How to Identify Songs on iPhone by Lyrics or with Siri

Updated Oct 31,2018 | by Micky

Q: “How to identify songs on iPhone? The melody is really beautiful and is there any App which can help me recognize the song?”

Sometimes, we hear a song in the street come from a grocery store or a broadcast whose lyrics are compelling and tune is enchanting. However, what frustrates us is that we just can’t recall or don’t know the song’s name and in this case, there is no way to search it on the internet.

So, in this tutorial, you’re going to see how to identify songs on iPhone by lyrics or by tunes with the help of Siri.

In iOS 10, Apple brought lyrics to Music App and now, in iOS 12, Apple allows us to find our wanted songs by lyrics rather than just by albums and singers. If you only remember a song’s chorus, in this way, you can still find out what song it is.

Just update your iPhone to iOS 12 and launch Music App. At the bottom, tap on Search. Type the lyrics you remember into the search field and tap on Search on the virtual keyboard. Within less than 1 second, the result along with the lyrics will be displayed on the screen.

It seems amazing and powerful. Nevertheless, this new feature, the same as features in iOS 12, has some shortcomings.

Firstly, not every song in the library has its lyrics. So, when you type in the lyrics, the result won’t necessarily pop up.

Secondly, the lyrics you type should be 100% accurate. If you misspell even a single word, you’ll probably get a totally different result.

I believe these 2 things will be optimized by Apple in the near future.

Shazam used to be an application to identify songs and music based on a short sample. Now, it has been acquired by Apple and integrated with Siri which makes it much more convenient for us to identify a song or a piece of music when we only hear its melody. What you need to do is to put your iPhone close to the sound source and let Siri finish the rest job.

Read the following contents to learn the detailed steps.

1.       Put your iPhone to the audio source as close as possible so that Siri can recognize the material clearly.

2.       Ask to Home screen “Hey Siri, which song is it”. When you say “Hey Siri”, the feature of Siri will be activated. And when saying “Which song is it”, you are making a command to Siri.

Tip: Instead of speaking to Home screen, you can also long press Home button to activate Siri.

Hot Search – How to Use Siri Shortcut in iOS 12

The Bottom Line

Now, hopefully, you’ve already learnt what to do when you only remember a song’s lyrics or when you hear a tune but don’t know its name. This article about how to identify songs on iPhone gives you 2 common and practical ways. Choose any of them and see how it works.

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