Shazam Encore expands to Android

Mobile music discovery provider Shazam Entertainment launched its premium Shazam Encore application across Google's Android platform. Priced at $4.99 U.S. and available in all 13 countries where the Android Market app storefront supports billing, Shazam Encore identifies music from any source, regardless of ambient noise--after users hold their handset to the audio feed for a few seconds, the clip is run through the company's database of millions of tracks to find an exact match. The Android edition offers unlimited tagging and recommendation--it also includes features like song lyrics, tour information and YouTube videos for tagged artists. In addition, Shazam users in the U.S. can directly access Pandora to listen to a station from their tags. Shazam Freemium for Android will still remain available; users who download this version will receive a seven-day premium trial, followed by the option to upgrade to Shazam Encore or receive five tags per month.

In mid-May, Shazam announced its subscriber base now tops 75 million--in addition, users have now identified more than 1 billion songs. The company's global footprint now stretches across 200 countries, and it expects to cross the 100 million user milestone by the end of this year.

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