TikTok has introduced a new feature called “Sound Search” that allows users to find songs by singing or humming them.
TechCrunch on Saturday quoted the company as saying that the feature is not yet widely available, and is only available to users in certain regions.
Before TikTok introduced “Sound Search”, YouTube Music and Shazam had provided similar song search features.
TikTok’s “Sound Search” feature is similar to YouTube Music’s voice search feature, which allows users to find the name of a song by singing, humming, or playing the song.
Shazam also has a voice-assisted search feature. However, the features presented by TikTok and YouTube Music go beyond Shazam’s offerings.
Both applications allow users to search for songs by humming or singing, while Shazam’s feature only works if the user plays the song they want to search for.
TikTok’s “Sound Search” feature is not only designed to help users search for songs, but also to show videos that use the song.
According to tests conducted by TechCrunch, TikTok’s “Sound Search” feature was quick to find songs that are popular on the app.
However, it took longer to find songs that aren’t widely used in popular videos.
However, TikTok told TechCrunch that the tool is designed to find songs, not TikTok-specific sounds.