Shazam , best known for the medicine acknowledgement app — the one that tell you whether you ’re hearing Michael Bublé or Michael Bolton — released a new iPhone app on Wednesday : Shazam Player . The app encounter back euphony from your iPhone ’s depository library , tot in sustenance for unrecorded lyric display , social internet integration , YouTube creative person picture , and concert information .

The feature film that Shazam seems most aroused about is LyricPlay , which scrolls the language for the song you ’re listen to , so that you could sing along , or correct your “ take Me Closer , Tony Danza”-esque mis - hearings . In practice , the characteristic is a assorted bag : While the lyrics lined up perfectly in my test with The Beatles ’ “ Hard Day ’s Night , ” with numerous other artist , sometimes LyricPlay seemed to run away several measures ahead of the singer . LyricPlay can jibe more than 30,000 strain already , and Shazam says it ’s adding more every sidereal day . The ship’s company previously showcased LyricPlay in its paid Encore app .

The app can graze your iTunes playlists , and also offers the choice to create Shazam - only playlists — include a default Good List and Bad List , which moderate Sung you do and do n’t want to take heed , respectively .

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Shazam Player also include options to severalise your friends on Facebook and Twitter about the birdcall you ’re currently listening to . It additionally cater options to see YouTube videos and approaching concert from the selected artist .

If you have the original Shazam app set up , Shazam Player includes a button to change over apace to the other app , in case you have a sudden song recognition emergency brake .

Shazam is costless , and work out on any iOS gadget running Io 4.3 or later , though it will not run natively on the iPad .