Users running iOS 8 (and later) on their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch can now find out what song is playing with Siri. Here is how:
1.Start playing the song you want to identify (a song on the same device such as iPhone / iPad or on a different device such as radio, TV, CD player etc). Then ask Siri any of the following questions:
Shazam this song
Shazam this
Identify this song
Tell me this song
Who is singing
Name this song
What’s this song
Siri, name that tune
What song is this
What’s playing
2.Then Siri will respond by saying:
Let me listen
Naming that tune
Listening…
3.It may take a few seconds for Siri to recognize the song. When Siri done, it will say something like “I can name that tune.” or “Ooh, I know this song!” If it is available, a link to purchase via iTunes will also appear.
One thing that really amazed me was that Siri can recognize songs in many languages, even though currently Siri is available only in the following languages:
English
French
German
Japanese
Spanish
Italian
Mandarin
Cantonese
Korean
I tested Turkish, Indian, Arabic, Portuguese songs and Siri successfully identified them all.
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Indian is NOT a language?