Media Player - Android Community

Archos delivers free version of their popular Video Player – ads included

By Cory Gunther
on 13 Feb, 2013

Today we have some good news for all those looking for an excellent media and video player for Android. Yes we're talking about the Archos Video Player. While their hardware gives us mixed feelings their integrated software, particular this video player, is one of their best offerings. Today they've released a free version and we have all the details below.

Winamp updated with notification controls and bug fixes

By Cory Gunther
on 6 Feb, 2013

The aging yet very popular media manager and player we all know as Winamp has just received an update in the Google Play Store. For those that love Winamp back to the old Napster days and beyond, you'll be happy to know this music player for Android got a little better this week. They've integrated notification controls and fixed a few bugs.

Huawei MediaQ M310 Android set-top media player detailed

By Robert Nelson
on 27 Jan, 2013

Huawei unveiled the Ascend D2 smartphone during CES and we are expecting the Ascend P2 to arrive during Mobile World Congress. But lets put the smartphones aside for a moment though, because it looks as if Huawei also has plans to release a set-top media player with Android. The box is the MediaQ M310 and details have recently surfaced by way of CNX-Soft.

MediaMonkey launches Android beta

By Eric Abent
on 6 Dec, 2012

We already had a smattering of Spotify news today, but now we've going to shift gears and look at an entirely different music player. The makers of MediaMonkey have launched an Android beta, so if you're a MediaMonkey user, you can now test it out on your Android device. There are few reasons to use MediaMonkey over the competition, as the player's tagging and syncing features allow for some deep organization.

Samsung S Pebble music player coming to the US

By Cory Gunther
on 4 Dec, 2012

When Samsung announced their extremely popular Galaxy S III flagship smartphone earlier this year, along with it was a neat little music player. It was called the Samsung S Pebble, came in the same Pebble Blue color option, and obviously was shaped like a little stone. It has been for sale internationally but new details are now confirming the tiny little media player is headed to the US.

Samsung Galaxy Player 5.8 announced – and it’s massive

By Cory Gunther
on 27 Aug, 2012

Samsung is back today with their latest Galaxy Player announcement. This time around they've just unleashed details on their biggest media player yet, and I just feel like calling it a tablet. Samsung's iPod-rivaling Galaxy Player just got an upgrade to a massive 5.8-inch display so lets take a look.

RealPlayer launches on Android – Does a little of everything

By Cory Gunther
on 14 Aug, 2012

The folks from RealNetworks have finally launched their popular and widely known RealPlayer app for Android. Being available for some time in a beta demo, today they've officially launched RealPlayer v1.0 and it's the ultimate multimedia app. Whether you want to stream music, watch movies, or look through photo albums -- RealPlayer does it all.

XBMC media player for Android announced

By Eric Abent
on 16 Jul, 2012

A version of the open source XBMC media player has been announced for Android, and you don't need to jailbreak or root your device to get it to work. Even better news is that this is a straight port of the desktop version of XBMC, with the developers saying that all of the features found in the desktop version are present in the Android one as well, or at least will be in time. Alas, this isn't a finished product you'll be downloading, but rather an early build of XBMC for Android.

VideoLAN confirms VLC Media Player coming soon to Android

By Cory Gunther
on 19 Jun, 2012

VLC Media player has been one of the most popular media clients on PC's for years, and we've now learned that it will be officially arriving for Android soon. It's been in active development for a while, and we even have seen some unofficial betas released too. Today however the folks from VideoLAN themselves have again confirmed it's coming soon.

Samsung Galaxy Player 4.2 Review

By Cory Gunther
on 1 Jun, 2012

Samsung has continued its push of Android WiFi devices for the media consumption crowd with their all-new Galaxy Player 4.2 iPod rival. The Galaxy Player 4.2 aims to take on media players of all shapes and sizes coming with great specs, a large screen, impressive sound output and more all for a low price. This is everything a high quality Samsung smartphone is, only without the phone parts. Read on for our full review and conclusion.