Iseva Bloomberg namuhla ufike nezindaba zokuthi i-Apple izohlanganisa ku-iOS umsebenzi wokuqaphela umculo odlalwayo njengamanje ngombhobho. Ngale njongo, kunezinhlelo zokusebenza ezimbalwa ku-App Store, mhlawumbe ezidume kakhulu kuzo I-Soundhead a Shazam. Kungensizakalo yokugcina lapho i-Apple okufanele ibambisane nayo ukuze ilethe umsebenzi ku-iOS, okuzoba yingxenye yohlelo ngqo.
Phakathi nokuba khona kwayo, i-Shazam yakhe isizindalwazi esikhulu lapho iqhathanisa khona amazwibela arekhodiwe ezingoma ezikhiqizwe kabusha ukuze ihlonze ngokunembile igama lomculi nengoma. Lokhu futhi kuyizuzele abasebenzisi abasebenzayo abayizigidi ezingu-90 abasebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza njalo ngenyanga. I-Shazam itholakala ngezinguqulo ezimbili: khulula ngezikhangiso futhi ukhokhelwe 5,99 €. Isipesheli siyatholakala Inguqulo RED, ukuthengwa okuzoba negalelo kumkhankaso (RED).
Uhlelo lokusebenza oluncintisanayo lwe-Windows Phone lube nomsebenzi ofanayo odidiyelwe isikhathi esithile, lisebenzisa izinsizakalo zalo kulokhu Umculo we-Bing. Ku-Apple, lesi sici sizoba isinyathelo esilandelayo esiphusile ohlelweni lwayo lomculo, olusekelwe ngonyaka odlule nge-iTunes Radio, imbangi. Spotify, I-Pandora nabanye. Ngokuvumelana ne Bloomberg ukuhlanganiswa kufanele kube yingxenye ye-Siri. Ngakho-ke lapho umsebenzisi ebuza ukuthi "iyiphi ingoma edlalayo manje", uSiri kufanele akwazi ukuthola ingoma esebenzisa ukurekhodwa okufushane komculo. Cishe izophinde inikeze inketho yokuthenga ingoma ku-iTunes.
Nokho, kungaba kuhle uma ukubonwa komculo kungenziwa ngokushesha, ngokwesibonelo ngaphakathi kwemenyu yokusesha. Ikakhulukazi uma i-Siri itholakala kuphela ngezinye izilimi. Ukuhlanganiswa kwe-Shazam kufanele kube yingxenye ye-iOS 8, i-Apple ezodalula ngoJuni 2 kuyo I-Worldwide Developers Conference 2014.
Ukube nje bebengahlanganisa nesidlali somculo somdabu se-last.fm. Futhi bangakwazi ukuyixhumanisa nekhalenda, ukuze ukwazi ukulandelela kalula ukuthi iyini futhi iyini ikhonsathi.
Mina ngithanda i-SoundHound, ngicabanga ukuthi ingcono. Noma kunjalo kungani kungenjalo. Futhi njengoba u-Joey ebhale ne-Last.fm, kuzoba mnandi kakhulu