Facebook today announced a new feature that will identify the song, TV show, or movie that's playing while you're writing a status update.
Similar to Shazam, Facebook's new optional identification feature will listen to your surroundings as you type in a new update, and give you the option to add to your status that you're listening to...
Beyoncé or watching Game of Thrones, for example.
The feature is still rolling out, so it's not yet available on all devices. But when it's live, you'll see an audio icon moving on the screen as you write a status update. It will use your phone's microphone to see if anything is playing nearby, and will serve up an answer if it makes a match. You can then select to include that info in your status update.
"If you share music, your friends can see a 30-second preview of the song," Facebook said. "For TV shows, the story in News Feed will highlight the specific season and episode you're watching, so you can avoid any spoilers and join in conversations with your friends after you've caught up."
Facebook said that nothing the microphone listens to is recorded or stored, and the app cannot identify background noise or conversation. If you'd rather not have the social network scan your surroundings, navigate to Status, tap the smiley face icon, and tap the audio icon to silence it.
Facebook said it's able to identify millions of recorded songs or TV shows currently broadcasting on over 150 channels, and promised to add more music and TV channels in the future.
The option will roll out to Android and iOS in the coming weeks, but only to U.S. users to start.
Source:http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2458363,00.asp
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