Ahead of the Google Assistant deprecation later in 2025, the Gemini app on Android can now identify songs with help from Google Search.
As of late April, Gemini’s response to “what song is this” would still direct you to “Use a music recognition app.” Google Assistant would start listening for music and show you the result.
In recent weeks, Gemini on Android was updated to launch the Google app’s excellent “Song Search” capability. This opens the fullscreen interface with a pustulating sphere, with results opening the Google app. The bottom of the screen notes how “Songs that match will open in Google Search. Tap close to cancel.”
It’s not native and inline, but better than Gemini not being able to help and giving you a long text response about it.
Old vs. new
Google Assistant was how I looked up songs. With the switch to Gemini, I ended up using the homescreen or Quick Settings shortcut for Song Search in an annoying habit change.
I’m glad that I can return to using voice commands to find music playing in the real world. Gemini made this change in recent weeks on Android. On iOS, “what song is this” doesn’t open Song Search.
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