Close on the heels of unveiling a number of optional new features of late, social network Facebook has now updated its iOS and Android apps with a new audio recognition tool is capable of identifying songs and TV shows.

The optional new audio recognition feature launched by Facebook for its iOS and Android apps will listen to a snippet of media being consumed by the users, and will share a 30-second preview of that media on their timeline.

According to Facebook, the new audio recognition tool - which is similar in functionality to music-recognition app Shazam - has been developed in-house. The company also added that the new feature gives the users the ability to share information faster than before, as it can identify almost anything they are listening to, thereby making it easy to post in a status update.

About the new audio recognition feature, Facebook product manager Aryeh Selekman said in a Wednesday blog post: "Today, we are making conversations quicker and easier by introducing a new way to share and discover music, TV and movies."

The update bringing on the new audio recognition feature to Facebook's iOS and Android apps is be gradually rolled out by the company to the US users. There, however, is no official disclosure as to when the new feature will be available to all Facebook users worldwide.