Can you shazam movies

It is awesome! There is, however, a rough workaround that effectively performs the same task. Users questions. Is there an app to identify movies? Can I take a picture and Google it? Is there a Shazam for TV? Can you Shazam a video? How do I find a song from a TV show?

So what percentage of your TV viewing, on average, involves a second screen? Or do you prefer an uninterrupted single screen experience? Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. That's the idea that drives his company, TheTake, which launched its eponymous mobile app on Thursday.

The app uses Shazam -like technology to automatically identify movie scenes and then pinpoint products in those scenes, so that you can instantly buy them. Let the app listen to a movie you're watching, and if it can recognize the scene, it will identify this movie moment on your phone or tablet screen, along with annotations for different items contained in the scene, from suits to hats to sunglasses.

Then it points you to retail partners where these products can be purchased. TheTake is yet another rather ambitious effort to join the widespread movement towards mobile shopping. According to one report , 70 percent of consumers have made a purchase via smartphone in the last six months, up from 59 percent in , and Cooper wants a piece of this pie.

The idea isn't entirely new.