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Hmm, is this how the "what song is playing" feature works? Google claims it works offline (I haven't tested it) but I have a hard time believing that Google is
by 40acres 8y ago
Hmm, is this how the "what song is playing" feature works? Google claims it works offline (I haven't tested it) but I have a hard time believing that Google is storing information related to every song out there. What about new songs?
- shereadsthenews 8y agoYou never heard of Google Music? I believe getting fingerprints of all published music is probably one of the least complex tasks Google faces.
- mynameisvlad 8y agoIt was covered on HN when this feature was released. There's a database of >10,000 song fingerprints on-device (IIRC, people found it and it was ~100MB) that's updated based on the most popular songs from GPM/Youtube Music. https://venturebeat.com/2017/10/19/how-googles-pixel-2-now-playing-song-identification-works/ https://venturebeat.com/2017/10/19/how-googles-pixel-2-now-p...