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AMP+ update brings themes and more to your Android music player

By Cory Gunther
on 9 Feb, 2013

Today we have an awesome, lightweight, and intuitive music player for Android called Amp and a donate version Amp+. This week the developers of this impressive 3rd party app have issued a nice update adding tons of new features and fixing a few bugs for their already feature-packed app. If you've been looking for a lightweight music player check this out.

Samsung Galaxy Muse player finally for sale in the USA

By Cory Gunther
on 7 Dec, 2012

Say hello to the smallest Samsung Galaxy Player ever. Previously known internationally as the Samsung Pebble, today Samsung has listed up for sale the newly renamed Pebble as the Galaxy Muse media player for the USA. What makes the Muse special is the way in which it pairs nicely with multiple Samsung Galaxy devices for easily listening or transferring of music.

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.

CyanogenMod Music Player Apollo hits the Google Play Store

By Cory Gunther
on 19 Nov, 2012

The official music player and Google Music option for CyanogenMod since CM9, Apollo, is finally available for everyone, not just those running the popular Android custom ROM. The app is called Apollo and this weekend it finally arrived in the Google Play Store for all to enjoy. Their slogan is "illuminate your music" and their app will do just that for you.

Poweramp updates with better support for Jelly Bean

By Craig Lloyd
on 28 Sep, 2012

Poweramp has been a dominant figure in the Android music player market ever since its initial launch. Even in its beta stages, Poweramp was a great music player that had tons of unique features. It's continuing that dominance with a new update today that includes a lot of welcome changes and improvements.

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.

Winamp updated with In-app purchases and ALAC support

By Cory Gunther
on 25 Jun, 2012

My favorite music player of all times is back in the Android news today, having just updated their popular music and media player to version 1.3 with plenty of improvements. Winamp was always my favorite music player on my PC, and still reigns over iTunes for myself. This weekend they updated their player for Android with plenty of new goodies so check it out.

Spotify music streaming heads to Australia and New Zealand

By Cory Gunther
on 21 May, 2012

The popular digital music streaming service Spotify that we love here at Android Community is headed to a few more countries. Starting today Spotify will be available in Australia and New Zealand for users to enjoy their wide array of over 16 million songs instantly on their Android phones, tablets, PC's and more.

CyanogenMod 9 music player available now

By Michael Crider
on 21 May, 2012

Fans of custom ROMs may already know that there's a rewritten version of the standard Android music app coming to CyanogenMod 9. Well, the wait's over, and you can download an alpha version of "Apollo" now. Click here for the APK file - you don't even have to be rooted, just install it via the standard non-Market method. Unfortunately, you still need an ICS device to use it.

CM9 Music Player app revealed with shake & flip support

By Chris Davies
on 17 Jan, 2012

A new Android Music app for CyanogenMod 9 (CM9) has been revealed, complete with gesture- and motion-controlled playback, custom lockscreen integration and downloadable themes. The handiwork of Andrew Neal, the new app is intended to replace Android's native - and little loved - Music app, supporting a high degree of customization per user.