Google’s Circle to Search Now Lets You Check History of Songs You’ve Searched for in the Past

Earlier this 12 months, Google added a brand new functionality to its app on iOS which helps you to verify the historical past of the songs searched for in the previous. The characteristic is now rolling out for Android units too. It is alleged to be an extension of the Song Search characteristic which leverages Circle to Search — Google’s synthetic intelligence (AI) visible lookup instrument — to search for the identify of a tune that’s at the moment taking part in.

Song Search History in Circle to Search on Android

The Song Search historical past is rolling out with the Google app’s secure model 16.27 on Android (by way of 9to5Google). Launching the Song Search characteristic brings up the acquainted window which asks you to Play, sing or hum a tune for identification.

However, there’s additionally a brand new icon positioned at the top-right nook of the display screen which exhibits the tracks you’ve not too long ago searched for. As per the Mountain View-based tech large’s description of the characteristic, “To help you keep searching, the Google app saves your most recent searches.”

Tapping the possibility brings up an inventory which particulars a number of of the tracks you’ve searched with the characteristic in the previous, together with info equivalent to the album artwork, title, artist, and the time you searched at. You can see 10 outcomes on the display screen, grouped collectively by month. Meanwhile, scrolling down to the backside of the checklist additionally reveals a Show full historical past possibility.

Selecting it opens up Google’s My Activity web page the place all of the songs that you’ve searched for in the previous are detailed. However, this web page lacks the art work and solely exhibits the title monitor, artist, and the time you searched for it.

Apart from the Google app, the new Song Search historical past characteristic on Android can be accessible by way of the residence display screen shortcut. Notably, the functionality was first noticed in February, following an APK teardown of the Google app for Android, however there was no front-end to have the option to entry it.

Then in April, the tech large reportedly began rolling it out to beta testers. Interestingly, iOS customers have had entry to this characteristic since February, about the similar time as the first proof of its arrival on Android was found.