{"id":198817,"date":"2025-12-10T12:40:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/?p=198817"},"modified":"2025-12-10T12:40:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:40:03","slug":"how-to-use-continuous-background-music-recognition-on-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/how-to-use-continuous-background-music-recognition-on-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use continuous background music recognition on iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this guide, we’ll show you how to use the Auto Shazam feature on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Android phone to have Shazam continuously listen to songs in the background and identify them, even if you exit the app or lock your device.<\/span><\/p>\n

Imagine you’re sitting in a restaurant where cool music is playing in the background constantly. Or, you’re watching a movie with an awesome background track. Now, one way to identify these songs is to open the Shazam app<\/a>, and it will tell you the name in mere seconds. It will also include links to listen to that track on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube. In fact, you can even set the Shazam app to automatically add all such identified songs to an Apple Music or Spotify playlist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While easy, it won’t be practical for you to take out your iPhone every time the song in the restaurant changes. Or, start Shazam from Control Center each time and disturb your movie experience.<\/p>\n

In such situations, you can use the handy Auto Shazam<\/strong> feature, which keeps the app active, scans songs in the background, and saves them to your recent searches. It will work even if you leave the Shazam app or lock your iPhone.<\/p>\n

Even though Auto Shazam<\/em> was launched way back in 2013<\/a>, many aren’t aware of it and think of it as a successor to Google’s popular Now Playing<\/em> feature on Pixel 2 and later from 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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1)<\/span> Use Auto Shazam on iPhone<\/span> <\/a> <\/div>\n
2)<\/span> See all your Auto Shazam songs in one spot<\/span> <\/a> <\/div>\n
3)<\/span> Fix Auto Shazam not working on iPhone<\/span> <\/a> <\/div>\n
4)<\/span> Auto Shazam on other devices<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n
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4.1)<\/span> iPad<\/span> <\/a> <\/div>\n
4.2)<\/span> Mac<\/span> <\/a> <\/div>\n
4.3)<\/span> Android phone<\/span> <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Use Auto Shazam on iPhone<\/span><\/h2>\n

Follow these steps to enable always-on music recognition on your iPhone:<\/p>\n

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  1. Download the Shazam app<\/a> on your iPhone if you haven’t already.<\/li>\n
  2. Touch and hold the Shazam app icon on the iOS Home Screen and select Auto Shazam<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  3. The app will open with \u201cAuto Shazam is on<\/strong>\u201d showing on the screen. You can now exit the Shazam app or lock your iPhone and keep it on a table.<\/li>\n
  4. The app will keep identifying songs automatically in the background. When you want to turn off always-on music recognition, open the Shazam app and tap the screen where it says ‘Auto Shazam is on.’<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    See all your Auto Shazam songs in one spot<\/span><\/h2>\n

    The identified songs will appear as individual notifications, provided you have allowed the Shazam app to send notifications.<\/p>\n

    Auto Shazams will also appear under the Recently Found<\/em> section of the Shazam app. Or, you can sort your identified songs to see only<\/strong> Auto Shazams:<\/p>\n

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    1. Launch the Shazam app<\/strong> on your iPhone and tap Library<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    2. Swipe across the top row and tap Sources<\/strong> from the end.<\/li>\n
    3. Tap Auto Shazam<\/strong> to see only the songs that were identified automatically in the background.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      You can also enable location in the Shazam app settings to tag your identified songs with the name of the place where they were identified.<\/p>\n

      Fix Auto Shazam not working on iPhone<\/span><\/h2>\n

      If Shazam doesn’t identify songs automatically for you in the background, here are six things to keep in mind.<\/p>\n