Everyone’s favorite music recognition app, Shazam, just got a new update that comes with a small but especially useful new feature that has improved its integration with Spotify and Apple Music. The latest version of the app (Version 18.9), arriving on March 5, comes with an improved synchronization feature that automatically adds your identified songs in the Shazam app to a playlist on your Spotify or Apple Music account. So far, it seems that it is only available to Spotify and Apple Music users.
When you use Shazam’s music recognition on iPhone and iPad, it automatically adds these songs to a special playlist in your account entitled ‘My Shazam Tracks’. Before Apple rolled out the 18.9 version of the app, songs identified manually through the Shazam app itself would be synchronized to a separate playlist on your Spotify or Apple Music account but not songs discovered through the Control Center. The new update will change and will now add songs to the playlist when identified through SIRI and shortcuts, as well as Control Center.
Since coming to the Apple family back in 2018, Shazam has evolved into more than a simple music recognition app and has improved the experience of the best music flow services through its integrations – and its new ability to predict music you will listen to in the future. According to the iOS App Store description, here is exactly how to expect the latest update to further improve your experience:
‘We’ve made the synchronization of songs for Apple Music and Spotify better than ever! Shazam will now include songs found through music recognition in the Control Center, Siri and shortcuts to your “My Shazam Tracks” gaming in Apple Music or Spotify.
Just change “Sync your songs” from and in Shazam settings to sync all your previously discovered songs from the Shazam app. You may need to open Spotify again to watch the playlist updated.
Don’t forget to keep your Shazam story safe and synced between your devices. To do this, turn on iCloud Sync in Shazam settings’.
For me, Shazam is one of my go -To music apps when it comes to song identification, and I can’t quite put my finger on what is currently playing -or even when I like the sound of a song and want to learn more. It also works wonders when a well -known song starts playing during a movie or TV show. It is a small but rather effective new feature and this is how you can benefit from it for yourself.
How to synchronize your Shazam songs to Spotify or Apple Music
Go to the Shazam app and tap the Settings icon
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It can be found in the ‘My Music’ section of the app as you push up the main songs search page. Connect from there your Spotify or Apple Music account to Shazam and Enable ‘Sync your Songs’ lashes.
When you activate the shift, Shazam should sync all your identified songs to your Spotify or Apple Music account to create your ‘My Shazam Tracks’ Playlist. If it is not synchronized at first, I caused mine to work by turning on and off a few times.
Go to Spotify or Apple Music to see your newly synchronized playlist
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Once your Shazam-sought songs have synchronized to your new playlist, listen to your heart’s content.
