Name that tune!

Easily identify songs on Apple Watch we show you how

- CARRIE MARSHALL

APPLE'S MUSIC RECOGNITION service for Macs and more, Shazam, recently celebrated its 100 billionth recognized song. That means it's listened to even more songs than someone at Taylor Swift's Eras tour, and even though the app is very familiar, it still feels very much like a magic trick -especially when you can simply ask your watch what song's playing and get an instant answer. In watchOS 11, Shazam has been renamed (mostly) to Music Recognition, but while it may have a different name it's still the same musicrecognizing masterpiece it's always been. And, as we'll discover, it's easy, efficient and really fun to get your watch to tell you what's playing. Chances are it's Dance Monkey by Tones and I, the most Shazam'd track of all time with 45 million requests.

ADDITIONAL AUDIO TRICKS

The Apple Watch is often underrated in the audio department, but it's actually a very useful device that can do more than just hands-free calling; its mics can be used to alert you if the sound around you is potentially dangerous (the Noise app has the settings for that) and, with your iPhone's Accessibility features enabled, it can notify you of the doorbell ringing or of other sounds you need to know about.

And while the Apple Watch's speaker isn't exactly a bass monster, it's surprisingly good for listening to podcasts and other speech, such as audiobooks.