[gregknicholson]

> Pixel phones have Shazam-like ability built in which uses minimal battery and without internet... and it's constantly running any time music plays.

Is it on by default? Cos that sounds really creepy.

[ProAm]

Shazam is also on by default [1] , so they are both creepy

[1] https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8q8ee3/shazam-kee...

[zwily]

The Mac app is, which I didn't even know existed.

[matthewmacleod]

To stress the point, this feature uses a local database, doesn't send any data off of the device, and is turned off by default.

[notatcomputer68]

Imo the creepy thing is that phones are now powerful enough to run always on analysis, not that they are currently doing anything malicious with it.

[kidsnow]

Coming soon, Pixel will be able to recognize over 1 million individual voices in your area! Using our enormous database of phone calls to your area code and individualized location tracking, you will be able to find out everything about a person simply by holding your phone near their voice!

[bradstewart]

No, it's not.