

After all, cell phones were pretty basic. The app would identify the song details to the user. Users would call a hotline and then hold their phone up to the speaker. When the prototype of Shazam debuted in 2002, no one had smartphones. However, the service was already up and running for years. When Apple launched the App Store in 2008, Shazam was among the original smartphone applications. Keep reading to find out more about Shazam's origins.

In fact, a song or sound identified by the app is known as “a Shazam." That isn’t all it has in common with Google since Shazam is an innovative, sound search engine. Like Google, Shazam’s name has crept into popular consciousness as both a verb and a noun.
