How to identify the name of a song in Windows? – Without installing programs

The Windows 10 operating system for PC offers you a very useful tool called Cortana, which is a virtual assistant that helps you identify the name of any song you are listening to and you want to know its title.

How to Identify the Name of a Song in Windows? – Without Installing Programs

In addition to this, it is not necessary that you have to download external or additional programs to your computer, since this function is incorporated into the Windows 10 system itself . Here we will explain what is the best way to use this tool and get the most out of it.

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1. How to use Cortana to identify songs without additional programs?
2. What are the best pages to find songs online?
   1. Midomi – Using your voice
   2. WatZatSong – Ask the community
3. What Google Chrome extensions can help us with this task?
   1. AHA Music – Music Identifier
   2. AudD Music Recognition

How to use Cortana to identify songs without additional programs?

To use this tool, you must go to the taskbar of your PC and click on the blank space that says ‘Ask me anything’ There you can write whatever you need to ask Cortana.  In the event that yourWindows 10 operating system does not allow you to write to Cortana, you can fix it by either restarting your computer or updating your operating system.

You can also tap the microphone icon , to ask Cortana for help with any information you need, via voice command. In the event that you want to configure this virtual assistant to your liking, you just have to click on the gear icon to enter its configuration tools.

Once you are inside its configuration, you can modify the following options: ‘Activate Cortana in the event that the device is blocked’ That she can access your personal data such as your email and calendar, you can also choose the language of your preference.

What are the best pages to find songs online?

There are a variety of Online pages , which you can use to find songs that you do not remember the name or who sings it. But here we will show you the two best and most used, since they are very easy to use and very accurate, in addition to this, they are totally free.

Midomi – Using your voice

This application allows you to find and identify the name of any song you are looking for, just by humming, whistling or singing a short snippet of the song . Since it has some algorithms that allow you to compare sound waves, at the time of the search. To use this app correctly you must follow the following steps.

1. You must enter the official website of Midomi
2. Then you must register and create a username and password, with which you can enter as many times as you want.
3. Once you are inside the Midomi platform, you must click on ‘Sing or hum’.
4. Then you need to click ‘Allow’, so you can use your PC’s microphone.
5. Once the microphone is active, you must sing or hum the song you want to search for, this must be done for ten seconds.
6. After the application finds the search result it will show you the name of the song.

If you want to download the song once you find it, you can use the mp3 and mp4 converters offered by YouTube.So you can save the song to your favorite playlist.

WatZatSong – Ask the community

It is an application which is made up of a group of people who help each other to find the names of the songs through humming. The application has a list of songs uploaded by the same users.

Since the more songs uploaded and successful each user has, the platform assigns them points and that allows the ranking of each user to increase. Follow the steps below so that you know the correct way to use this application.

1. You must enter WatZatSong.
2. Click on the ‘Register’ option.
3. Once you have registered and are inside the app, choose the option ‘Publish a sample’.
4. You need to start singing, humming, describing the song or genre.
5. Once this is done, the platform will start its search.
6. After the system does the search, the name of the song will appear on the screen, so you can know what it is called and who sings it.

What Google Chrome extensions can help us with this task?

Google Chrome offers you a variety of extensions, so you can find songs that you’ve heard somewhere, but you don’t know their names or who sings them. Today we will show you two of the best extensions that Google Chrome has to do these searches quickly.

But in addition to all this, you can alsoinstall Google Chrome extensionson your iPhone and Android so you can use them anytime, anywhere, without having to use your PC.

AHA Music – Music Identifier

It is one of the Google Chrome extensions that helps you identify or find the name of a song or video that is playing in your browser. In addition to this, it also allows you to save in a history the themes that the extension has identified.

To use this extension correctly, it is important that you follow the following steps, to avoid any inconvenience when using it.

1. You need to download the extension and install it on your PC.
2. Once it is installed, you must play the song, which you want to find out the name of.
3. After the song is playing, you must press the AHA Music icon, so that the name search begins.
4. Once the extension finishes searching,it will display the name of the song on the screen.

AudD Music Recognition

This extension allows you to copy the links of the songs, so that you can listen to it in other external applications , and download the song in case you want. It is very simple and easy to use, the steps to use it are as follows.

1. Download and install on your computer.
2. After it is installed, select its icon so that it begins to recognize the song that is playing in your browser.
3. Once the extension identifies the song, it will show you the name and lyrics.