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Sprint offering all customers free Tidal HiFi subscriptions for 6 months

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 8 Jun 2017 1:08 pm
Sprint x Tidal
It's hard to turn down free stuff. Starting June 9, Sprint is offering six free months of Tidal's music streaming service — and it's doing so for all new and existing customers. The move comes less than six months after Sprint took a 33% stake in Tidal, which at the time was sold as a great way for Sprint users to get exclusive music on the service. Not only is this six free months, but it's...

How to copy music to your Android phone

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Posted by Mike Tanasychuk on 29 Sep 2016 7:00 am
How to copy music to your Android phone
How do I put music on my Android phone? Most phones now have storage capacities that lend themselves nicely to holding all of your favorite tunes. If your phone has a microSD card slot, even better! You can usually transfer your music right onto the card. Here's how to copy your music onto your Android phone using either Windows or Mac! How to copy music from your Mac onto your Android phone...

Replay: The growing struggle of playback controls via Bluetooth

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Posted by Ara Wagoner on 6 Jun 2016 7:00 pm
Music is the most important function of my phone. No, I am not kidding. It is what I use at work, home, in bed, in the shower and everywhere in between to keep me sane and happy. Music makes me better, and since music is such a large part of my Android experience, there's been a slow decline that I've been painfully aware of over the last few years, and especially the last few months....

Foo Fighters release free surprise EP Saint Cecilia to honor victims of Paris attacks

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Posted by Jared DiPane on 23 Nov 2015 10:26 am
Grab the latest EP from the Foo Fighters for free
The Foo Fighters have released a new EP, Saint Cecilia, and it's available now for free in Google Play. This EP, which comes as quite a surprise, is in remembrance and honor of those who were affected by the Paris attacks. The new songs have been in the works for a few months, but with the recent events they took on a new meaning.

Dr. Dre's Compton heads to Play Music along with new tunes from The Sword, Method Man and Bon Jovi

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Posted by Jared DiPane on 21 Aug 2015 9:48 am
Dr. Dre, The Sword, Method Man and Bon Jovi drop new tunes
Dr. Dre's Compton is no longer an Apple Music exclusive as it makes its way to Google Play Music this week, along with a number of other new releases. This week we have Dre's Compton, along with new tunes from Bon Jovi, The Sword, Method Man, and plenty of others as well. It's new music Friday, so let's check out some of this week's highlights.

The best music apps for the Samsung Galaxy S6

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Posted by Simon Sage on 12 May 2015 4:53 pm
Samsung Galaxy S6 Google Play Music
Find the very best Android music players for the Samsung Galaxy S6 right here. There are a few obvious choices when you want to listen to music on your brand new Galaxy S6, like the bundled Google Play Music, or Samsung's own Milk Music. Then there are popular streaming options like Rdio or Spotify for those that are willing to fork over a subscription fee, and free alternatives like Songza if...

Google Play Store has lots of music albums on sale for the end of 2014

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Posted by John Callaham on 23 Dec 2014 2:55 pm
Google Play Music Store
Music lovers who also own Android and iOS devices should be happy that the Google Play Store is currently running a sale for the end of 2014. It has some deep discounts on a bunch of albums, a couple of which are just $1.99 each.

Sonos update adds support for multiple music accounts

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Posted by Simon Sage on 4 Nov 2014 9:32 am
Sonos has announced a beta update for Android users enjoying their connected speaker system. Though the update won't roll out in full until later this year, those that are interested can log onto multiple streaming music service accounts and try out equalizer improvements for the Playbar. The 5.2 update also allows playback control from the lock screen, and expanded search which includes...

Hype Machine app for Android now available for audiophiles

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Posted by Simon Sage on 28 Oct 2014 3:07 pm
Hype Machine for Android
Hype Machine, an aggregator of all of the latest and greatest music hitting the blogs, has finally released an official Android app. With it you can stream full songs, mark favorites, and customize your feed based on tastes and what your friends are listening to. Notification tray integration provides easy playback control, and if you're really into a song, you can easily tap through the track...

Google Play Music updated with new widgets, public playlists in search

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 6 Aug 2014 3:29 pm
Google Play Music widgets
Google Play Music is receiving a relatively minor version bump to v5.6.1616 (from 5.6.1609), but it packs two new widgets, public playlists in search results and better management of your downloaded music. First up are the two new widgets, the first of which is basically a complete rewrite of the old 4x1 Play Music widget. It now changes sizes from 3x1 up to 4x4 — and everything in between —...

Google Play Music updated with small UI changes, clarity on authorized devices

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 30 Jun 2014 5:45 pm
Google Play Music
Update: It looks as though we pulled the trigger a little early on thinking authorized devices were limited in the "smartphone" category. After adding 6+ phones to our account, we were still able to stream music on all of them. The post has been updated to reflect this. Original story: Google Play Music is picking up an update starting today to version 5.6, which includes a few subtle...

Tesco Mobile offering free music streaming with select smartphone upgrades

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Posted by Rich Edmonds on 24 Jun 2014 6:12 am
Galaxy S5
Tesco is set to team up with its Blinkbox music service to offer free music to its Mobile customers through summer. Those who upgrade their mobile device to a Samsung Galaxy S5, HTC One M8 or the Sony Xperia Z2 will receive three months of free access to the music service for free. They can then stream their favorite tracks over 4G LTE without additional cost.

Google Now gives you one-tap access to music apps after searching for artists

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 19 Jun 2014 7:30 pm
Google Now
Google has rolled out an update to the Google Now service that lets you launch your currently-installed music apps with just one tap after making a search for a musical artist. Simply make a search through Google Now for an artist of your choice, and underneath information about them you'll see a "Listen on your apps" section with links to any apps that can play music fro the artist. For us, we...

Beats Music update saves tunes to SD card for offline playback

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Posted by Chuong H Nguyen on 12 Jun 2014 7:01 pm
Beats Music gets a big update to version 1.1
Beats Music has been updated for Android bringing some substantial improvements to the subscription music service. Now up to version 1.1, Beats Music brings a new landscape mode, the ability to save downloads to an external card, a refined 'Just For You' recommendations experience, improved playback, and the ability to transfer downloads between your phone's internal storage and the SD card.

The Moto Stream: A simple, angular way of playing music with friends

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 9 Jun 2014 3:15 pm
Motorola Stream
A mere $50 gets you a good Bluetooth music streaming device from Motorola This, folks, is the Moto Stream. It's a Bluetooth device that kicks music from your phone into a proper set of speakers. And that's all it is. It's not the Nexus Q reborn. For one, it's much smaller. And while it's cute in that icosahedronic sort of way, it just doesn't have the same feel that the Nexus Q did. Yes, both...

Amazon reportedly close to launching Prime music streaming service with hand-picked albums

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 29 May 2014 5:22 pm
Amazon Prime
Amazon may be the latest entrant into the streaming music business, and could be adding the feature to its $99 per year Prime service as early as next month. According to sources of BuzzFeed, Amazon has locked up deals with two of the big three music labels (Universal Music Group is on the fence) to launch a music streaming service that would be included at no extra cost with your Amazon Prime...

SoundHound update enhances music discovery with new artist pages, photo galleries

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 15 May 2014 3:56 pm
SoundHound
Music discovery service SoundHound is receiving an update on Android today with a completely revamped interface that puts more artist information and media at your fingertips. The new interface focuses on bringing a better experience the moment you search for and identify a new song, when you're taken to a new results page that features photo galleries, music videos and album listings.

Sonos app revamps interface and adds universal search

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Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 13 May 2014 9:56 am
Sonos for Android
Sonos has released a new Controller app for that brings a new design as well as a bevy of new features. The app has been available for beta testing on Android since March.

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