Listen to songs, view lyrics, and watch music videos

If you’re an Apple Music subscriber, you can listen to full songs in the Shazam app on your Apple device.

1. Go to the Shazam app , then tap Library at the bottom of the screen.

2. Do either of the following:

   • Tap on a song.

   • Tap a song’s cover art or name, then tap in the track screen.

3. Tap to show the Now Playing screen.

4. Do either of the following:

   • Tap or to show or hide upcoming songs.

   • Tap to hide Now Playing.

   To play full songs in the Shazam app, you must subscribe to Apple Music.

   Note: When the Shazam app is connected to Spotify, you can only listen to song previews. If the app is disconnected from Spotify and you’re still unable to play full songs on iPhone or iPad, go to Settings  >Privacy & Security > Media & Apple Music, then turn on Shazam.

You can listen to song previews in the Shazam app on your Android device. If you’re an Apple Music subscriber, you can automatically sync your identified songs to a “My Shazam Tracks” playlist and listen to full songs in Apple Music.

1. Go to the Shazam app , tap (or swipe to the Library), then tap Songs.

2. Do either of the following:

   • Tap on a song.

   • Tap the a song’s cover art or name, then tap in the track screen.

3. Tap to show playback controls and upcoming song previews, or tap to hide the playback controls and upcoming previews.

1. Go to the Shazam app , then do one of the following:

   • On iPhone or iPad: Tap Library at the bottom of the screen.

   • On an Android device: Tap (or swipe to the Library).

2. Do one of the following:

   • On iPhone or iPad: Tap Library at the bottom of the screen, then scroll through the list of songs. Tap to sort the songs by date, song title, or artist name.

   • On an Android device: Tap Songs, then scroll through the list of songs.

3. To view a song’s details, tap the song’s cover art or song name, then scroll to view the album title, label, release date, and more.

1. Go to the Shazam app , then tap Library at the bottom of the screen.

   

2. Do any of the following:

   • Tap , then choose a sorting option.

   • Tap , tap to display the search field, then enter a song or artist name in the field.

   • Tap , then tap an artist, genre, city, mood, decade, or source. Alternatively, tap a category to explore your identified songs (swipe left to view more categories).

     Note: Categories appear once you’ve identified 12 or more songs. To browse by city, allow the Shazam app to use your location.

     

   Tip: To quickly search songs from your iPhone and iPad Home Screen, touch and hold the Shazam app icon, then tap Search Songs.

1. Go to the Shazam app , tap (or swipe to the Library), then tap Songs.

2. Do either of the following:

   • Tap , then tap an artist, genre, mood, decade, or source. Alternatively, tap a category to explore your identified songs (swipe left to view more categories).

     Note: Categories appear after you’ve identified 12 or more songs. To browse by city, allow the Shazam app to use your location.

   • Tap , then enter a song or artist name in the search field.

You can follow along with time-synced lyrics on a freshly identified song, or view lyrics for any previously identified song.

1. Go to the Shazam app on iPhone, iPad, or an Android device.

2. Do either of the following:

   • View time-synced lyrics: Immediately after you identify a song, tap on iPhone or iPad, or tap on an Android device.

     Note: Time-synced lyrics are available only with a newly identified song. Time-synced lyrics aren’t available for all songs.

   • View lyrics for a previous song: Tap a song, then tap on iPhone or iPad, or tap on an Android device.

1. Go to the Shazam app , then do one of the following:

   • On iPhone or iPad: Tap Library at the bottom of the screen.

   • On an Android device: Tap (or swipe to the Library), then tap Songs.

2. Do either of the following:

   • Watch a video on Apple Music: Tap a song’s cover art or name, tap the preview video (if available) in the track screen, tap Music Video (on iPhone or iPad), then tap Watch on Apple Music.

     

     Note: Music videos aren’t available for all songs. If you don’t see a video preview, make sure Autoplay Videos is turned on in Shazam app settings .

   • Watch a YouTube video: Tap a song’s cover art or song name, scroll down in the track screen to the video category, then tap the YouTube play button.