Did you know that your pa can identify songs playing nearby? Several years ago, Apple bought a company called Shazam, which made an app that recognized music by listening to what was playing around you. Since then, Apple has built Shazam into Siri in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS. More recently, Apple added it to Control Center in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 too, so you can use it without speaking. To identify a song, just ask Siri, “What’s playing?”, say “Name that tune,” or even “Shazam!” To add Shazam to Control Center, go to Settings > Control Center and tap the green + button next to Music Recognition. Then, in Control Center, tap the button to start listening—you can return to whatever you were doing. When the song is identified, a notification appears with its name, and tapping it opens the song in the Music app.
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