and joins audio) and creating a video with transcription). Cool stuff

Didn't apple just demo the same thing in their event this week? Might not have to use the google app at all.

Works just fine on iOS. This isn't Android specific

Siri does this too, at least on my HomePod.

It's almost spookily accurate

Lol, you're assuming this couldn't just be a web application with microphone access.

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