Google Sound Search from Jelly Bean available now for all ICS devices, No root required

by Robert Nazarian on
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Do you have an Android device running Ice Cream Sandwich and feeling left out of some of the Jelly Bean love because you’re not into rooting and ROMs? Well I have something for you. Google added a new widget called Sound Search to Jelly Bean, and it will tell you the name of the song you’re listening too much like Shazam and Soundhound, but with one minor difference. It links to to the Google Play Music Store where you can buy the song if you wish. It was previously posted on XDA by asdfzz, but it was only for rooted devices. Thankfully, lbrfabio helped out with an APK that can be installed without root. All you have to do is download the APK, and install it. Put the widget on one of your home screens and the next time you’re listening to a song, you can just tap the widget to find out what song it is. Even if you already know the song, but would like to purchase it from Google Play Music, you can use the widget to quickly find it in the store. Hit the break for the download link and more images

Download here Don’t forget the wallpapers from Jelly Bean are available here as well.

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  • Zomby2D

    Considering that the Play store is still not selling music over here in Canada, I’ll stick to Soundhound for the time being.

  • Abhishek Bagaria

    doesn’t work as good as Shazam …. i played a hindi song and Google sound didn’t recognize it, tried 2-3 times. I played the song again and Shazam recognized it in the first shot !

    • http://1 Robert Nazarian

      Interesting, I tried it on 3 songs when I first installed it and it worked on all 3.

    • RobertNazarian

      That’s interesting because it worked on the first 3 tried for me.

  • Brian1rr

    How do you in uninstall it?

    • RobertNazarian

      Go to settings/Applications/All and find Sound Search for Google Play and tap it and then tap uninstall.

  • drawz

    How do you download this? Can it be done from my phone or do I have to be on my computer?

    • RobertNazarian

      You can download it from your phone.

  • Christian Hendriks

    Well,it would be of ise, like so many other new Google stuff, if I’d actually be able to use Google Music,Books,Movies an the like. Bit sadly, none of it is available in my country yet. So what’s taking so damn long Google!