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Anja
Deezer Staff
Anja
Deezer Staff
April 17, 2018

▶ SongCatcher now available on Deezer for Android

  • April 17, 2018
  • 15 replies
  • 2956 views
Never miss out on a song that's caught your ear, meet our SongCatcher! 🎼


SongCatcher listens to the music that is broadcast around you and identifies it.
You can then add the songs directly to your favorites or in your playlist.

Available for every Android user (free, Premium+, HiFi and Family subscribers), our new feature can be found on the search section of your app:

  1. Press the SongCatcher button located just below the search bar
  2. SongCatcher will begin listening to the song to identify it
  3. When it’s successful, it will display the song name and artist to you. You will also have the option to add the song directly to My Music or one of your playlists

What do you need to use SongCatcher?

You'll need at least Android 6.0 and the latest Deezer version (minimum 5.4.12).
SongCatcher is not yet available for iOS users.

What happens if SongCatcher can’t identify a song?

If SongCatcher is unable to identify a song it will display one of the following error messages:
  • SongCatcher can’t find your track. Can you try again?
  • Hmm, it looks like you're offline

If you are offline at the time, SongCatcher will give you the option to try again.
Note: At this time, it is not possible to temporarily store sound clips to be identified when your phone is next online.

Sometimes SongCatcher may identify a song, but be unable to match it to Deezer’s catalog. In these cases, it will display the title of the song, the name of the artist, and a list of search results according to what the app heard.

If the service fails to recognise the song completely, it could be for a few reasons: the environment you’re in may be too noisy, your device may be too far away from the music source, or the song may not be in the Deezer catalog.

Where can you find your SongCatcher history?

At this time, you must save songs you capture to your Favorites or a playlist in order to return to them.

Can SongCatcher recognise a track if you sing it? How about if you hum it?

SongCatcher works by matching tracks to existing music in our database. Our development team is working on technology to identify songs by singing or humming. When we have more, you’ll know about it.

📣 Tell us what about your first finds with SongCatcher here

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    Guitar Hero
    Sameh.Saad
    Guitar Hero
    January 4, 2019
    Can u add an icon on the app call it for example “Radar” as if u tap on this bottom u can know the song immediately on Deezer where it is and which artist is singing it through the microphone.
    Rafael.
    Ultimate Superstar
    Rafael.
    Ultimate Superstar
    January 17, 2019
    Can u please add a radar item on the app so as long as Deezer gonna hear the song from anywhere from the microphone it gonna recognize it and will open the song from Deezer


    We already have something similar 🙂 please see above!
    Guitar Hero
    Omair Shafiq
    Guitar Hero
    January 21, 2019
    Great, so you don't need Shazam's feature anymore that is limited to only a few countries? Is this available everywhere?

    It would be great if a recognised song could also be directly scrobbled to Last.fm without actually playing it in Deezer.
    if its here in Pakistan, then its everwhere. And yeah thats a big blow for shazam😂😂
    Roadie
    Ozzie_Oscar
    Roadie
    February 11, 2024

    Anyone else has the same problem that songcatcher cant "find" the song, even if it is in my playlist or when you search by name it is available in Deezer. This message shows after approx 1 minute " something went wrong, it seems you are not connected to the internet, try again " . i am connected to internet via 5G or wifi. This problem is now for some months now, done all the deezer updates, might be a setting in my new phone? Samsung Android. 

    Thankz for any advice !

    Leonídia.Deezer
    Community Manager
    Leonídia.Deezer
    Community Manager
    February 14, 2024

    Hi @Ozzie_Oscar, sorry to hear that you're experiencing this issue.

    I couldn't reproduce the issue. Tested with a couple of songs on iOS and Android and got accurate results in both.

    To address this, please follow the step-by-step instructions below:

    1. Delete the app.
    2. Clear the cache of Google Play Store.
    3. Turn off your device for 30 seconds.
    4. Turn your device back on and reinstall the app.

    Here's how you can clear the cache and data of the Play Store:

    1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Settings app.
    2. Tap on "Apps and notifications" and then "See all apps."
    3. Scroll down and tap on "Google Play Store."
    4. Tap on "Storage" and then "Clear cache."
    5. Next, tap on "Clear data."
    6. Reopen the Play Store and attempt your download again.

    For further help and detailed instructions, please refer to this troubleshooting article on  troubleshooting on Android.

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