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HiddenRadio wireless bluetooth speaker hands-on

By Cory Gunther
on 26 Sep, 2012

Today we have the impressive HiddenRadio wireless speaker to show you all. You might recognize the name of the HiddenRadio from their Kickstarter campaign earlier this year that raised nearly a million dollars. Well it's available now and shipping to consumers after a successful campaign so we're taking a look.

Motorola announces S11-FLEX HD wireless headphones

By Craig Lloyd
on 21 Sep, 2012

If you're like me, you have trouble finding just the right pair of headphones or earbuds that perfectly fit your head and/or ears. It's a long and tough battle that may never end (it hasn't ended for me yet). Motorola seems like they have a viable solution to that problem, though, with their new S11-FLEX HD wireless headphones.

SoundCloud introduces in-app audio editing

By Craig Lloyd
on 20 Sep, 2012

SoundCloud is a great platform to upload all of your audio creations to, and a lot of people use it to publish their own music and podcasts for the world to listen in on and hopefully gain some popularity. A big chunk of their user base enjoys using the service's mobile app, and it updated today with some pretty cool new features.

Shazam hits 250 million users, adds TV-tagging capabilities

By Craig Lloyd
on 17 Sep, 2012

Shazam, the popular music-tagging app for Android, iPhone, Windows Phone and BlackBerry, announced today that its hit 250 million users with around two million new users joining every week. To celebrate, the app has been updated to include TV tagging for U.S. users, which allows you to find out what music is playing on your favorite shows, as well as other useful info.

HTC turns down the music, gives back half of Beats Audio shares

By Cory Gunther
on 23 Jul, 2012

HTC has turned down the music in what appears to be a scale back of their plans with the music company Beats Audio. I'd be lying if I said I was surprised, as I wasn't too sold on the idea to begin with. In what HTC is calling “a realignment of their business agreement” they've sold 25% of their 51% stake back to Beats, and now is no longer the majority stockholder.

Samsung Music Hub beta hands-on

By Cory Gunther
on 19 Jul, 2012

Samsung's getting close to launching their new music service to rival the folks at Spotify, and even Google Play Music here in the US. This week they've let a few lucky users enjoy an early beta preview of their new Music Hub. We first mentioned this back in May, but now we've received our own hands-on time with the music app for Android.

Google Ears Shazam rival ported from Jelly Bean for those on ICS

By Cory Gunther
on 2 Jul, 2012

Many of you might have missed this neat new feature during Google's IO announcements of Jelly Bean, and in case you did Google's released their own Shazam or SoundHound like feature called Sound Search -- or Google Ears. This music listening and tagging service has been built into Android 4.1 Jelly Bean but thanks to a few devs from XDA can be used on all ICS devices and ROMS.

New Spotify for Android hits Google Play

By Shane McGlaun
on 12 Jun, 2012

Spotify has announced that it is pulling the covers off of its new app Spotify for Android. The new app is on Google Play right now and can be downloaded to your device. The new app has full support for Android 4.0 and a new slide out navigation pane. The app also offers cross fade/gapless playback settings for when you want to listen to lots of music with no interruption.

SoundHound 5.0 brings HD album artwork and free song of the day

By Cory Gunther
on 7 Jun, 2012

Forget Shazam. Have you tried SoundHound yet? I've been using it instead of Shazam for well over a year for its top notch user interface, options, lyrics, and outright faster music recognition. Today however they just made their app even better by updating to their all new version 5.0 that brings tons of changes. Below are a few screenshots showing their improved user interface and brand new features.

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.