Shazam offers three types of applications; a free-to-try program simply called Shazam, their pay-to-play program called Shazam Encore, and their most recent addition called (Shazam)RED, launched in 2009.
The service was expanded in September 2012 to enable users in the US to identify featured music, access cast information and get links to show information online, as well as adding social networking capabilities.[5]