Apple likes to keep you in its walled garden of useful but closed apps. That’s not always a bad thing—I love using my Apple Watch to unlock my Mac. But it gets annoying when you can’t use third-party apps or services for certain things, like music streaming or voice assistants. Shazam, Apple’s music-identification service, is a great example of this.
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When you ask Siri to identify a song playing around you, the voice assistant will listen, recognize the track via Shazam, and give you a button to open it in Apple Music. That’s great if you use Apple’s streaming service, but less great if you opt for a third-party option. Normally, iOS won’t let you open these links in Spotify, YouTube Music, or any other streaming app you might use. Luckily, the iPhone automation community has a great solution for this particular problem: a shortcut called Quick Shazam, created by user @ZXXII on RoutineHub.
To stop Shazam from constantly sending you to Apple Music, you’ll need to use Apple’s Shortcuts app. Most iPhones already have it, so start by downloading the Quick Shazam shortcut and running it on your iPhone. During the setup process, Quick Shazam will ask you to choose your preferred music platform from the following options:
Don’t worry if you cancel your subscription later, because you can change your choice whenever you want. Before you use this shortcut, I highly recommend you to make it more accessible by adding it to your home screen. To do this, open the Shortcuts app and press and hold the Quick Shazam icon. Click Share and Add to Home. It will now open as an app.