Instructions cover theiOS version of ShazamandShazam for Android.
The Shazam app needs to be running in the background before you get going playing music.
Launch the Shazam app.
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Open your preferred music app and select and play the unknown track you want Shazam to identify.
For this example, we used RadioApp Pro, an app that streams terrestrial radio stations to your phone.
Swap back to the Shazam app and tapShazam.
After a few seconds, you should see information about the song title and artist.
If you have an audio file that contains several songs, tapShazamevery time a new song starts to play.
The Shazam app saves all identified song information to yourShazam Libraryon Android andMy Music>Shazamson iOS.
Select a song from your list of identified songs to hear the track in the Apple Music Store.
Set up Auto Shazam
Open and launch the Shazam app to identify songs on a case-by-case basis.
To identify a song while on Snapchat, open and then press and hold theCamerascreen.
Shazam will identify the song, and you could send it as a snap.
To use Shazam on an iPhone, download the iOS Shazam app from the App Store.
launch the app and tapShazamto identify the music playing around you.
Shazam will save the identified music in the app’s My Music section.
To identify a song playing, open Control Center and tapMusic Recognition, which has Shazam’s logo.
