Shazam for Android adds ay Music streaming, purchasing

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Published 16 Sep 2014

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Next time you fire up Shazam to identify a song, you’ll be able to stream or buy it directly from  ay.

This update solves a major hindrance for Android owners who were locked out of connecting a new track to ‘s music store streaming service.

After Shazam finds a song, it now presents a button to buy the song in the ay Store. Or you can use a drop-down menu to select listening through ay Music l Access or existing choices: Rdio, Beats, Spotify. 

The new feature requires updating your Shazam app, so if you don’t see the ay button, hit the ay Store grab the latest version (it may take a couple days for the latest version to appear for you).

This is another nice catch-up feature for ay Music l Access, which recently added the ability to find listen to public playlists to the Android app. Until this rumored integration with YouTube streaming happens, it needs to keep adding features like this to remain competitive with streaming king Spotify new Apple darling Beats.