It was a few days ago when we learned about an update that Google introduced in the Android operating system. Although it is hidden by default, it is a new way to access the Song Search function, entering it in our quick start menu and allowing us, at any time, to press so that the smartphone listens to and identifies a song that is playing.
Song Search is a Shazam-style function that, although it already existed, now enters the mobile’s quick start menu so that, as with the aforementioned app, we can search for a song with just the press of a button. This way we can launch the search quickly, before the car from which that melody we want to recognize is playing, or the DJ at a party, changes the music and we are left without knowing which song was that captured our attention.
Several years ago, Google launched a tool that allowed you to recognize songs even by simply humming them into your phone’s microphone. The sound recognition function has been improving until it works as well as Shazam himself. However, Android needed a simple way to activate it, similar to how Shazam works (you simply open the app and press the button).
To introduce Song Search to your quick launch menu, pull down your Android phone’s quick settings and then press the “edit tile” button. Drag the function with the musical note icon to the position where you want to place it within the drawer.
This way, while using any other app, browsing the Internet or talking on WhatsApp, you can use Song Search quickly before the song you started listening to and for which you want to know the name ends. You will only have to slide your finger down to open the menu and click on the icon. After listening to the audio, Google will show you its answer as search results.
Before also on YouTube
The video platform, as part of the Google ecosystem, also introduced a similar function to recognize songs some time ago. In our YouTube app on an Android phone, we could go to the search bar, click on the microphone icon on the right side, and select “song” to sing it ourselves. However, Google disabled that option, and Song Search is now the default way to use its sound recognition on mobile.
