Wednesday, June 8, 2011

SoundHound ∞ For Android

SoundHound is instant music search and discovery:
♪ The world's FASTEST music recognition: name tunes playing from a speaker in as little as four seconds
♪ The world's only viable singing and humming recognition
♪ Home screen widget allows you to identify music without launching the app
♪ Instant lyrics and artist info
♪ Split-second Say search: just speak a title or band name to check it out

Explanation of permissions requested:
– Your Location: Saved with your searches in History to help you remember where you heard the song. This can be disabled under Options.
– Hardware Controls: Used to record audio for identifying songs or voice search.
– Phone Calls: Used to detect incoming calls so you can answer them while using SoundHound.
– Storage: Used for storing data on the SD card to make the application load and run faster.
– Hardware Controls: Used for vibration alerts. This can be disabled under Options.
– Network Communication: Used to complete searches and provide content such as a song’s audio preview and artist biography.

Top 10 Must-Have Android Apps
-Bob Tedeschi, NY Times, Nov. 2010
Best Music Engagement App
- BILLBOARD Music App Awards, Oct. 2010
"Genius, isn't it?" - B.B.C. World Radio
"This is amazing... insane, right?"
-David Pogue of the NY Times

And there's more: Geotagging options, Facebook and Twitter sharing, previews, purchase links, full length YouTube videos, and your favorite artists' top songs and bios.

Tags: Sound Hound Music Sing Song ID Tag

Recent changes:
- Fix a rare crash reported by users when viewing songs.
- Fix bug where pending search playback was not stopping automatically.

Content rating: Medium Maturity

Latest version: 2.5.4 (for all Android versions, supports App2SD)

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