Shazam
Shazam is an app for Macs, PCs and smartphones, best known for its music identification capabilities that has expanded to integrations with cinema, advertising, TV and retail environments. Shazam Entertainment Limited was founded in 1999 by Chris Barton, Philip Inghelbrecht, Avery Wang, and Dhiraj Mukherjee.
Shazam uses a smartphone or computer's built-in microphone to gather a brief sample of audio being played. It creates an acoustic fingerprint based on the sample and compares it against a central database for a match. If it finds a match, it sends information such as the artist, song title, and album back to the user. Some implementations of Shazam incorporate relevant links to services such as iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, or Groove Music. In December 2013, Shazam was one of the top ten most popular apps in the world, according to its CEO. The Shazam app has more than 100 million monthly active users and has been used on more than 500 million mobile devices, as of August 2014. In October 2014, Shazam announced its technology has been used to identify 15 billion songs. In October 2016, Shazam announced its mobile apps have been downloaded more than 1 billion times, and users have performed more than 30 billion "Shazams" since launch.
MUSIC DISCOVERY
- Identify music with one tap
- Turn on Auto Shazam to automatically identify music that’s playing
- Simply log in to sync all your Shazams across all devices
- Shazam Offline: Identify music even when you’re not connected!
- Sing along to songs with real-time music lyrics, or watch their YouTube videos
IN-APP FEATURES
Buy your Shazamed songs in Google Play Music with just one tap- Stay in the loop with Shazam’s real-time charts
- Check out recommended tracks to find new music
- Find out what’s popular locally and around the world in the Explore tap
- Ask the Google app to Shazam for you! Just say, “Ok Google, Shazam this song”
- Quick links to Google Play and Amazon stores
Why Does Shazam Need These App Permissions?
Shazam on Android requests permissions to enable the associated functionality. These permissions are requested in the app and require your consent. You can manage these permissions and make changes at any time under Shazam in the Android Settings.
We strive to provide users with context as to why the permission is being requested. A detailed breakdown of each permission request and why we need it is below. If you'd like to know about what information Shazam collects please read our article:
Permissions Breakdown
Identity:
- To offer validated email addresses during registration. One of the first screen the user sees on Android Lollipop and prior versions is the Newsletter registration screen. They can accept or refuse to receive our newsletter in this screen. This is where we'll use their account detail to fill in the email address field.
