Taylor Swift performs at the 2019 American Music Awards on November 24, 2019 in Los Angeles.
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Apple Play earlier this month released a software update for the iPhone and iPad that includes a built-in music recognition button that can help you quickly identify the song you’re playing.
One way is using Apple Pal Shazam, which it acquired in 2018 for an estimated 400 400 million. And you don’t need to install Shazam app to make this work. All you have to do is add a button to the Control Center menu and then, when you hear a song and want to know who the artist is, you just tap the button.
Your iPhone can recognize music in iOS 14.2 with just one tap.
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It’s fun and easy to set up. Here is what you do.
- First, make sure you’re running the latest software on your iPhone. To do that, go to Settings> General> Software Software Update. You need to be iOS 14.2 or newer.
- Open the settings on your iPhone once the update is installed.
- Tap on Control Center.
- Scroll down under “More” and tap the green ‘+’ button next to the music identifier.
It connects to the music recognition function in the control center.
Tap this button to identify songs from your iPhone.
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On an iPhone with Face ID, you draw the shadow of the control center by swiping from top to bottom of the phone and tapping the music recognition icon, which I have labeled in the image above. On an iPhone with a home button, just swipe from the bottom of the screen to access this menu and find the icon.
You can use it whenever you listen to a song, even if you’re listening to a playlist with headphones, to see the song’s title and artist.
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