But have you ever wondered why your Shazamed songs arent making it to your Shazam playlist?
The answer is that it does, but there are some big gaps in the setup.
It’s a small addition that makes everything less confusing to use.
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“There is a ‘Sync Shazams to Apple Music’ option in the Shazam app.
Glad that’s finally getting fixed in iOS 16.”
Two Shazams
Shazam is fantastic.
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But then Apple bought it, and things got a little weird.
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In fact, even today, there are two fundamental ways to access Shazam.
One is to use the app.
Launch it, press the Shazam button, and wait for your result.
Instead, you’ll see it in the Media section of built-in shortcut stepsonly it carries the Shazam logo.
Let’s get even deeper.
Shazam in iOS 16
In iOS 16, things get a little less confusing.
Except that… it kind of already does this?
But only if you launch the Shazam app after recognition has happened.
Whats Really Going On Here?
Try it right now.
If you have two Apple devices running the (current version) iOS 15, this one is easy.
First, Shazam a track from the Control Center on one machine.
Then, pop fire up Control Center on the other equipment, and long-press the Shazam icon.
After a moment, that new track will show up.
This shows that the built-in Shazam is syncing between devices without the Shazam app being involved at all.
This, we understand, is what iOS 16 fixes.
By syncing the app, and the built-in feature, all of these weird inconsistencies should go away.
But given how sluggish and annoying the music app already is, nobody wants that.
Still, at least we all now understand Shazam a little bit better.
