Shazam, famous music recognition software, will offer its users a brand new feature. By partnering with Bandsintown, a website listing all upcoming concerts, it will be possible for Shazam users to know if the artist they have just found through the application is offering concerts not far from home. them.
Since 2017, Apple has been constantly adding new features to Shazam
Originally conceived in 1999, Shazam has grown well. Available on Android, iOS, and Windows, this app helps find the title and artist of any music a person is listening to in real time. In 2017, the software was acquired by Apple for the sum of 400 million dollars, and today it has nearly 220 million users and more than a billion titles “shazamed” each month.
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Since this takeover, the apple brand has tried to improve the application. First by removing the premium offer, which ended advertising on Shazam. It is also possible since 2018 to share your discoveries on various social networks and in particular in Instagram stories.
The following year, it was possible to recognize a song even with headphones, the platform exploiting the audio signal of the music without using the speaker. Finally, in 2021, Apple launched the ShazamKit application programming interface (API), allowing third-party app developers to access the huge database of songs the app uses to operate.
Bandsintown to find out about the next concerts of “shazamed” artists
Shazam diversifies with the arrival of a new feature. Strengthened by its merger with Bandsintown, a website allowing users to be notified if their favorite artists are playing in their city in the coming months, Shazam will offer its users information on all the upcoming concerts of the artists they “shazament”.
Here’s how Shazam would look with its new feature from the principle of Bandsintown. Screenshot: Bandsintown.
By using the application and searching for a song that the user is listening to, Shazam takes your location into account and will show you, in addition to the title of the song, all the information around the next concerts of this artist: date, time, place , website to buy tickets. It will be possible to add these events to your calendar so as not to forget them.
Currently, Bandsintown is used by nearly 53 million users and has 530,000 registered artists who do not hesitate to reference their next concert dates. It is thanks to the data accumulated by the site that it is possible for Shazam to offer this new feature. Its integration is in progress and should be “ transparent and secure according to the developers of the music recognition app.