Shazam's Music Discovery Service Now Faster Than Ever
April 3, 2012
Shazam, the media discovery company, has just announced the launch of Shazam 5.0 for their line of iPhone/iPod touch apps. Discovering new music, television and media advertising is faster than ever thanks to the update.
First launched in 2008 (along with the App Store itself), Shazam allows users to find content such as music and Shazam-enabled television shows, as well as advertising, in as little as one second. This makes it even faster for people to discover, explore and share more of the music, shows and brands they love. The update also includes a newly designed user interface and improvements to sharing on social networks, including sharing content on Twitter and Facebook with a personal note or comment, right from every tag result.
Shazam 5.0 also adds additional language support, including Brazilian Portuguese, Korean and Spanish for South America, bringing languages supported by Shazam to 33 total worldwide.
According to Alex Musil, EVP Product for Shazam:
“With the release of Shazam 5.0 for iPhone and iPod touch, Shazam fans will be able to get the information they’re looking for almost instantaneously, giving them lightning-fast access to content and a deeper experience surrounding the song, TV show or TV advertisement they have just tagged. Shazam delivers the fastest and most exciting way to discover, explore, purchase and share music, access more content about television shows, and get more information and even buy products and services from the world’s leading brands.”Shazam delivers what many describe as a magical experience when people use the app to identify a song. In as little as one second, Shazam returns the name of the artist, song and album as well as other great features. LyricPlay shows the lyrics in time with the music, links to buy the music, music videos, tour info, album reviews, other popular songs from that artist, and more. Today’s update affects Shazam (Free), Shazam Encore ($5.99) and (Shazam)RED ($5.99) for iPhone. The company’s iPad apps are not included in this release. Even if SoundHound is your favorite music discovery service, today’s update is certainly reason enough to reconsider Shazam.