Facebook have announced that they are launching a new audio recognition feature for their app.

The feature would be able to music, television shows and movies using tools similar to Shazam.

Users would then be able to share what they are listening to through status updates.

When recognising TV shows, the app will take a 30 second sound clip and then link directly to the show’s own Facebook page.

It will also be able to tell what season and episode number the clip comes from.

The new feature comes as an extension of the existing emotion-sharing option which has proven extremely popular since its launch last year.

Audio recognition will only be available in the US initially with it being rolled out across Android and iOS platforms in the next few weeks.

It has not been announced when it will be available in the UK as yet.