Shazam updated its player app for the iPhone to version 1.5.1 and released it as a universal app with support for Retina Display on the new iPad. Shazam Player is an alternative to the iOS Music app that makes it easy for you to share and discover new music. The Shazam player scans your music library, matches tracks with LyricPlay and organizes your library by artists, albums, tracks and playlists. It has a lovely UI with a new player box that lets you see the songs playing in your queue and a beautiful full-screen LyricPlay view. LyricPlay is still underwhelming. It only picked up one song in my library of 200 songs, but I have an unusual taste in music. When it works, LyricPlay now supports AirPlay and can be viewed on your Apple TV. When it doesn't, there's an eye-catching visualization. The Shazam Player is available for free from the Read More

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Shazam Player visualizes song lyrics while you listen. Cool! I'm a sucker for cool visuals, which is why I'm gaga over the new Shazam Player app for iOS. It takes something fairly straightforward--song lyrics--and presents it in a visually stimulating, impossible-to-look-away way. Shazam, of course, is best known for the eponymous app that listens to and identifies the song that's playing on the radio, in the cafe, during that TV commercial, etc. Shazam Player aims to replace the stock iPod app with one that offers a few nifty amenities, starting with LyricPlay, a slick feature that visualizes song lyrics as you listen. For any "compatible" song (more on that in a minute), Shazam Player will stream the lyrics using one of several cool themes. Think karaoke machine, but with fancy fonts and cool transitions. For example, sometimes the lyrics scroll from the bottom of the screen to the top. Sometimes they Read More

The iPhone's default Music app already has lyrics support built in, but you have to fetch the lyrics yourself; songs sold on the iTunes Store still don't include lyrics after all these years. Shazam, makers of the well-known app that will identify songs playing in your vicinity after sampling a few seconds of audio, has released a free music player app called Shazam Player for the iPhone and iPod touch that addresses this gap in a big way. When first launched, Shazam Player will scan your entire music library to find songs compatible with its LyricPlay feature. Depending on how big your library is, this could take awhile; my iPhone 4S has close to 5000 songs on it (though for some reason Shazam Player only scanned 1600 or so), and it took about 5 minutes for the app to finish scanning my library for the first time. Shazam's lyrics database doesn't Read More

Shazam made its name as a music recognition engine, helping users find tracks based on the music that was being played at a club, on TV or just about anywhere. The software was one of the first in the App Store, and certainly one of the biggest success stories of its generation. As the years have passed the app has seen new features added, and the download numbers have continued to increase. Now the team behind that app has released a new, improved music solution called Shazam Player, and we’re going to go ahead and assume it’s going to be just as popular as its older brother. Shazam Player is built to completely replace the iOS music player, taking over music playback duties and adding in that Shazam magic, with social aspects thrown in for good measure… After installing Shazam Player, the app will go off and scan your entire music Read More

11 Jan 2012 alle 22:46 Shazam Player è la nuova applicazione di Shazam, in particolare un lettore musicale con alcune differenze rispetto alle classiche app simili che conosciamo. Perché solo ascoltare la musica quando è ora possibile vedere in streaming testi, guardare video di YouTube e leggere le recensioni dei nostri brani ed artisti preferiti?    E’ la tua musica. Shazam Player ti permette di fare di più con questa. La nostra musica balla con i testi grazie a LyricPlay, che permette di vedere in streaming testi a tempo di musica ed avere sempre le parole delle nostre canzoni preferite sullo schermo dell’iPhone. Potremo inoltre condividere la colonna sonora della nostra giornata su Facebook e Twitter con un semplice tab. Selezioniamo il brano tramite YouTube in modo da vedere video ufficiale o clip di concerti oppure cerchiamo le date del tour della nostra band preferita. Tramite l’applicazione potremo creare playlist semplicemente e velocemente o scegliere di ascoltare quelle già create con iTunes. Potremo selezionare i brani preferiti o nascondere quelli che non vogliamo sentire. Shazam Player permette Read More

Shazam today announced its rolling out its first new app called Shazam Player which is a free replacement for the iOS music player. The new app provides a respectable set of features which include synced lyrics, social sharing, smart playlists, bios and more. The mobile music company packed its new player with some prominent additions such as “LyricPlay.” The LyricPlay feature allow access to lyrics while tagging a song, which gives users the ability to pull up lyrics for many popular songs in their own library. Shazam Player also serves as a one-stop-shop to find tour dates from bands and artists you enjoy, watch YouTube videos and concert clips, and even allow its users to buy tracks from iTunes within the app itself. It’s great to see Shazam branch out from just a simple music discovery app into something with a little more meat behind it. Shazam Player seems to be exactly Read More

by Shazam, it seems, is no longer satisfied with identifying music. Now the startup wants to play it, too. A free iOS app the company launched Wednesday adds Shazam features to your phone’s music library. The most interesting feature, Shazam LyricPlay, provides lyrics to select songs and debuted on Shazam’s Encore premium app in June. Other features such as information about the artist, a list of tour dates, access to relevant YouTube videos and a button that shares what you’re listening to on Twitter and Facebook are handy, but less-than innovative. The player works a lot like your iTunes library, allowing you to browse by artist, album or track. It keeps all of your iTunes playlists in tact, but also allows you to create new ones. A “Good List” and a “Bad List,” for instance, keep track of your favorite and least-favorite songs. You’ll never hear a “Bad” song when the Read More