SoundHound 5.0 Pursues Faster Music Recognition And Cleaner Interface
June 7, 2012
Already an excellent app, SoundHound has once again been updated today with a number of improvements to both its form and function. Version 5.0 of SoundHound promises a faster music search capability and a more engaging interface. And as far as I'm concerned, it delivers on both counts.
SoundHound is deemed as a more than competent competitor of Shazam, what with its ability to listen to and identify tracks in as short as four seconds. On top of that, SoundHound is also able to recognize songs that are simply sung or hummed in person, a feature that Shazam still lacks. SoundHound's latest update further strengthens this music recognition capability by making it even faster.
Outside its core music search and discovery function, SoundHound now sports an interface that's cleaner and easier to use. In line with this, high-resolution artist photos and album art are now displayed by the app. There's also a new home screen carousel that shows what's hot across SoundHound's vast network of music lovers, including the free song stream of the day. Furthermore, the new SoundHound Player offers LiveLyrics and instant links to artist info. And speaking of LiveLyrics, a couple of viewing options are now supported by this feature, namely, fast forwarding on double-tap and full screen on landscape.
The newly updated SoundHound is free to try in the App Store. But if you'd like to gain access to its premium features, including song recommendations and banner ad removal, simply upgrade in-app or download the paid version for $6.99. And if you still consider yourself a Shazam person, the latest version of SoundHound might have you singing a different tune pretty soon.
