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bartonsurfer1on How does Shazam work? (2022)

Here is a beautifully produced video by Wall Street Journal that explains Shazam:

https://www.wsj.com/video/series/in-depth-features/how-shaza...

Chris (Shazam co-founder)

bartonsurfer1on How does Shazam work? (2022)

Hi - This is Chris Barton (founder of Shazam). Sony's TrackID was built by licensing (and later buying) a technology invented by Philips. That tech was invented after Shazam. Shazam was the first to create an algorithm that identifies recorded music with background noise in a highly scaled fashion. My co-founder, Avery Wang, invented the algorithm in 2000. Chris (www.chrisjbarton.com)