Apple's Shazam Update Will Recommend Nearby Concerts Related to the Track Identified

Sophie Webster, Tech Times 22 March 2022, 07:03 pm

Shazam, an Apple-owned application that can identify music based on short samples, is rolling a couple of new features centered around concerts.

With the latest Shazam update for iOS, users can look for upcoming live concerts after the app is integrated with Bandsintown. Both Apple and Shazam stated that this new feature would help increase exposure for artists, especially the indie ones.

Shazam Rolls Out Update

With Bandsintown integration, the app will now show you concert and ticket information when you look for a song or Shazam a song.

By using Shazam in a song, searching for the song in the app, or on Shazam's official website, users can find concert and ticket information on sale for upcoming shows nearby, according to 9to5Mac.

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They can also launch a Shazam Artist page so you can see the dates, times, and locations of upcoming live shows. Just tap on any concert so you can read additional tour information, add events to their calendar, and share show details. The whole experience is easy, secure, and seamless.

The vice president of Apple Music and Beats, Oliver Schusser, explained in a statement that this new feature comes just in time for the re-emergence of live music following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Schusser said that Shazam has a long history of innovation in music discovery and connecting artists and their fans. He added that with the re-emergence of live music, they would give Shazam users access to concerts and bring even more discoverability to artists.

The new concert features in Shazam are powered by Bandsintown, a powerful platform that aggregates performance information and concert. Bandsintown serves more than 68 million users and more than 560,000 artists, labels, managers, and booking agents.

The new concert features are rolling out on Mar. 22 in the Shazam applications for Android and iOS and through the Shazam website. Artists can also make their tour information available to Shazam using Bandsintown For Artists.

How Shazam Works

According to Business Insider, Shazam creates a digital fingerprint of the audio picked up from your phone's microphone. It matches the digital fingerprint to a database containing millions of TV shows and songs.

Once the app finds a match, it displays the name of the song, artists, or TV show and additional information like lyrics, sharing options, and more.

The Shazam app is available for both Android and iOS devices. It is also available for Android Wear, Apple Watch, and Mac. Shazam has been built into Siri on Apple devices since 2018, after Apple bought the company, according to MacRumors.

Shazam does more than tell you the name of the song, artist, or TV show that you are listing to. The app shows you the lyrics of the song in real-time.

Also, it recommends top songs by the artist, their other albums, their music videos, suggestions for similar songs that you may like, and the track information.

Shazam offers sharing options of social media apps, text messages, email, and options to open the song in Apple Music or Spotify or purchase it on iTunes. You can even add songs you find on Shazam to Spotify or Apple Music playlists.