Shazam's Song Recognition Superpowers Land On Desktop

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Mac users can now take advantage of Shazam's music identifying service without touching their smartphone.


The company added a Mac app to its lineup Thursday, the first time the music recognition service has been available on the desktop.



Much like auto-shazam on the mobile apps, when Shazam for Mac is enabled, the software will run in the background and automatically recognize any song played on or near the computer, including songs playing in the background of TV shows or YouTube videos.


"No one has ever really used a computer to do this," Shazam's chief product officer, Daniel Danker, told Mashable. "People Shazam YouTube all the time... they're watching the dancing baby video and there's good music in the background and they Shazam it for the music." Read more...


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