Apple Acquires Shazam, Offering More Ways to Discover and Enjoy Music
September 24 2018 - 11:15AM
Business Wire
Shazam App Will Soon Become Ad-Free For All Users
Apple® today announced it has completed its acquisition of
Shazam®, one of the world’s most popular and highly-rated music
apps, used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
“Apple and Shazam have a long history together. Shazam was one
of the first apps available when we launched the App Store and has
become a favorite app for music fans everywhere,” said Oliver
Schusser, Apple’s vice president of Apple Music®. “With a shared
love of music and innovation, we are thrilled to bring our teams
together to provide users even more great ways to discover,
experience and enjoy music.”
Shazam lets users identify songs simply by listening to the
music playing around them. The app will soon offer its experience
ad-free for all users so everyone can enjoy the best of Shazam
without interruption.
Shazam has been downloaded over 1 billion times around the
world, and users identify songs using the Shazam app over 20
million times each day. With pioneering innovation in music
identification, Shazam helps people discover, interact with and
share video, audio or printed content across devices and mediums —
and allows music fans to follow their favorite artists and share in
the thrill of discovery.
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction
of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in
innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV.
Apple’s four software platforms — iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS —
provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower
people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple
Music, Apple Pay and iCloud. Apple’s more than 100,000 employees
are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and to leaving
the world better than we found it.
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© 2018 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo,
App Store, and Apple Music are trademarks of Apple Inc. Shazam is a
trademark of Shazam Entertainment Limited. Other company and
product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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