For a long time now, iUsers have been exclusively enjoying the SoundHound application, but not any longer. SoundHound is now available for Android. SoundHound is all about information. Whether it's identifying a currently playing song, humming a song to identify it, or searching by lyrics, SoundHound can do it all. Check a brief list of features:
- Blazing fast music recognition. Fans can identify music playing from a speaker (radio, TV, films) in as little as four seconds.
- Sing & Hum music recognition. If the user can carry a tune, SoundHound can identify it.
- Voice-directed search. The fan simply speaks a Title or Artist to explore, and get results instantly, including links to video, discography, artist info and more.
- Instant sharing with integrated and customizable email and Twitter options.
- Lyrics, videos and other rich content.
- Buy links for easy purchase of songs and related content, including Amazon MP3
SoundHound is getting to app market as we speak. Now there are two verions: SoundHound, in which you only get 5 “ID's” per month and then there is SoundHound Infinity, where you get an unlimited number of song “ID's” this version is going to run you $4.99. So depending on how often you're trying to identify a song, the free version may be just fine for you. Anyway, head on over to the Android Market,try it out and let us know what you think in the comments.
Update: Well I wanted to test to see just how “fast” SoundHound is compared to one of the most popular “song id” type apps out there, Shazam. My song of choice for this test was Wolfmother – Joker & The Thief. I simply pressed play on WMP and each apps “listen” button at the same time and as soon as it got a result, I hit pause on WMP, effectively telling me how long it took each app to figure out what song it was. Looks like SoundHound has the walk to back up it's talk:
- SoundHound 6 seconds
- Shazam: 26 seconds
Obviously, this is only one song, so feel free to conduct similar tests and let us know your results!
