{"id":540321,"date":"2026-03-23T11:10:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/540321\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:10:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:10:28","slug":"ios-26-4-upgrades-one-of-my-most-used-control-center-features-in-a-big-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/540321\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 26.4 upgrades one of my most-used Control Center features in a big way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/control-center-shazam-ios-26-4.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>iOS 26.4 is launching soon, headlined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/02\/18\/apple-music-in-ios-26-4-five-new-features-coming-to-iphone\/&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjnmP2q_KmTAxXvRjABHTu6BW0QFnoECB0QAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw371Ju2MnUxxRBpOT0JeHrC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">many new features in Apple Music<\/a>. There\u2019s also a music-related improvement to Control Center in iOS 26.4: Shazam song recognition will now work even when you\u2019re offline.<\/p>\n<p>Control Center\u2019s Shazam song recognition now works offline in iOS 26.4<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/shazam.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1026781\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/03\/18\/apple-releases-ios-26-4-rc-for-iphone-with-upcoming-features\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shipped the RC<\/a> (release candidate) version of iOS 26.4 today, meaning the new iPhone update will launch to all users very soon.<\/p>\n<p>One new feature Apple mentions in the release notes is an improvement to Shazam song recognition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/03\/18\/apple-highlights-13-enhancements-coming-to-iphone-with-ios-26-4\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Per the official iOS 26.4 release notes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Offline Music Recognition in Control Center identifies songs without an internet connection and delivers results automatically when you\u2019re back online<\/p>\n<p>Control Center is a quick, convenient way to get details on whatever song is playing in your environment. And I use the Shazam \u2018Recognize Music\u2019 feature all the time.<\/p>\n<p>But I\u2019ve definitely been in situations when I\u2019m trying to identify a song, but my connection is poor and I miss the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Now with iOS 26.4, it seems that won\u2019t be a problem anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the new update, the iPhone will be able to save the audio data for the track even when offline. Presumably when the iPhone\u2019s connection improves, Shazam will push a notification with the results of its song identification.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a small but welcome change to a Control Center feature I use all the time.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t yet set up the Shazam control in Control Center, you can do so by long-pressing in any blank area in Control Center, tapping \u2018Add a Control\u2019 and searching for \u2018Recognize Music.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Are you excited for iOS 26.4 to enable offline Shazam via Control Center? 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