OpenAI announced two separate updates for ChatGPT this week: Shazam integration for in-app music recognition and a new interactive visual system for math and science topics. Both features are designed to make ChatGPT more useful for everyday tasks and learning.

ChatGPT Can Now Recognize Songs Using Shazam

ChatGPT can now recognize songs directly through Shazam integration, allowing users to identify music without opening the Shazam app. This feature operates from the Apps section of ChatGPT, which previously required manual connection to Shazam. It is not enabled by default.

Once connected, users can start recognition by typing commands like Shazam or identify this song with Shazam. ChatGPT listens to the surrounding sound, processes it through Shazam's recognition system, and returns the song title, artist name, and album cover image within the chat. A direct preview of the track is also available from the results.

The integration works even if the standalone Shazam app is not installed. If it is installed, recognized songs can be saved to the Shazam library. After identification, users can ask ChatGPT to find similar tracks, get artist information, or create a playlist based on the result. This feature is available on iOS and Android.

Interactive Visual Explanations for Math and Science

OpenAI introduced dynamic visual explanations to help users understand complex math and science topics. Instead of just providing written explanations, ChatGPT can now display interactive diagrams and visual modules that respond to user input.

For example, while exploring the Pythagorean theorem, users can adjust the sides of a triangle and observe the hypotenuse updating in real-time. Changing numbers or variables immediately updates the visual model.

This feature currently supports over 70 topics, including area of a circle, linear equations, compound interest, kinetic energy, Ohm's law, exponential decay, and Coulomb's law.

Users can trigger these visuals by asking questions like “How do I calculate compound interest?” or “What is the lens equation?”.

OpenAI is Expanding ChatGPT's Role Beyond Text

According to OpenAI, more than 140 million people use ChatGPT for help with math and science each week, making education one of the assistant's largest use cases.

While OpenAI indicates that the interactive visual system will expand to more topics in the future, integrations like Shazam show that ChatGPT is increasingly becoming a hub for multiple applications and services.

This feature is available to all logged-in ChatGPT users. Google's Gemini launched a comparable interactive diagram feature in November 2025.