Apple completes deal to buy Shazam

FILE PHOTO: Illustration photo of the Shazam application on a mobile phone December 12, 2017. REUTERS

Apple Inc has completed the acquisition of music discovery app Shazam, it said on Monday, weeks after the European Union approved the deal.

The deal, announced in December last year, is expected to help the iPhone maker better compete with Spotify, the industry leader in music streaming services.