Shazam is rolling out a new feature that will reveal exactly which part of a song is the most popular among listeners. The new “Popular Segments” feature began rolling out on Thursday on the Shazam.com website across desktop and mobile platforms, according to Apple. The announcement did not indicate if the feature will be coming to the Shazam app on the iPhone and iPad.
More details about the feature:
Popular Segments spotlights the key moments within a track that drove the most Shazam activity within the past week. Available for top tracks ranking on Shazam’s charts and based on Shazam tag volume, this interactive feature displays relative segment popularity throughout a song, allowing users to hover over the graph and reveal precise time markers and corresponding segments.
Apple Music’s Ole Obermann adds: “Shazam has always been about connecting fans to music that moves them. With Popular Segments, we’re taking that a step further—revealing exactly which moment in a song grabbed the listener’s attention, while giving artists and the industry that unprecedented insight.”
Apple has owned Shazam since 2017, and Apple users have long enjoyed system-level Shazam integration in Apple operating systems, as Siri users can ask the service to identify a song, all without the need for the Shazam app. The same functionality is built into the iPhone as a Control Center option.
Last month, Apple updated the Shazam app for iPhone with a Liquid Glass design.
