One of my favorite additions that came with iOS 8 is Siri’s ability to pick out a tune. This is, presumably, a direct result of Apple’s new deal with Shazam.
To try it, press and hold the home button and say “Name that tune”. Siri will listen and will attempt to name the song you have playing. If the song is available in the iTunes Store, Siri will name the song and put up a “buy” button.
iOS 8 added a new feature called “Hey Siri”. If you are connected to power and have this feature turned on (Settings > General > Siri), your phone will go into a constant listening mode (which drains the battery, thus the requirement for power). If you say the magic words, “Hey Siri”, Siri will come to the foreground, ready for your command.
I played name that tune with Siri many, many times. If the song was carried in the iTunes Store, Siri got it right, 100% of the time. If the song was not available (very hard to find those, amazing how complete Apple’s catalog has gotten), Siri did not recognize it. Could be coincidence, not certain.
That’s really cool. Although Siri cannot pronounce the titles correctly when the song title and the language settings differ. Would be scary otherwise.
You can also just say, “Shazaam” and she’ll do the same thing.
I have had a few songs that Siri found that were not in the iTunes Store. In those cases, she’ll tell you the song name and if you tap the Shazam icon (and have Shazam installed), she’ll open the app and take you to the song’s info page in Shazam. Unfortunately, she won’t take you to a web search for the song if Shazam is not installed.
Random thought… Better be careful with this “Hey, Siri” thing if you use a battery case.
Yeah, but then there’s lightning and I turn into Captain Marvel and then I have to go fight crime when all I wanted to do is figure out who was doing this cover of Rich Girl.
“Could be coincidence, not certain.” – More fragments from Dave Mark, I presume?
Winner!
thats cool but why cant he or she pronounce the names