- SoundHound
- iTunes
- Free
- Universal
- SoundHound, Inc.
Description
SoundHound : Blazing fast music recognition
Thank you to our 135 million+ fans and loyal users for making
SoundHound a must-have App!
Features:
◦ Blazing fast music recognition
◦ The world's only singing
and humming recognition
◦ LiveLyrics: see lyrics move in time with the music
◦ SoundHound Headlines: brings
you free song streams, new artists, and more
◦ SoundHound Player: your iPod music with LiveLyrics and artist
info
◦ Real-time Facebook and Twitter updates from your favorite artists
◦ Facebook and Twitter sharing,
listen-on-startup, and geotagging
◦ iTunes links, YouTube videos, Pandora station launching, and much more
Reviews and Honors
◦ Top 10 Must-Have iPhone Apps - Bob Tedeschi, NY Times
◦ Best Music Engagement App -
BILLBOARD Music App Awards
◦ Essential iPad App - "Seriously fast" - John Herrman, Gizmodo
◦ "Genius, isn't
it?" - B.B.C. World Radio
◦ "This is amazing... insane, right?" - David Pogue, NY Times
SoundHound is
available for iPhone, iPad, and iPods with internal or external microphones.
What's New
Version 5.2.5 (Apr 29, 2013)
• Bug fixes, including a fix for Facebook sharing
Version 5.2.4 (Mar 21, 2013)
New in 5.2.4
☆ Improved search accuracy
☆ Bug fixes
New in 5.2:
☆ Improved iPhone 5 support
☆ Updated Results and Sharing pages
☆ Improved search speed
and accuracy
Version 5.2.3 (Jan 4, 2013)
New in 5.2.3
☆ Bug fixes
New in 5.2:
☆ Improved iPhone 5 support
☆ Updated Results and Sharing pages
☆ Improved search speed
and accuracy
Version 5.2.1 (Dec 11, 2012)
New in 5.2.1:
☆ Improved search speed and accuracy
☆ Bug fixes
New in 5.2:
☆ Improved iPhone 5 support
☆ Updated Results and Sharing pages
Version 5.2 (Nov 13, 2012)
☆ Improved iPhone 5 support
☆ Updated Results and Sharing pages
☆ Improved search speed and accuracy
☆ Lots more improvements and fixes
Version 5.1.1 (Oct 19, 2012)
☆ Search is even faster
☆ New content and easy access to free songs from home screen SoundHound Headlines
☆ Localized for French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese
☆ Bug fixes
Version 5.1 (Aug 23, 2012)
New in 5.1:
+ New content and easy access to free songs from homescreen slides
+ Easier song access in
SoundHound Player: just tap the Library button
+ Improved graphics and stability
New in 5.0: SoundHound makes music search & discovery fast, easy, and beautiful:
+ SoundHound's famously
fast music recognition now even faster
+ Big, beautiful album art and hi-res artist photos throughout the app
+ New home screen featuring most shared songs, top artists, your songs and more
+ New SoundHound Player with
LiveLyrics and instant links to artist info
+ Cleaner, easier to use interface
+ Now well over one million
LiveLyrics scrolling in time with music: double tap to fast forward, or go landscape to see LiveLyrics full screen
Version 5.0.1 (Jun 19, 2012)
With SoundHound 5.0, music search & discovery is fast, easy, and beautiful:
• SoundHound's famously fast
music recognition now even faster
• Big, beautiful album art and hi-res artist photos throughout the app
• New
home screen featuring most shared songs, top artists, your songs and more
• New SoundHound Player with LiveLyrics
and instant links to artist info
• Cleaner, easier to use interface
• Even more LiveLyrics scrolling in time
with music: double tap to fast forward, or go landscape to see LiveLyrics full screen
New in version 5.0.1:
• Bug fixes and speed improvements
Version 5.0 (Jun 7, 2012)
With SoundHound 5.0, music search & discovery is fast, easy, and beautiful:
• SoundHound's famously fast
music recognition now even faster
• Big, beautiful album art and hi-res artist photos throughout the app
• New
home screen featuring top artists and your songs
• New SoundHound Player with LiveLyrics and instant links to
artist info
• Cleaner, easier to use interface
• Even more LiveLyrics scrolling in time with music: double tap
to fast forward, or go landscape to see LiveLyrics full screen
Version 4.5 (Apr 27, 2012)
New in version 4.5:
+ Easier sharing to Facebook: sign in one time with one tap from the SoundHound welcome
screen
+ Easier listen on start: opt in after signing in to Facebook or use in-app Settings
+ UI
improvements
New since SoundHound 4.0:
+ Hi-resolution retina graphics for the new iPad
+ LiveLyrics™: lyrics scroll in
time with music for your songs and IDs - and go landscape to see lyrics full screen
+ Tappable LiveLyrics™ within
the SoundHound music player (included)
+ Tweets from artists and users
+ Savable searches: You can now save
any missed songs to your History to try again later
+ Surprises coming soon: opt in to PUSH notifications to be the
first to hear about them
Version 4.4.1 (Mar 27, 2012)
New in SoundHound 4.4 and 4.4.1:
+ Improved high-resolution iPad graphics
+ Coachella Festival
support
+ Some surprises coming soon: opt in to PUSH notifications to be the first to hear about them
+
Performance improvements and bug fixes
New since SoundHound 4.0:
+ LiveLyrics: See lyrics in time with the music for your songs and IDs - and go
landscape to see lyrics full screen
+ Twitter: Artist handles in your Twitter shares, a new "Most Tweeted" Chart,
your Tweets on song pages, and Twitter single sign on (in iOS 5)!
+ Artist social updates: just tap an artist's
name to see their latest from Facebook and Twitter
+ Music player updates: single tap lyrics to hide iPod controls
or double tap LiveLyrics to fast forward
+ In-App Settings: Just tap the gear on the SoundHound home page. Now even
easier to opt in to auto-share or listen on start
+ Savable searches: You can now save any missed songs to your
History to try again later.
Version 4.4 (Mar 20, 2012)
New in SoundHound 4.4:
+ Coachella Festival support
+ Some surprises coming soon: opt in to PUSH
notifications to be the first to hear about them
+ Performance improvements and bug fixes
New since SoundHound 4.0:
+ LiveLyrics: See lyrics in time with the music for your songs and IDs - and go
landscape to see lyrics full screen
+ Twitter: Artist handles in your Twitter shares, a new "Most Tweeted" Chart,
your Tweets on song pages, and Twitter single sign on (in iOS 5)!
+ Artist social updates: just tap an artist's
name to see their latest from Facebook and Twitter
+ Music player updates: single tap lyrics to hide iPod controls
or double tap LiveLyrics to fast forward
+ In-App Settings: Just tap the gear on the SoundHound home page. Now even
easier to opt in to auto-share or listen on start
+ Savable searches: You can now save any missed songs to your
History to try again later.
Version 4.3 (Feb 14, 2012)
New in SoundHound 4.3:
+ By popular request: savable searches! You can now save any missed songs to your
History to try again later.
+ Listen on Start option now also available on iPad
New since SoundHound 4.0:
+ LiveLyrics: See lyrics in time with the music for your songs and IDs - and go
landscape to see lyrics full screen
+ Twitter: Artist handles in your Twitter shares, a new "Most Tweeted" Chart,
your Tweets on song pages, and Twitter single sign on (in iOS 5)!
+ Artist social updates: just tap an artist's
name to see their latest from Facebook and Twitter
+ Music player updates: single tap lyrics to hide iPod controls
or double tap LiveLyrics to fast forward
+ In-App Settings: Just tap the gear on the SoundHound home page. Now even
easier to opt in to auto-share or listen on start
Version 4.2 (Dec 14, 2011)
New in SoundHound 4.2: Twitter
+ Introducing "Most Tweeted": a chart of hot songs with their real-time Tweets
from SoundHound
+ Artist handles in your Twitter shares: When you Tweet, SoundHound automatically includes an
@mention of the artist for you
+ Tweets on song pages: scroll down the page to see who's Tweeting about it
+
Twitter single sign on (iOS 5): even easier Tweeting without retyping your Twitter password
+ Twitter Artist
Updates: when you see Twitter badge by an artist's name, tap it to see the artist's latest Tweets!
New since SoundHound 4.0:
+ LiveLyrics: See lyrics in time with the music for your songs and IDs - and go
landscape to see lyrics full screen
+ Music player updates: single tap lyrics to hide iPod controls or double tap
LiveLyrics to fast forward
+ In-App Settings: Just tap the gear on the SoundHound home page. Now even easier to opt
in to auto-share or listen on start
Version 4.1.1 (Nov 4, 2011)
New in version 4.1:
+ iCloud for your SoundHound History: see your IDs on all your devices running iOS 5!
iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
+ Full screen LiveLyrics (in the US and Canada): Go landscape to see big, beautiful
LiveLyrics right in time with the music.
+ In-App Settings: Just tap the gear on the SoundHound home page. Now
even easier to opt in to auto-share or listen on start!
+ Facebook and Twitter artist badges: when you see them,
tap the artist's name for their latest social updates!
New in version 4.1.1:
+ Support for Facebook Single sign-on
+ Performance improvements
+ Bug fixes
Version 4.1 (Oct 12, 2011)
New in version 4.1:
+ iCloud for your SoundHound History: see your IDs on all your devices running iOS 5!
iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
+ Full screen LiveLyrics (in the US and Canada): Go landscape to see big, beautiful
LiveLyrics right in time with the music.
+ In-App Settings: Just tap the gear on the SoundHound home page. Now
even easier to opt in to auto-share or listen on start!
+ Facebook and Twitter artist badges: when you see them,
tap the artist's name for their latest social updates!
Version 4.0.1 (Aug 8, 2011)
New in 4.0: LiveLyrics - available in the U.S. and Canada
+ Lyrics shown in time with the music for songs you
hear playing or have in your music library
+ First ever lyrics audio playback: in Now Playing, double tap any
lyrics line to play it!
+ Incredible coverage of over 500,000 LiveLyrics songs
+ New in 4.0.1: Real-time Facebook and Twitter Updates from Artists: tap a band's name to instantly see its latest
social news!
+ New in 4.0.1: Speed and stability improvements
New in 3.6: Major sharing improvements
+ Location sharing option. By popular request! Show your exact location
or the local area when sharing to Facebook and Twitter.
+ Now Playing Share: Tell friends your current iPod song in
just one tap.
+ Personalized Multi-Share: custom posts to both Twitter and Facebook in just one tap
+ Optional
Auto-Share and Auto-Comment: just go to iPhone Settings... SoundHound... Sharing
Version 4.0 (Jul 20, 2011)
New in 4.0: LiveLyrics - available in the U.S. and Canada
+ Lyrics shown in time with the music for songs you hear playing or that you have on your iPod
+ First ever
lyrics audio playback: in Now Playing, double tap any lyrics line to play it!
+ Incredible coverage of over 500,000
LiveLyrics songs
New in 3.6: Major sharing improvements
+ Location sharing option. By popular request! Show your exact location
or the local area when sharing to Facebook and Twitter.
+ Now Playing Share: Tell friends your current iPod song in
just one tap.
+ Personalized Multi-Share: custom posts to both Twitter and Facebook in just one tap
+ Optional
Auto-Share and Auto-Comment: just go to iPhone Settings...
SoundHound... Sharing
Version 3.6.3 (Jun 16, 2011)
New in 3.6.3:
+ Location sharing option. By popular request! Show your exact location or the local area when
sharing to Facebook and Twitter.
+ PUSH notification option. Let SoundHound keep you up to date with
announcements.
+ Bug fixes for Auto-Sharing and VoiceOver.
+ An even smoother multi-sharing experience.
New in 3.6:
+ Now Playing Share: Tell friends your current iPod song in just one tap.
+ Personalized
Multi-Share: custom posts to both Twitter and Facebook in just one tap
+ Optional Auto-Share and Auto-Comment: just
go to iPhone Settings... SoundHound... Sharing
Version 3.6.2 (May 5, 2011)
New in 3.6.2:
+ Now Playing Share: Tell friends your current iPod song in just one tap.
+ Improved
layout for easier sharing and browsing
+ Smoother geotagging experience
+ Improved responsiveness and
stability
New in 3.6 and 3.6.1:
+ Personalized Multi-Share: custom posts to both Twitter and Facebook in just one tap
+ Optional Auto-Share and Auto-Comment: just go to iPhone Settings... SoundHound... Sharing
Version 3.6.1 (Mar 2, 2011)
Improved sharing in 3.6.1 - at your request!
+ Instantly see and edit your entire Twitter or Facebook
share
+ Post the same share comment to email or SMS without retyping
New in 3.6 - sharing breakthroughs:
+ Multi-share: post to both Twitter and Facebook in just one tap
+
Optional auto-share and comment personalization: to share every discovery or set your own default comment, just go to
iPhone Settings... SoundHound... Sharing
Also new:
+ Improved stability if you receive a text message or other alert on the Listening screen
Version 3.6 (Dec 22, 2010)
SoundHound now offers unlimited IDs - for all users!
To thank our users and celebrate our success, SoundHound now allows unlimited music recognition. You can ID songs, see lyrics, and browse artists to your heart's content.
Also new in SoundHound 3.6: Sharing becomes fun and easy - just like you requested:
+ Multi-Share: Share to both
Twitter and Facebook with just one tap.
+ Auto-Share: As you requested - you can now go to Settings and have
SoundHound auto-share every music discovery to Twitter or Facebook. Keep friends and followers instantly up to date.
+ Auto Comment Personalization: Another highly requested feature: To edit your default share text, just go to Settings
to set up your unique comment for shares
And more:
+ Even faster response time for some searches
+ Updated graphics and bug fixes.
Version 3.4.2 (Nov 18, 2010)
iOS 4.2 compatibility
Bug fixes
Version 3.4.1 (Nov 3, 2010)
Version 3.4.1 includes:
- Fast app switching for iOS 4: go right back to where you were in SoundHound!
-
Connection improvements for certain users in the UK and France
- Bug fixes
- Graphics updates
- Updated
Facebook login - you may have to re-login one time
Version 3.4 (Sep 21, 2010)
New in 3.4, a significant update:
- Instant music shopping: iTunes links on all SoundHound lists - like
Hottest songs and your History
- Friendlier say search UI: Now even easier to get to an artist or song just by
speaking the name
- Location for your IDs: See your song on a map and its city in your History
- One-click
iPod artist browsing: On Artist pages, just tap the iPod link
- Updated miniplayer: enjoy new graphics and scrub
through songs
- Bug fixes, including to re-enable Twitter sharing
Version 3.3.1 (Jul 22, 2010)
New in 3.3.1
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
SoundHound 3.3 empowers users on iOS 4.0:
- Identify music playing from your radio apps to explore SoundHound's
unrivaled artist info.
- Shop for music like never before, bouncing from SoundHound to iTunes and back.
-
Share via SMS: instantly tell your friends about your new favorite song.
Also new in 3.3:
- Faster results on songs in noisy environments
- A way to earn free IDs
- iPod and
music browsing speed improvements
- Bug fixes
Version 3.3 (Jun 24, 2010)
SoundHound 3.3 empowers users on iOS 4.0:
- Identify music playing from your radio apps to explore
SoundHound's unrivaled artist info.
- Shop for music like never before, bouncing from SoundHound to iTunes and
back.
- Share via SMS: instantly tell your friends about your new favorite song.
Also new in 3.3:
- Faster results on songs in noisy environments
- A way to earn free IDs
- iPod and
music browsing speed improvements
- Bug fixes










