Pixel 2's automatic song recognition beats Auto Shazam, here's why

There are plenty of features in the new Pixel 2 with Android Oreo that Google has lifted from other phones or interface overlays, and there is plenty of riff-raff in there (squeeze to launch Assistant, for instance, or the "notification dots" in Oreo), but one feature in particular stands out as an example of taking something that exists, and making it better.

Yes, we are talking about the automatic song recognition that Google demonstrated on the new Pixels. The premise is simple - the phone always listens to the tunes blasting or humming around you, and displays ...