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CNET Editors' review
If you're having trouble naming that tune, just fire up SoundHound to speak, sing, hum, type, or record a song for the music-identification service to identify. It will return a song, complete with artist bios, video links, and links to an online music store. SoundHound will also, crucially, pull in song lyrics where available or link you to a lyrics search where they're not. Trend charts show you how popular a song is vis a vis the publisher's online and mobile network, and you can see which songs other users have identified. A free version of SoundHound maintains the entire feature set, but limits the number of sung, hummed, or recorded song IDs to 5 per month. There's no cap on typing or speaking your music terms.
What would be an improvement is if SoundHound on Android would follow in the footsteps of its iPhone kin and integrate with the native media player.
Take heed that SoundHound (like rival Shazam) isn't a music downloader nor a streaming music app a-la-Pandora and the rest of that crowd. But it will identify as many songs as you throw at it, and then some.
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From SoundHound:
Unlimited music recognition! With the world's fastest music recognition and exclusive singing search, SoundHound is instant music search and discovery. Reviews and Honors for SoundHound Your top 10 Android Apps - "I love this app unique in its class.-Jessica Dolcourt, CNET, July 2011The Best Android Apps Theres no limit.-John Herrman, Gizmodo, April 2010Top 10 Must-Have Android Apps-Bob Tedeschi, NY Times, November 2010Best Music Engagement App - BILLBOARD Music App Awards, October 2010 "Genius, isn't it?" - B.B.C. World Radio "This is amazing... insane, right?" -David Pogue of the NY Times SoundHound includes: The world's fastest music recognition: name tunes playing from a speaker in as little as four seconds. The world's only viable singing and humming recognition Song Previews Lyrics LiveLyrics (in the U.S. and Canada): see Lyrics in time with the music for music recognition! Music Videos Share to Facebook and Twitter instantly Home screen widget allows you to identify music without launching the app Geo-tagging, buy links, and more...Note: Location is used to store where songs were discovered. It can be disabled from the Options menu.Tags: Sound Hound Music Sing Song ID TagRecent changes:v 2.8.41. Home screen shortcut now available for fast access to music search.2. Long press the search button to launch SoundHound3. Added new and updated translations for German, Spanish, French, Italian, Korean, Russian, Chinese, and many more.4. Some code and graphics optimizationsAs usual, if you are having trouble, please don't hesitate to contact our awesome customer support!Content rating: Medium Maturity
What's new in this version: v 2.8.41. Home screen shortcut now available for fast access to music search.2. Long press the search button to launch SoundHound3. Added new and updated translations for German, Spanish, French, Italian, Korean, Russian, Chinese, and many more.4. Some code and graphics optimizationsAs usual, if you are having trouble, please don't hesitate to contact our awesome customer support!
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"Great App!"
Version: SoundHound 2.8.4
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Everything about this is a pro!
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None that I can think of!
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How many times have you heard a song & wondered who it was by? With this app, just open it up, & tap here & you will know.
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