Shazam on Wear OS now works without your phone

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The Shazam app for Wear OS conscionable got a neat update: it tin present enactment independently of your Android phone.

The update, which was spotted by 9to5Google, fundamentally removes the request for the wrist app to confer with the app connected your phone. You don’t adjacent request the app downloaded connected your Android for it to work. I downloaded it straight onto the OnePlus Watch 2 that I’m investigating without doing truthful connected the Pixel 8 Pro it’s paired to. It inactive works! And rapidly astatine that. It was capable to correctly place immoderate bangers connected my K-pop playlist wrong a 2nd oregon two. (To beryllium fair, determination wasn’t immoderate inheritance sound successful my office. Your mileage whitethorn alteration successful a java shop.)

Another neat update is that if your ticker is offline, the app volition prevention a clip of the opus and hold until you’ve got an net transportation to place it. That’s useful if you didn’t outpouring for a cellular ticker — oregon if, similar the OnePlus Watch 2, your Wear OS ticker of prime doesn’t person an LTE option. If you bash person the Shazam app connected your phone, you tin besides instantly sync your finds. (Just marque definite you’re logged successful to the aforesaid Shazam account.)

I’m a large instrumentality of Shazam-ing from the wrist, truthful it’s bully to spot the Wear OS mentation of the app get immoderate love.