Update: In addition to making the article easier to read with a new structure, we have also added two more applications for the smartphone with which we will be able to find out exactly what song we are listening to, how they are Shazam and SoundHound.
You’ve heard it on TV, they play it on the radio, or you hear it all the time on the piped music at work, but whatWhat is the name of that song or who sings it?? we tell you all the alternatives to discover the name and the artist who interprets it.
It has happened to all of us at some time and, in fact, it is something so frequent that there are a good handful of apps capable of recognizing the music that is playing and to unveil the mystery by showing you its title or its interpreter.
Next, we show you some ways to discover names of songs that are playing. Some of them can only be done from your smartphone, while others can be done both from your mobile and from your computer.
How to know what song is playing:
Identify songs on Android without installing anything
One of the easiest ways to identify the song that is playing is to do it from Google’s own recognition system that comes pre-installed on all Android smartphones.
For it you need to have the Google Assistant voice recognition service activated so that it responds to the famous command “OK Google”. Once activated, you just have to press the microphone that appears in the Google search bar and it will change its status indicating that it is listening.
Place your smartphone’s microphone close to the speaker or device that is playing music so that the Google Assistant clearly “hears” the lyrics or music.
When detecting that music is playing, a musical note will appear in the lower right corner of that window. Tap on it and the song recognition process will begin.
Make sure that the sound as clear as possible and if necessary turn up the volume of the player. If the recognition has been positive, after a few seconds the browser will open showing the name of the song and the artist and some videos and content related to that song will be displayed.
Siri recognizes songs for Apple
If you have an iPhone or iPad you can also use it to recognize songs without installing any additional app on your smartphone or tablet.
To do so, you just have to invoke Siri and she will use the Shazam song recognition engine that Apple has integrated into its assistant.
To start recognizing the song that’s playing, activate Siri by using the voice command “Hey Siri,” by holding down the Home button, or by using one of the optional methods to invoke the Apple Assistant.
Then tell him: “That I am listening?” this will make Siri activate the song recognition system. Try to get as close to the sound source the song is playing from so that Siri can hear it as clearly as possible.
After a few seconds, Siri will show you the result and add a box with the song and the artist it has identified from which you can play the song on your device with just one click.
Discover new songs from an app
As a general rule, the song recognition systems integrated into voice assistants of smartphones and tablets do a good job of identifying what music is currently playing.
However, they are not infallible, so you may have to use a specialized app that integrates a more refined recognition engine and a larger music database with which to compare the music that is playing.
Shazam
Shazam is the app of most popular song identification from the actuality. It was bought by Apple a few years ago, it has been awarded with a larger database. Although its owner is the bitten apple, we have a version for Android and of course for iOS.
He car mode It is very interesting, since, just by pressing it, it stays listening until it identifies the song that is playing. It usually hits, but don’t expect it to hit one hundred percent of the time either, but a very high percentage of them.
We can also listen to the song on Apple Music, watch the video and more information.
MusicID
One of the most effective is the app MusicIDavailable for free for mobile iOSso you only have to install it on your device to start recognizing all the songs that are playing around you.
After installing it and giving it permission to use the microphone of the device from which you can listen to the music that it should recognize, you just have to touch on the top and the application will start. song recognition.
After a few seconds, the result will be displayed, showing you the title and artist that performs that song, as well as a good amount of additional information, including videos, song lyrics and other albums by the artist.
SoundHound
This is another of those apps that many people employ to recognize a theme. The operation is extremely similar to Shazam, although it has an ability that neither of the two apps that we have seen before has, since it is able to identify a song that we hum.
You will be able to not only know what song it is, but play it on spotify or see the video on YouTube. It is compatible with both the operating system Android as with iOS.
Search for part of the lyrics on Google
Sometimes you only need a sentence or two of the lyrics of the song that is playing to find out what song it is. Google’s powerful search engine and its repertoire of song lyrics will do the rest.
Google started as a text search engine, but it has improved its functions incredibly and what not many people know is that thanks to the training that its voice assistant has received, it is also capable of recognize the lyrics of songs and videosso you can find that couple of phrases from the chorus of that song that you remember.
So all you have to do is open a browser page and start typing the phrases in the search engine. If the search content is close enough, it is more than likely that you will see the title of the song and the artist that performs it, as well as some videos and content related to that search.
Isn’t it really amazing what the Google search engine is capable of with just a couple of seemingly meaningless sentences?
Sing the song to find her
If you can hit more than two notes in a row with a modicum of flair, you don’t even need the song whose name you want to know to be playing at the moment.
To achieve this you just have to access from this link to the page of midomi from your mobile or from a computer equipped with a microphone.
Next, click on the record button that you will find at the top. Then you can start sing about 10 seconds of the song close to the microphone so that the system detects the audio as clearly as possible.
It is important that you vocalize well to facilitate the recognition of the song. Once it has been recognized, all the information about the song it has recognized will be displayed.
Now you have all the necessary information to find the name of any song you want with all these options that we have shown you.
