Shazam (service)
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| developer | Apple Inc. |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| Current version | 9.22.0 ( Android ) March 4, 2019 13.14 ( iOS ) 4.7 ( Windows 10 Mobile ) |
| operating system | Android, iOS, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows up to February 2017, macOS |
| category | Music recognition |
| License | proprietary |
| German speaking | Yes |
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Shazam is an app for mobile devices and personal computers that became famous for its ability to recognize music playing. It is being developed by Shazam Entertainment Limited, a company belonging to Apple and headquartered in London . Shazam can analyze recorded audio sequences and, based on an acoustic fingerprint , display the title and other relevant information from Shazam's database.
Functions
In 2008 Shazam launched an app for Apple iOS . The operating systems Android , Windows Phone , Windows 8 , Windows 10 as well as Windows 10 Mobile and macOS are currently also supported. With the apps , music tracks and, in the USA, also TV programs can be recognized on the basis of audio sequences recorded with the built-in microphone of the corresponding device . Using the acoustic fingerprint of the audio sequence, hits are searched for in a central database and the result is displayed in the application. In addition to the title, this contains further information, such as the artist, lyrics , music label and a link for downloading or streaming on various services such as Spotify , Apple Music and Deezer .
The use of the apps requires a connection to the internet through which the detection is carried out. However, it is also possible to save the tone identification offline and only then query the piece of music via a WLAN connection.
history
In 2002 Shazam started its services with a method of identifying music tracks using a cell phone. The oldest service was to query a song by calling a speed dial number and was limited to the United Kingdom . The result was communicated to the user via SMS. There was a charge for calling the speed dial number and for each successful result.
In 2012, Shazam said it had 150 million users in over 150 countries worldwide. The database contained more than 10 million entries, the number of database queries was stated to be more than 4 million per day.
In 2016, Shazam said their app had been downloaded a billion times.
Shazam has been integrated into Apple's Siri since iOS 8 . The version for Microsoft Windows is no longer available since February 7, 2017 and is no longer supported.
In December 2017, there was speculation about the takeover of Shazam by Apple . On December 11th, the purchase was confirmed for $ 400 million. As a result of the takeover, Apple announced the future ad-free usage of the app.
financing
The company's previous backers include European venture capital firm DN Capital , which invested in Shazam in 2004.
By September 2012, Shazam had raised $ 32 million in funding. In July 2013, Carlos Slim invested $ 40 million in Shazam for an undisclosed share. In March 2014, Shazam confirmed another $ 20 million funding.
criticism
In February 2014, IT pros found that Shazam was sending unsolicited private data from Android devices to advertising companies.
Web links
- Shazam official website
- Audio Fingerprinting - How Shazam Recognizes Songs (German)
- Technical background (PDF; 177 kB) (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shazam on iPhone could change music discovery
- ↑ SHAZAM. JAM. REPEAT.
- ↑ Shazam adds automatic music and TV show recognition to its iPhone app
- ↑ Shazam & AQA: The answer is on your mobile - CNET. May 18, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2019 .
- ^ Company information. (No longer available online.) Shazam, archived from the original on September 22, 2012 ; Retrieved September 18, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Shazam Tops 1 Billion Downloads and Achieves EBITDA Profitability . In: Mynewsdesk . ( shazam.com [accessed February 2, 2018]).
- ↑ Shazam-powered Siri can now name that tune in iOS 8
- ↑ No Shazam for Windows
- ↑ Chip.de: For 400 million dollars: Apple buys music recognition service Shazam. December 12, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Lisa Fleisher: London's DN Capital Closes $ 200 Million Fund. In: WSJ. September 1, 2014, Retrieved September 20, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Shazam Raises A Huge Round To The Tune of $ 32 million. In: TechCrunch. Retrieved September 20, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Subscribe to read. Retrieved September 20, 2019 (UK English).
- ↑ Shazam Confirms $ 20M in New Funding, Raising Value to $ 500M. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Shazam secretly reports location to ad networks . heise.de from February 13, 2014, accessed on February 14, 2014.
