SoundHound - Music Discovery

Music discovery, identification, & voice-controlled player with 300M+ downloads!

SoundHound - Music Discovery App

"SoundHound - Music Discovery" is an innovative app that lets users identify music playing around them, save their music journey, and interact with real-time lyrics. With over 300 million downloads, it features a voice-controlled player, a personal discovery history, and integration with Spotify to create playlists. Users can sing along using LiveLyrics®, explore popular charts, and share discoveries across social media, making it a must-have for music lovers.
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App stats

Version: 10.4.7 (Last updated: 2024-07-19)
Version code: 21120
Creation date: 2010-06-15
Permissions:
  • android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID
  • android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION
  • android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS
  • android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
  • android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE
  • android.permission.INTERNET
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Size: 54.29M

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App summary

HEY, WHAT SONG IS THAT?
SoundHound makes it simple to discover music playing around you. It doesn’t matter if you’re at home, in your car, or anywhere else. Just open the app, hit the big orange button, and we’ll tell you exactly what song is playing!

SAVE YOUR MUSIC JOURNEY
All the songs and lyrics you discover will be kept in your own personal history, and you’ll have a Music Map to look up exactly where you heard that song you loved so much. You can also connect your Spotify account to build playlists, explore music across genres, and find new favorites—all with real-time lyrics.

SING ALONG WITH REAL-TIME LYRICS
Explore the lyrics of all your recently discovered and favorited music. Sing along, memorize all the words, and you’ll end up a karaoke master. You can also discover lyrics to the most popular songs topping the SoundHound charts across multiple genres and categories!

DISCOVER
- Tap the big orange button to discover music playing around you, including song title, artist, album, and lyrics.
- Have a song stuck in your head? Press the button, sing or hum the tune, and we’ll do the rest!
- Keep track of all your discoveries with your own personal history page
- Check out the hottest new music across Genre, Global, and Popular charts
- Find out what’s being played near you and around the world with our Music Map

PLAY
- Songs you discover can be played for free via our built-in YouTube music player
- Connect your Spotify account to stream music directly in SoundHound

CONNECT
- Automatically transfer your discovered songs into a Spotify playlist (SoundHound account and Spotify subscription required)
- Sync all of your discoveries across multiple devices

LYRICS
- View and interact with real-time lyrics with LiveLyrics®
- Type in the lyrics or use voice search, and we’ll find the song for you! Say something like…
Hey SoundHound… Show me lyrics for Thriller by Michael Jackson.
- Access the lyrics of your recently discovered and favorited music.
- Discover lyrics to songs topping the SoundHound charts

LOOK, NO HANDS!
SoundHound comes equipped with “Hey SoundHound…”, an incredibly powerful way to interact play and discover music using just your voice. Simply say “Hey SoundHound…” and follow up with something like:

“What’s that song?”
“Show me lyrics to ‘Castle on the Hill’”
“Play today’s top songs’’
“Add this song to my playlist” (Spotify only)


SHARE
Share your music discoveries via Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, messaging services and email!

FEATURED REVIEWS
- Best Music Engagement App - BILLBOARD Music App Awards
- "Genius, isn't it?" - B.B.C. World Radio
- "This is amazing... insane, right?" - David Pogue

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Simple and user-friendly interface
  • Good for identifying obscure songs and remixes
  • Integrates with Spotify to create playlists
  • Provides a history of searched songs
  • Useful lyrics feature when it works properly
Cons
  • Inconsistent song recognition; many users report it fails to identify songs
  • Frequent crashes and errors, especially after updates
  • Poor customer support and unresponsive to user feedback
  • Issues with specific devices and recent Android updates
  • Loss of previously available features and functionality
Most mentioned
  • The app often fails to recognize popular songs
  • Frequent crashes and errors message
  • Problems with integration and functionality after updates
  • Poor customer support and responsiveness
  • Overall decline in app reliability
User reviews
by Anonymous, Invalid Date

I wanted to express my joys with this music recognition app. I have a bunch of mix tapes I had recorded on cassette. Sadly most of my physical library (vinyl, CD's) have been lost due to a difficult times financially. Now that I am secured, I am happy that it reconises my music from tape, even obscure songs and remixes. I also appreciate the lyrics that come up. Anyway your app recons my music unlike other apps I had tried. From my heart this means alot to me. I plan to regain my vinyls again!
by DreamShadow76, 2025-01-26

My previous review was 5 stars. Sometimes works great, other times can't find anything. Now it will find NOTHING. Keeps saying "there was an error". When trying to find new music, almost never finds it! Live music? "Survey says," XXX! Can't find any updates, so??? maybe this company is concentrating more on their stock price and less on the actual product.
by Tim Kent, 2025-01-24
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