Shazam

Shazam is a music recognition service launched in 2002 and owned by Apple.

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Shazam is a music recognition service launched by Shazam Entertainment in 2002 and acquired by Apple in 2018. It identifies a song and its performer from a short recording of music playing nearby.

Originally a mobile-phone service, it later became a smartphone app. It identifies tracks by comparing characteristics of recorded audio with a music database.

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