Previously, when asked “What song is this?,” Gemini would respond by telling you to install a music recognition app. On the other hand, asking that question to Google Assistant would result in the correct answer being displayed on the phone. However, Google has recently updated Gemini on Android to allow it to run the Google app’s “Song Search” feature which can find the name of a song even when you merely hum the tune.
Now when you ask Gemini to tell you the name of the song playing in the background you’ll see a multi-colored oscillating sphere. This will be followed by a response from the Google app using its “Song Search” feature which includes the name of the song, the artist, an option to see an overview of the song or view the lyrics, and a video of the tune.
On iOS, asking Gemini to identify a song playing in the background comes up empty as the app states that it is a text-based AI and cannot hear any audio. Also with iOS, asking the Google app to identify a song results in a suggestion that you use a music recognition app like Shazam. Asking Siri to name a song gets excellent results because Siri simply opens the Shazam music recognition app to get your answer even if you don’t have Shazam installed on your phone.
