Facebook on Wednesday ( 05/21/2014 ) introduces a new feature for its mobile Facebook application . This application can help users identify songs or TV shows by enabling smartphone speakers .
Features touted similar to Shazam will then scan the surrounding sounds and can recognize a song or a TV show . Users can then instantly share them via status updates on Facebook .
Every song that is shared through the Facebook status updates , then can be played by all your friends in Facebook , for 30 seconds , similar to one of the social networking features of Path .
Facebook emphasizes the security of this new feature by affirming that all the data from the recording activities are done with the application will not be stored on Facebook servers .
Additionally , with Facebook , users can also view episodes and seasons of a show that is being watched by the user .
