XE9 - Sound Search the best Glass demo yet?

Ask a baby boomer the first thing that pops into their heads when they hear the word "Shazam" and certainly at least a few will come up with something like, "What Gomer Pyle said", from that old Andy Griffith spin-off from the 1960s. And yes, it's embarrassing to even admit that.

Others, more with the world of today, would know it's the name of a popular Smartphone app/service used for almost magically identifying a song by "listening" to it. Shazam (and its competitors) have been around for awhile (I actually remember first being exposed to the company and its technology's capabilities at a long-ago Demo conference).

With a little practice, I was bringing up song id's with ease, though it sometimes takes a second try and purists would no doubt say it comes up with too many "greatest hits" responses

With the coming of the latest Glass operating system, XE9, on September 9th, we Explorers have that capability built into our devices. The top image (via a screenshot using MyGlass on my Nexus 7), shows the screen during the "listening" step. And the one immediately above shows I was getting good results, after just a little experimentation.

The official app note describes the function and its operation as follows: "3. Sound Search: When you hear a song, but can’t remember the name or artist, just long press your Glass touchpad and swipe forward for sound search."  And note that the "#3" indicates Sound Search is but one of several new features, which also include Vignettes, YouTube videos in search results, and Hosted Google Apps Accounts, but my impression of those will need to wait for future posts.