SoundHound ∞
500,000 - 1,000,000 downloads
Pros
- Amazing results
- Helps its developer
- Lots of info provided
Cons
- Nothing special
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Expert's Review
This is not the first application that attempts to recognize the songs that sound around. But it is the first to get it well and really fast. A few seconds are enough to give you the information in a very comprehensive: album, lyrics, artist, whatever, everything.
We've made the first test with a song of a well known Finnish group, moving the phone closer to a baffle. Four seconds later we had the song's name, group, album, year and lyrics. Then we decided to increase the difficulty, humming a song to the phone instead. We picked "When the saints go marchin' in". We had to try it twice because everybody was laughing around, but at the end SoundHound decided that was Louis Armstrong's who was humumuming so bad.
You can also check a title or band name out by making searches speaking and read biographies. Also if you want to, your location is saved along your request, so you can remember where you heard this or that song. Finally, you can redefine controls to start recording pressing a hardware button instead of tapping the screen.
This paid version hasn't ads and helps its developer. In any case, unlimited use and results have been very satisfactory. It has become an instantly must-have.
Features:
◦ Blazing fast music recognition
◦ The world's only singing and humming recognition
◦ LiveLyrics: see lyrics move in time with the music
◦ Home screen widget allows you to identify music without launching the app
◦ No banner advertisements
◦ SoundHound Headlines: brings you free song streams, new artists, and more
◦ Real-time Facebook and Twitter updates from your favorite artists
◦ Facebook and Twitter sharing, listen-on-startup, and geotagging
◦ Buy links, YouTube videos, artist biographies, and much more
✧ Thank you to our 100 million+ fans and loyal users for making SoundHound a must-have App! ✧
★ Reviews and Honors for SoundHound ★
Top 10 Must-Have Android Apps - Bob Tedeschi, NY Times
Best Music Engagement App - BILLBOARD Music App Awards
Your top 10 Android Apps - "I love this app... unique in its class." - Jessica Dolcourt, CNET
The Best Android Apps - "There's no limit." - John Herrman, Gizmodo
"Genius, isn't it?" - B.B.C. World Radio
"This is amazing... insane, right?" - David Pogue of the NY Times
Note: Location is used to store where songs were discovered. It can be disabled from the Options menu.
Explanation of requested permissions:
RECORD AUDIO
Used to record audio for both music and voice search.
CHANGE YOUR AUDIO SETTINGS
Used to ensure optimal audio recording settings.
FINE (GPS) LOCATION
COARSE (NETWORK-BASED) LOCATION
Used to enhance search results and remember where a search took place, which is displayed through History. This can be disabled in app settings.
FULL INTERNET ACCESS
Used to communicate with servers for search results and other content.
READ PHONE STATE AND IDENTITY
Used to mute SoundHound audio when receiving phone calls.
MODIFY/DELETE USB STORAGE CONTENTS MODIFY/DELETE SD CARD CONTENTS
Used to cache data.
CONTROL VIBRATOR
Used to notify when search results are ready.
VIEW WI-FI STATE
Used to allow usage through WI-FI.
VIEW NETWORK STATE
Used to detect when internet access is available.
Tags: Sound Hound Music Sing Song ID Tag
Recently changed in this version:
New in 5.3.2:
• Improved Facebook sharing
• Bug fixes
New in 5.3:
Improved Tablet Application!
• Optimized for medium and large tablets
• Visually stunning music discovery
• See LiveLyrics, the newest way to experience lyrics as they magically move in sync with the song
• Explore charts, albums and artists with graphic imagery
• Streamlined sharing to Facebook, Twitter, and more
• Easily purchase the songs you love
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Some lists where this application appears: Reviewed by Peter Warrior, Music for Android.
Comments and ratings for SoundHound ∞
(72)
Better than any other!!
(72)
Lately it hardly recognizes new music. And why does it need access to my unique device ID anyways? Almost no apps do. Bleah.
(72)
Best app of its kind out there.
(72)
Love it. The app has not lagged once. Works really well and has tones of complimenting features
(72)
Great app...very accurate
(72)
I used to love this app when I got it 3 years ago, but now it's completely useless if you're trying to use it on a song less than a year old. I never get any results and yet when I turn around and use Shazam I get results immediately. Save yourself the t
(72)
Used to work about 2 yrs ago. Hasn't since.
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