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Dark PikaDex (talk | contribs) Softonic date Download search: https://www.google.com/search?q=shazam+android&sca_esv=557489608&rlz=1C1UEAD_esES1069ES1069&biw=1536&bih=707&sxsrf=AB5stBgEGYfa3_GYSi69PSPNviHiK1VoFA%3A1692204675026&source=lnt&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1%2F1%2F2008%2Ccd_max%3A12%2F31%2F2008&tbm= |
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Shazam for iPhone debuted on July 10, 2008, with the launch of Apple's App Store. The free app enabled users to launch iTunes and buy the song directly,<ref name=CNET080710>{{cite news|last=Rosoff|first=Matt|title=Shazam on iPhone could change music discovery|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-9988219-27.html|access-date=September 29, 2012|publisher=CNET|date=July 10, 2008|archive-date=19 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219163150/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-9988219-27.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> although the service struggled to identify classical music.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ho|first=Kevin|title=iPhone apps: Testing Shazam's limits – classical music|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-9993320-35.html|access-date=September 29, 2012|publisher=CNET|date=July 17, 2008|archive-date=15 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215001051/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13544_3-9993320-35.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Shazam launched on the [[Android (operating system)|Android platform]]
In December 2009, Shazam was downloaded ten million times in 150 countries across 350 mobile operators. Around eight percent of users purchased a track after it was identified by the service.<ref name=DirectorDec2009 /> Its success led to a funding round from [[Kleiner Perkins|Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers]] in October 2009.<ref name=DirectorDec2009 /><ref>{{cite news|last=Saint|first=Nick|title=Shazam Draws Investment, Is Already Profitable|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/shazam-draws-investment-is-already-profitable-2009-10|access-date=September 30, 2012|newspaper=Business Insider|date=October 15, 2009}}</ref> In January 2011, Apple announced that Shazam was the fourth most downloaded free app of all time on the App Store, while rival [[SoundHound]] had the top paid iPad app.<ref>{{cite news|last=Reisinger|first=Don|title=Apple reveals top apps of all time|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20028889-17.html|access-date=September 30, 2012|publisher=CNET|date=January 19, 2011|archive-date=4 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204050610/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20028889-17.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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