May 22, 2014

Shazam!

Who doesn't know Facebook?

Last year, Facebook added a new button for posting your "feelings" in a status update. You could type in your anguish, ecstasy, or apathy and see the corresponding emoji appear. You could also add "activities" like watching Men In Black, listening to a hot Pitbull track, or eating a cannoli.

The lastest version of Facebook for iOS and Android automatically recognizes the song you’re listening to or TV show you’re watching and adds it to your status. The Shazam-like feature is called "audio recognition," and starts listening as soon as you start typing a new status. There’s no need to tap "Listening To" or "Watching" in the status-creation screen. You can opt in to the feature for the first time by tapping a new button inside the status window. When there’s a match, a badge pops up over Facebook’s feelings button, a small smiley face. The hope is that there will be a match by the time you’re done writing a status. In my brief tests of the new service, audio recognition found matches to a few songs, movies, and TV shows in less than five seconds.

source :
http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/21/5738222/facebook-will-be-listening-when-you-post-your-next-status-update-shazam
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