Hum to search on YouTube is finally available for general public. YouTube has finally released new update for YouTube which allows users to hum and search for their favorite songs for Indian users as well.
Brief History of Hum to Search
Shazam was first of its kind of application which allowed users to find songs by humming the tone or music pattern without knowing the lyrics. Shazam was so popular and Apple has acquired the firm in 2018. Now Shazam is part of Apple.
Shazam identifies songs using an audio fingerprint based on a time-frequency graph called a spectrogram. It uses a smartphone or computer’s built-in microphone to gather a brief sample of the audio being played. Shazam stores a catalogue of audio fingerprints in a database.
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How to use Hum to search on YouTube?
Using following steps, you can use the hum to search feature on YouTube.
- Update the app to latest version. Download links below for Android.
- Click on Search Icon.
- Click on little microphone icon (Voice Search) in search bar.
- Once you are in Voice Search mode, choose between video and songs. When you hum to search on YouTube, it will show list of songs found and result page will simply look like normal search results.
Video of How to Activate Hum to Search on YouTube
Below video tries to explain the methods to use Hum to search feature on YouTube.
YouTube policy for AI generated content
This new tool will live in the existing upload flow, making it easy for creators to add this disclosure. To be clear, this will not be required for every single piece of content creators post. Examples of what creators are and are not required to disclose are available in our help center:
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