Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast · Friday, July 10, 2026
The podcast hosts discuss whether younger generations recognize the term 'Shazam' in the context of its original song identification function, suggesting they might associate it more with the superhero movie. They note that 'What's the song?' is a more common query now.
“Yeah, I'm actually surprised that Siri never got rid of the Shazam branding. Because I don't think younger people know what Shazam is because that was only a thing for like our generation.”
“Or if you're younger than a certain age, if I say Shazam, maybe you don't know what that means.”
“Usually people just say what's the song and then it does it.”