Shazam was bought by the Apple company, the Americans confirming yesterday that they completed the procedures to buy the famous song recognition service. The EU recently approved the completion of the acquisition of Shazam by Apple, which was announced in December 2017, but it took another 9 months for the documents to be signed.
Shazam is the most used service to identify songs, by people all over the world, and starting from the next period, it will remain without ads. Those from Apple have announced that they intend to completely eliminate ads from the platform, so that all those who will use the service will have a much better experience than until now.
Shazam: The MAJOR Announcement Made by Apple
Shazam has until now had two versions of the application available for the service, one with ads, and one without ads, but soon everything will be much simplified for users. Although the ads will no longer appear, this does not mean that the service will no longer be used, it identifies 20 million songs daily, and the number will definitely increase in the future.
"Apple and Shazam have a long history together. Shazam was one of the first apps available when we launched the App Store and has become a favorite app for music fans everywhere. With a shared love of music and innovation, we're excited to bring the teams together to give users even more ways to discover, experience and enjoy music.”
Shazam also has a feature that displays song lyrics in real time, something Apple Music doesn't currently have, but something Apple will surely offer. It is not yet known how long it might take until Apple integrates the Shazam functionality into its applications, but most likely we won't have to wait that long.
