SoundHound∞ for Android

You can hum a song and it’ll find it. And it works. It’s amazing I have no idea how this thing works but it really does

Easy, Fast, has improved over the years I’ve used it.

I've been using SoundHound for over 10 years now, and it used to be my go to song recognition app. Now for the past dozen times, it has failed to recognize songs that are easily identified by Shazam (built into Siri). This used to hold premium real estate on both my Home Screen and Google Watch complications. I never thought I would say this, but I'm finally retiring it for something that's more reliable.

I sure do miss the old functionality removed from SoundHound. When I search a song, of course the first thing I want to know is what is it called and who is it by. Thats obviously there in every music ID app. I want to know about the song because I like it and its new to me. Next I want to know what album its from. SoundHound USED to list all the places that song was released (all the albums, etc). REALLY useful when trying to buy it. Also, I want to hear other music by that musician. SoundHound USED to show that—a nice list sorted by album. SoundHound is not fast compared to the other “well known” music id app. In fact, it has a fairly regular problem of not even being able to “hear” the music in the room for some reason. You have to reboot to fix (if that fixes it at all). It keeps asking if u are “humming”. Nope—but the music is loud in the background and the “other” app hears it. Hasnt been fixed for a LONG time and is irritating because often the clip you are scanning is over before u can try again. Live lyrics to sing along with used to be a big bonus feature only found here. Now lots do it. I guess what I’m feeling is that unfortunately SoundHound is pretty much like every other app now—just orange colored instead of blue—so why wouldnt I pick the fastest, most reliable one? Go back to being feature rich. Its why I paid for the full version originally

I have been using SoundHound since 2009 I believe. Back then it was called Midomi and I got the first version on my Nokia! It used to be amazing. You could use it in busy bars or even him a tune and it would get it like black magic. However I’m not sure what happened in the last 3 years - it barely works. I could play tunes on Spotify that are quite popular and the search still comes back empty. The app has lost its touch and now it’s borderline junk.