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At the same time it turned from “tap to listen, here you go” to a sluggish af and ads-infested bloatware. I remember when I stopped using it and deleted the app because my prev-gen iphone couldn’t load it in time anyway.

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Right now it's integrated with siri so you just hold down your power button and say, "what is this song?" and it tells you.

I actually went back to Shazam from SoundHound (on Android). Yeeears back, SoundHound had some advantage, I forget which. Now, Shazam starts in a second (just tried it, never used since last reboot) and SoundHound in like 15 (from memory). Inexcusable in general and for that kind of app in particular.

I seem to remember Soundhound claimed (and maybe still claims) to be able to work not only on recorded music, but when you whistle/hum/sing a song. I never had much luck with that, but that could be because of my lack of musical talent.

What Soundhound does these days that Shazam doesn't (I think; I haven't actually tried Shazam in a long time) is that it displays lyrics for many songs, and is often able to synchronize those lyrics with where you are in the song.

Shazam has shown synchronized lyrics for many years.

Thanks for the correction.

On iPhones you can add a Shazam-powered music recognition quick toggle which acts just as you described.

These days you don't need the app. You can put it in the control center and just push the button to listen.

What are you on about? There’s no ads in Shazam. You just open the app and it starts searching. No need for even tapping a button.

On about a decade ago.

>There’s no ads in Shazam

I'd argue that Shazam doesn't have ads, rather it is an ad. You search for the song, then see links to buy it in Apple Music. You'll also see "subscribe to Apple Music" type widgets on just about every screen on the app.

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