- Spotify Rumored to Launch Its Own Song Identification Tool
- Changes were detected in the Android application, with references to “Identify a song”, “listen” and “analyze”.
- You could add a level of convenience by adding identified songs to a playlist, just like Apple Music’s Shazam shortcut.
There is one thing that Spotify has over Apple Music, and that is music discovery features, although the latter service has the edge when it comes to music recognition, but that could all change soon.
In a recent investigation by Android Authority, the outlet found lines of code in the latest version of the Spotify app that suggest the platform is working on its own song identification feature. Although this has only been found in the Spotify app for Android, we do not rule out the possibility of it being released on iOS.
As with all rumors, we’ll take this with a grain of salt until more information emerges, but Android Authority’s findings present some pretty compelling evidence, showing text that says “Identify a song,” “listen,” and “analyze.” It looks like the feature will need access to your device’s microphone and will show pop-ups when a song cannot be identified.
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Basically, it looks like Spotify is developing its own in-house version of Shazam, which could act as a Band-Aid for many music fans who, like me, rely on third-party music recognition software to title songs.
When Apple bought Shazam in 2018, it introduced the music recognition platform directly into the iOS experience. Instead of needing to use the standalone Shazam app, you can add the “Recognize Music” tab to your iOS Control Center for easier access, and Shazam will be there, at your fingertips.
It also works great for quickly adding songs to your Apple Music library. When you Shazam a song, a pop-up appears that says “Add to Apple Music?” Appear and all your tracks will be sent to your library. Until now, this level of convenience was not available to Spotify users.
Since Apple took over Shazam, Apple Music and its users have benefited greatly, but listeners who use Spotify, Tidal, and the rest of the best music streaming services have been missing out. However, all was not lost; Last year, Shazam launched a feature where every song you identified using the app was automatically added to a special playlist on your Spotify account titled ‘My Shazam Tracks’.
I have to say that this small but effective feature has become one of my most used tools for monitoring new music, but if you Shazam a lot of songs from different genres, it creates a very messy looking playlist.
Even after my Shazamed songs have been added to ‘My Shazam Tracks’, I keep returning to the playlist to move songs individually to my other playlists, which is why a native Spotify song identification tool would be a huge help, and it would be even better if you could add it to your iOS Control Center.
Think about it: you’re out and about and a song starts playing that you know you’ve definitely heard before, but you can’t remember what it’s called or who sings it. Simply swiping down to Control Center and tapping a button will get you the song title in seconds and then direct you to your Spotify library, where you can add your recently discovered song to a specific playlist.
We reached out to Spotify for comment, who responded with the following:
“We are always exploring ways to improve our product and offer more value to users, but we do not comment on speculation about possible new features and have nothing new to share at this time.”
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