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Carrie Marshall

'You hum it, I'll play it' finally comes to music streaming – thanks, YouTube Music

A phone displaying the Google search feature with the text 'what is this song?'.

There's good news for anybody suffering from earworms who has an Android phone: the "hum to search" feature that YouTube Music was experimenting with is now rolling out as a fully fledged feature in the Android app. It's a kind of Shazam for earworms, although instead of having to hear the actual track in order to recognize it, the feature listens to your version of it and tries to work out what it is based on your performance – whether that be humming or singing. 

It's a fair bet that the feature will do a better job of recognizing the likes of Billie Eilish's Lunch than Pitchfork Impalement by Cannibal Corpse. But if you can do a reasonable job of humming, singing or playing the melody then the app should be able to tell you what the song is and enable you to play it and/or add it to your music library like one of the best music streaming services. 

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