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Apple Watch Automatically Identifies Songs Playing Around You
MacRumors • • general
Key Points:
- Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, paired with iPhone 11 or later running iOS 27, can automatically identify songs playing nearby using a new Music Recognition feature integrated into the Smart Stack.
- This feature uses Shazam technology to detect music without user intervention, displaying the song title and artist on the watch face, and allows users to save songs to their Shazam history or Apple Music library.
- Users can enable automatic music detection through the Smart Stack widget or manually via the Apple Watch Settings under Smart Stack by turning on Music Detection.
- Older Apple Watch models can still identify songs manually through the Music Recognition app, but the automatic feature is exclusive to the latest models.
- Apple ensures user privacy by processing audio locally within the device's Secure Enclave, sending only an irreversible acoustic signature to Shazam servers without recording or storing actual audio.
