Jelly Bean's Sound Search feature now available root-free on ICS

![Jelly Bean's Sound Search feature now available rootfree on ICS][1]Did you know you can get a little squirt of Jelly Bean flavor in your Ice Cream Sandwich _right now_? It's nothing mega -- just a non-root APK for Google Sound Search, the new in-house rival to [Shazam][2] and SoundHound, courtesy of user "asdfzz" over at _XDA_. The widget, which is also known as "Google Ears," currently works in the familiar manner, analyzing a track via remote servers and bringing up the result within Google Play, but in the future -- according to _Mobile Phones Fan_ -- it may go the same way as voice dictation on the [Nexus 7][3] and do all processing locally for the sake of speed. Of course, if you're up for flashing a whole ROM, then Jelly Bean can already be had in its [entirety][4].

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