In a move blending audio recognition with conversational AI, Shazam's core song identification feature is now directly accessible inside ChatGPT. The integration, which began a global rollout this week, allows users to ask the chatbot to name a playing track without switching to a separate app.

To use it, users first link their Shazam account via ChatGPT's Apps page. Once connected, simple in-chat prompts like “Shazam, what’s playing?” trigger the service. A pop-up activates the device's microphone, listens to the audio, and returns the song title, artist, and album art directly in the chat window. Identified tracks can be saved directly to a user's Shazam library.

Notably, the feature functions even without the standalone Shazam app installed, a practical benefit for devices strapped for storage. It is available across ChatGPT's iOS, Android, and web platforms. This partnership signals a continued trend of major services embedding their utilities inside leading AI interfaces, creating more multifunctional hubs for user queries. For now, it offers a streamlined, if slightly circuitous, alternative for the perpetually curious about the music in their immediate environment.

Source: Engadget