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I use the iOS Shazam app rather often and always wonder why it takes it so long to launch. Even after it launches, I cannot immediately press the "Shazam" butto
by dom96 10y ago
I use the iOS Shazam app rather often and always wonder why it takes it so long to launch. Even after it launches, I cannot immediately press the "Shazam" button (this is rather infuriating sometimes). Could initialising the mic really take that long, even on an iPhone?
- calvinbhai 10y agoinitializing any hardware takes some time. Be it the microphone, the speaker, the taptic engine (or the making the phone vibrate at the exact moment), access to location (gps can probably be the longest initialization time), all need some initialization time before they can be used as expected.
- nitrogen 10y agoOpening an audio device and starting recording should take less than a few hundred milliseconds. Shazam may be looking backward in time to build its fingerprint, so it would need to buffer some audio first.
- gcr 10y agoJust ask Siri, "What song is this playing?" It uses Shazam and doesn't require the app to be installed.
- ChristianGeek 10y agoTry asking Siri what song is playing...she uses Shazam technology to answer and does so in a lot less time than it takes to launch the Shazam app, wait for it to be ready, tap the button, and get a response. (You can switch to the Shazam app from Siri's response if you want.)