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What is the use case that feature? I get an active "what is this song".


It demoes well at I/O.


But.. What is the use case? That... The phone can give you statistics of what music you've been listening to?

Sort of like a "here is the locations you've been to, because we've been tracking you at every step", but instead "here is the music you've listened to, because we've been eavesdropping at all times"?


for me, its like a soundtrack recorder for my life - sometimes ill remember that there was a cool song playing at the bar and with this feature, its likely that my phone captured the song and tells me what it is - there are 3rd party apps that will give you location based info for when and where you heard the song as well, so it creates a music map and timeline for you. its a very niche feature.




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