Today we are going to review the best apps to identify songs on Android. If you have ever heard a song that you like and you wanted to know its name, you will these solutions. With these apps, a smartphone can find the song within a few seconds.
Best apps to identify songs on Android
Shazam
We start the list with the most popular song finder app, Shazam. The application was bought by Apple a few years ago but fortunately, its Android version is still running without advertising.
Shazam has been in the music recognition business for so many years that it includes interesting additional features. For example, the Auto Shazam mode stays listening to all the music until you stop it, and it also has a floating button to identify songs faster.
SoundHound
SoundHound is one of the best apps to identify songs on Android. It works in a similar way to Shazam. You can also search the song by the lyrics.
In SoundHound you can not only identify songs but also play them later with the help of YouTube or Spotify. In some cases, you can also get the lyrics of the song you are listening to.
Google Assistant
If you don’t feel like installing any apps for this task, there’s always Google Assistant. If you tap the microphone button on the assistant and the app detects that there is music playing in the background, you will be offered the choice of What song is this?
Once this is done, the Google Assistant will listen to the song for a while until it recognizes the song. Then it will show you the result with information about the song and the singer, plus related links to listen to the song on YouTube, Spotify and the like.
Deezer
Deezer is a music streaming service that competes with Spotify, although it has something special: song recognition. Here this feature is called Song Catcher.
The operation is quite simple, you tap on what song is this and after a few seconds, you will have the result. Interesting but you cannot play the song from the results, although you can add it to favorites or to a playlist.
MusicID
MusicID, not to be confused with Sony’s TrackID, may it rest in peace, is a simpler application for identifying music. It works relatively well, and after recognizing a song you’ll have some additional information and the ability to purchase the song on Amazon.
MusicID includes some social features, recommending songs similar to the ones you’ve searched for so far, and saves a list of all the songs you’ve searched for in the past to your profile.
Genius
Genius is an application that focuses 100% on song lyrics, although it also has music recognition thanks to ACRCloud.
Genius song recognition focuses on finding the lyrics of the song, although the play button is included with which you can listen to the song in a small floating window.
