Android Central
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by Alex Dobie
May 15, 2013
Google launches subscription music service, $9.99 per month, 30-day free trial We're live in San Francisco for the Google I/O keynote presentation, where the search giant unveiled its new mu...
TuneIn Radio
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by Andrew Martonik
May 13, 2013
Direct links to the Play Store make music buying easier TuneIn Radio has just released an update to its streaming radio service that lets users quickly find and purchase the music they're li...
Coachella on Youtube
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 10, 2013
YouTube on Android makes streaming the annual festival easier than ever I'm getting old, so hanging out in the desert with 100,000 sweaty music fans isn't quite as much fun as it used to...
Deezer
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 04, 2013
New look, mini-player and predictive search added in new version of app Music subscription service Deezer has announced the launch of a new beta version of its Android app. The new Deezer b...
Pandora Lockscreen controls
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by Andrew Martonik
Apr 01, 2013
Startup times also improved, along with the requisite 'bugfixes' The latest update to Pandora brings a couple of new features that users have been wanting for some time now -- lockscreen...
Beam Player Pro
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 15, 2013
There are countless music players out there offering buckets of features and flair, but sometimes you just want a basic app to play music from a folder structure. Beam Player fits the bill for this ...
Magic Radio
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by Richard Devine
Mar 12, 2013
doubleTwist needs little introduction really. Charting over 10 million downloads from the Google Play Store, it's without question one of the finest and most popular music players available on t...
Google Play music
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 22, 2013
According to sources of the Financial Times, and corroborated by The Verge's own sources, Google has been talking to music labels about licensing deals for a subscription music service to launch...
Android Central
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 11, 2013
Sonos is rolling out an update to both its hardware setups and mobile apps to enable new features today. The first part of the update will come to the Sonos base station itself, and will improve the...
Android Central
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 11, 2013
If you follow obscure app-related news, you might remember that Samsung, MusicQubed and the Official Charts Company launched a UK Top 40 app last summer for owners of certain Samsung devices. That p...
Pandora
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by Andrew Martonik
Jan 31, 2013
Pandora users wishing to upgrade from a free to paid account via the Android app can now manage their subscription directly in Google Play. Following a link in the settings of the app now takes you ...
Sony Music Unlimited
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by Andrew Martonik
Jan 30, 2013
Sony's Music Unlimited streaming service is being updated today to offer high-quality 320 kbps AAC music on all platforms, including Android. The service, which offers unlimited (go figure)...
Google Play Music widget
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by Andrew Martonik
Jan 30, 2013
Google Play Music has just received a notable update to add a few features that have been bugging users for some time now. Right off the top you'll spot a proper reverse button on the music widg...
Android Central
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by Richard Devine
Jan 27, 2013
Since Samsung first announced their Music Hub service, the global reach has been somewhat limited. Initially launching only in the UK, the U.S. soon followed, but one thing remained. Device exclusiv...
Google Music
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 27, 2012
It seems that users taking advantage of Google Music's new scan and match feature aren't always getting exactly what they expected added to their music libraries. The new feature, which laun...
Amazon tweet
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 24, 2012
Amazon is doing its best to help you get some last-minute gifts if you're completely out of ideas. It's far too late to order anything that needs to be shipped, and stores are all but closed...
SwiftKey Flow
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 07, 2012
We've had more than a few people ask about the music playing in the background of the SwiftKey Flow promo video (including some of us here at Android Central). So, we asked SwiftKey. The track&...
Android Central
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by Richard Devine
Dec 06, 2012
Today is a big day for music streaming service Spotify and its users. They're introducing a whole bunch of new music discovery features, some of which will eventually go 'cross-platform.'...
Samsung Muse
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 04, 2012
Remember when Samsung awkwardly (and unexpectedly) came out with the "S-Pebble" music player at a press conference earlier this year with the Galaxy SIII (S3)? It has chosen to finally rel...
Apollo
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by Chris Parsons
Nov 19, 2012
If you've spent any time using CyanogenMod 9 or CyanogenMod 10, you may have come across the built-in music player called Apollo. Rather than keeping it tied into CyanogenMod though, Apollo is n...
Google Play Music
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 19, 2012
There's been a whole lot of talk about Google Music in the recent weeks, as Google has been furiously rolling out features to new countries and signing big content deals to back them up. Play Mu...
Pandora
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 16, 2012
We got a look at the press images of a new update to Pandora -- version 4.0 -- a couple weeks ago, and now it has finally gone live for everyone to get their hands on. The app got a pretty substanti...
Android Central
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by Richard Devine
Nov 12, 2012
Google Play Music services are now live in some European countries. Warner Music Group artists now available worldwide. Today isn't just Nexus Eve, at least, not in Europe anyway. Today also...
Android Central
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by Simon Sage
Nov 06, 2012
Rhapsody's subscription-based music app for Android has been updated with personalized recommendations on the home screen based on what you've previously listened to and what time of day it ...
Android Central
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by Simon Sage
Oct 23, 2012
Today Microsoft expanded SmartGlass for Windows Phone, which promises to easily share web, music, movie, and game content to (and from) your TV through an Xbox. Though Windows Phone is pre...
Android Central
Review
by Simon Sage
Oct 16, 2012
The Jawbone Jambox is a popular stand-alone Bluetooth speaker with sharp style, heavy bass, and relatively rich app environment. Audio from the jawbone Jambox is pretty solid, and especially he...
Android Central
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 15, 2012
With the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 launch just around the corner, Microsoft is once again making a big push into the world of digital music with its new Xbox Music service. Launching across Wind...
Android Central
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by Simon Sage
Oct 08, 2012
Google TV owners will now be able to access all of their movie, TV, and music purchases from Google Play on the big screen. Purchases can be made directly on the system, and include options for auto...
Android Central
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 27, 2012
The name was revealed on Samsung's official list of Jelly Bean-upgradable devices, and today brings more news of the curious little smartphone known as the Samsung Galaxy Music. Fresh details ha...
Android Central
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by Simon Sage
Sep 17, 2012
Shazam, the classic music ID app for Android, is expanding its presence in television. Now activating the app while your show's on can instantly pull up information about soundtrack, cast inform...