YouTube Music for Android is finally launching a long-awaited tool that lets people hum a song to search for it, in addition to singing the melody or playing the melody on an instrument, according to r9to5Google reports. The software has been in the testing phase since March.
All you have to do is tap the magnifying glass in the top right corner and look for the waveform icon next to the microphone icon. Tap the waveform icon and start humming or singing. A full-screen results page should quickly display the cover art, song name, artist, album, release year, and other important information about the song. The software is based on the Pixel's Now Playing feature, which uses ai to “match the sound to the original recording.”
The tool comes in a server-side update with version 7.02 of YouTube Music for Android. There doesn't seem to be any availability information for the iOS version, although it will most likely arrive in the near future.
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This type of feature isn't exactly new, although it is new to YouTube Music. Google Search launched a similar tool in 2020, and the regular YouTube app started offering something like this last year. Online music streaming platform Deezer also has a “hum to search” tool, launching in 2022.
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