Music ID service Shazam brings ads to the free version, squashes bugs and improves performance

Sort of like Yelp, Shazam is oftentimes seen equally a redundant service to Microsoft's congenital in Bing offerings. And similar Yelp, Shazam does a lot more than than too.

For instance, starting with version iii.5 you can tag (ID) songs even when you don't take an active net connection—that's kind of a big deal if yous're like united states and are always trying to figure out what that vocal is. You also go things like LyricPlay, the ability to buy music from the Xbox or Nokia Music stores, one-click tag with the Tile, scout YouTube videos, run into local tags and more than. Heck, it even has lockscreen back up. That's manner more than than the Bing Music ID service.

Version 3.six only went live in the Shop for both the free version and the paid Encore edition. Previously, there was no deviation betwixt the two apps, making Encore non exactly a deal. However at present, the free version sports ads while Encore remains ad-complimentary. Does that make it worth the extra $5.99? We're struggling to find a reason to justify that extra six dollars, unless you're like us and bought it ages ago (nosotros were probably drunk).

Version 3.6 also tacks on the usual "bug fixes and improved functioning" label. While we haven't seen too many bugs ourselves and the app has felt fast since its Windows Telephone viii upgrade, we'll take whatever we tin.

If you're an active tagger, you may want to give Shazam a try. 1 benefit of the tagging organisation is that it is timed (10 second sample recordings) versus the more than open ended Bing music ID, which will trail on for a long time on certain occasions. Because of that, we discover Shazam more often faster than Bing, only your mileage may vary.

Choice up or update Shazam (gratis) here or if you're mister moneybags, you can grab Shazam Encore ($5.99) here in the Store.

Via: Windows Phone Cardinal Forums

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