song search Archives

AppWizard

February 11, 2025

Google’s Android app is getting ready to remember all those songs you couldn’t (APK teardown)

Google is enhancing its Android app's song identification feature with a new audio search tool that currently lacks a history of past searches. An APK teardown indicates that a search log is in development, allowing users to revisit previously identified songs. The latest beta build of the Google app, version 16.5.33.sa.arm64, includes text strings suggesting the implementation of a search history, featuring identifiers for artist names, track details, images, and timestamps. While the interface for this search history is still in early stages, a history icon has been added to the search screen, indicating a potential Recent song searches view. Users can expect a design similar to the existing Now Playing history, displaying essential song information, album artwork, and timestamps.

AppWizard

February 4, 2025

Google Search widget now lets you set a custom shortcut on Android

The Google app has introduced a feature for Android users that allows customization of shortcuts within the Search widget. Users can access this by going to the Google app settings and selecting "Customize Search widget," where they can adjust the theme and transparency settings. The new “Shortcuts” feature offers nine options: None, Translate (text), Song Search, Weather, Translate (camera), Sports, Dictionary, Homework, and Finance. The shortcut icon appears to the left of the microphone and camera icons in a 3×1 layout, and in a compact 2×1 view, it shows only the ‘G’ icon. This update is available for non-Pixel devices as well as Google phones and tablets, and it is part of version 16.3.34 of the Google app, which was rolled out in the stable channel.

AppWizard

May 25, 2024

YouTube Music now lets you ‘sing or hum’ to search on Android

A new feature on YouTube Music allows Android users to search for songs by humming a melody. The AI in the app can recognize tunes and provide users with information about the song, including album cover, artist, and release year. The feature is gradually rolling out to users through a server-side update.