SoundHound's music app is getting hands-free voice commands

Since its launch in 2009, SoundHound has grown beyond a simple song recognition app -- it can recognize songs you hum, create Pandora and Spotify playlists with the songs it recognizes, and even find and play the corresponding music videos from YouTube. With its latest update, SoundHound is integrating hands-free voice control using Houndify, the company's natural language-understanding software. The company says Hound has a leg up on its competitors because it's able to parse meaning from far more complex questions. Now that SoundHound, the music app, is "Houndified," you can give voice commands by tapping the new Houndify button or by saying "OK Hound." SEE ALSO: Soundhound's new app wants to replace Siri and Google Now on your phone You can now tell SoundHound to add songs to your Spotify playlist.