The Shazam application for the Android systems, most likely, does not need an introduction for most users. For some time now, a special modified version has appeared for PCs and laptops running Windows. You can also find an optimized application for "apple" computers and mobile devices. But for all those who are faced with this applet for the first time, it is necessary to tell in more detail about the unique Shazam program. What kind of application is this, how to install and use it in different systems, and then we will consider. But first, a little dwell on its main purpose and history of creation.
Shazam: what is this application?
So, probably, each of you was in a situation where on a street or in a transport you accidentally heard a song you liked so much that you wanted to find it and add it to your music collection, but you don’t know the name of the song or its author? Well, you will not hum your friends unfamiliar motive in search of an answer to questions about the name of the song or its artist? Indeed, thanks to modern computer and mobile technologies, this is not necessary at all.
It is enough to install a special program on the phone or computer, and it will search for you. One of those is Shazam. It’s not difficult to understand what kind of application this is, since it works almost analogously to most well-known utilities of this direction, recognizing a music track by a short sounding fragment, comparing the analyzed piece with a huge online database, and when finding a match, giving the user a detailed result on the composition itself , and by its artist, and by the album in which it was released, and by the year of release, etc. The notorious TrackID application can be called the closest competitor to this applet, which operates using the same technology and basic principles of music recognition.
A bit of history
If you dig a little into the history of the creation of this applet, initially the Shazam program was a free cross-platform project, the development of which was carried out exclusively in focusing on mobile devices. The time of the appearance of the first modification of this applet is called 1999. Only much later did the Shazam modifications appear for computers with Windows and Mac OS X. In addition, some basic principles of music recognition changed. Previously, the application only recorded (recorded) a short fragment of the composition that is currently playing, and then, in the presence of a low noise level, compared it with the original from the database, which at that time contained about 11 million tracks. Today, the application has the ability to search for the desired song by artist name or album name. Thanks to the introduction of Shazam Visual Recognition technology, it has become possible to even scan special tags or QR codes on the images, after which the maximum information is issued.
Installing the application on Android devices
This has so far been general information about the Shazam program. What is this application, figured out. However, you should not confuse the original applet with the ShazamID mobile application, which is a kind of subscription to the service used on Java-compatible devices. In addition, the original is free, and the ID version, say, for users in the UK costs about two pounds per month.
As for installing the application on mobile devices, it can even be found on the Play Market, and the installation process itself when choosing the installation will be fully automated. So you do not need to download the installer from other sources (unless you want to find a version without built-in advertising).
Installation and use of the Shazam program for a computer
Regarding personal computers and laptops on which Windows-systems are installed, there are no special difficulties, in theory, either. You can install the program in three ways.
The first is to log into the Windows Store under your Microsoft registration, and then complete the installation from there. The second technique comes down to downloading the distribution kit from an independent source on the Internet with subsequent manual installation.
And the third option, which looks a little more complicated, is to install the application directly from the APK file using Android emulators like BlueStacks on the Windows platform. But here you need to consider that on the emulator the program may look slightly different than in the original version, designed for Windows. But the principles of working with this application are practically no different from each other.
Epilogue
It remains to be added that today “Shazam” is not only one of the most popular applications focused exclusively on music recognition, but can also be used as a full-fledged media server to expand the musical horizons to keep abreast of all the latest innovations and popular hits, which makes this program an indispensable assistant in the search for musical masterpieces of our time or long-forgotten compositions. Among other things, you can always use partner services like listening to Internet radio or streaming services like Spotify.