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What's the music in the SwiftKey Flow promo video?

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 7 Dec 2012 10:51 am
SwiftKey Flow
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's called Energy, and it's from Michael Craig and Oliver Godfrey. You can download it from AudioNetwork for personal or commercial use. And, of course, you can try SwiftKey Flow today in beta form. Cheers,...

Spotify adding new music discovery features, and entire Metallica catalog

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Posted by Richard Devine on 6 Dec 2012 3:28 pm
Android Central
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.'  But, they're also introducing the entire back catalog of one of the most well-known rock bands in history. Spotify users, say hello to Metallica.  We'll start there, because this is huge news. There have been...

Google's music ID service doesn't play well with HTC Sense

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 6 Dec 2012 12:13 am
DNA
We just finished having a look at how well the new Google Now music ID service works, and here we are with some not-so-good news. It's broken on HTC Sense. At first, you'd get an ugly error, and a force close when you tried to use it. But Google has changed something on the server side and you're presented with a slightly more friendly note that "this action is not support on this device."...

Samsung launches Muse 'music companion' device

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 4 Dec 2012 12:50 pm
Samsung Muse
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 release the device, and probably for the better, they've also decided to rename it "Muse". The basic idea is that the Muse pairs with your Galaxy S3 (or any other major recent Samsung device), and syncs music...

CyanogenMod music app Apollo now available in the Play Store

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Posted by Bla1ze on 19 Nov 2012 7:04 pm
Apollo
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 now available for download in the Google Play Store in both free and paid versions. The player itself is quite visually appealing but its feature set is what throws it over the top.

Google signs with European music publishers to bring 5.5 million new tracks to Play

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 19 Nov 2012 2:10 pm
Google Play Music
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 Music went live in several European countries, it's music "matching" service just came to Europe, gapless playback support hit the app and this latest deal is going to bring another 5.5 million tracks from...

Pandora rolls out version 4.0 update with a new feature set

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 16 Nov 2012 1:28 am
Pandora
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 substantial UI facelift in the previous update, and now this one brings extra features to fill out the entire experience. After linking the app to your Facebook and Twitter accounts, you can share the current...

Google Play Music now live in selected European countries

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Posted by Richard Devine on 12 Nov 2012 6:47 pm
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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 sees the long awaited arrival of Google Play Music on these shores! Customers in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain can now not only make use of Google's cloud storage service -- officially, at least...

Rhapsody for Android updated with personalized recommendations

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Posted by Simon Sage on 6 Nov 2012 2:49 pm
Android Central
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 is. That last part is very reminiscent of what Songza's offering, though the update also includes a UI overhaul, and some performance improvements for offline playback.  As always, Rhapsody offers the usual...

Xbox SmartGlass second screen experience coming to Android in early 2013

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Posted by Simon Sage on 23 Oct 2012 10:29 am
Android Central
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 predictably getting first stab at the service, it looks like Android phones running 2.2 and up have been able to try out the SmartGlass app since the launch of the Xbox Live beta in August. A full release of...

Jawbone Jambox review

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Posted by Simon Sage on 16 Oct 2012 3:52 pm
Android Central
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 heavy on the bass. I didn't have any issues with distortion, even at higher volumes, The lack of hardware playback controls, like pause and play, is a pretty serious downer. The Big Jambox has the full...

Microsoft's Xbox Music coming to Android ... 'eventually'

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 15 Oct 2012 6:41 am
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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 Windows 8 PCs and tablets, Windows Phone 8 handsets and Xbox 360, Xbox Music won't be limited to Microsoft's own platforms, though, as the company has today confirmed that it'll "eventually" be heading to...

Google Play TV shows, movies, and music now on Google TV

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Posted by Simon Sage on 8 Oct 2012 2:15 pm
Android Central
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-updating subscription billing. This is a long time coming, though some models, like one of Sony's, have already been dabbling in Play movies. In any case, it's good that this trove of content is...

Samsung Galaxy Music leaks ahead of early October debut

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 27 Sep 2012 9:56 am
Android Central
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 have emerged today via Austrian site Telecom-Presse, revealing a phone with humble specs and a distinctive front face.  The device, which seems to be an entry-level smartphone focused on -- you guessed it...

Shazam updated for universal TV show tagging

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Posted by Simon Sage on 17 Sep 2012 11:20 am
Android Central
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 information, trivia, related celebrity gossip, and links to helpful IMDB, Wikipedia, and official sites. As always, Shazam can share tags out to Facebook or Twitter. The downside? It's U.S.-only for now.   ...

EarPods for ear holes on Android

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 13 Sep 2012 4:07 pm
Apple EarPods on Android.
How does Android work with Apple's new EarPods? We take the $29 pair for a spin   Apple now has EarPods. For your ear holes. And you know what? They're not half bad, especially considering they're only $29. Actually, they're pretty darn good. But what about using them on Android devices? Will they curl up their cute little white cables and slink away, their cries of "Noooooooooooooooo!!!"...

Naztech N15 Mini Boom Speaker review

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Posted by Simon Sage on 10 Sep 2012 3:04 pm
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The Naztech Mini Boom speaker is a compact, affordable external speaker that plugs into your device with a built-in 3.5 mm jack. The interesting thing about this little guy is that it doubles as a reasonably good stand-alone music player too, thanks to a microSD memory card slot, playback control keys, and a dedicated headphone jack. Of course, if you want to share the music, the Naztech N15...

Spotify update brings NFC sharing and bugfixes

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 5 Sep 2012 5:22 pm
Android Central
Popular music streaming service Spotify has released an update to its Android app in the Google Play Store today, bringing music sharing over NFC for Android 4.x devices. In addition, the latest update - version 0.5.3.56 - brings a better offline mode bar so you can understand why you're offline, new audio effects for Android 4.x devices and of course general improvements to fix crashes and bugs...

Nobex Radio review - a BlackBerry port with its work cut out

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Posted by Simon Sage on 28 Aug 2012 11:44 am
Android Central
Earlier this summer Nobex Radio made its way onto Android after establishing itself as pretty much the only radio streaming application for BlackBerry. For the low, low price of free, users had access to thousands of traditional radio stations through a categorized, searchable database. No matter what the station, Nobex provided a listing of the songs that have been played recently, allowing you...

Google Play Music updated, brings Google TV support and expanded notifications in Jelly Bean

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Posted by Sean Brunett on 22 Aug 2012 8:23 pm
Music on Google TV
The Google Play Music app has received an update, which brings a few welcome and overdue features. One new feature is the support for expanded notifications for Jelly Bean devices. One of our favorite features of Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) is the richer and more interactive notifications, so it's great to see more apps taking advantage.  Plus, Google Play Music is one of my most used apps, so I'm...

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