Music is a part of almost every walk of life. Portable music was a revolution when it first appeared on the music scene. Portable music till the mid 2000’s was largely confined to portable music players such as MP3 players. But with the evolution of smartphones this equation completely changed and soon smartphones replaced the ever so favorite MP3 players. This marked a new beginning in the field of music. With smartphones becoming synonymous with portable music, tons of apps related to music have soon made their mark. Today lets have a look at 5 Android apps that have enriched the music experience on Android phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S2 forever. Here are the best Android Music Apps.
1. Power Amp:
PowerAMP gives the power to the music on your device. The stock music player of android is far from being a competitor to this fabulous music player. Supports mp3, mp4/m4a (including alac), ogg, wma*, flac, wav, ape, wv, tta audio formats which makes it a serious competitor for all the other music players available in the market. It has a inbuilt 10 band optimized graphical equalizer for all supported formats, with support custom presets, presets can be assigned to individual songs also. Bass and Treble can be adjusted separately. It supports visual themes, headset buttons, downloading missing album art and editable tags. PowerAMP offers a high level of customization. You will hardly find a music player app in the market that is as good as this, if not better. The app has been ruling the number one position right from its debut in the music player app segment. With over 10 million downloads the app is a rage among Android users.
Price: Free(15 day trial)
2.TuneIn Radio:
Radio has a make over sorts with introduction of smartphones. The word radio took a whole new meaning when radio channels were broadcasted over the internet. Taking the legacy further internet radio soon made its way to the mobile platform. Tune in radio is a place for all your music, sports and news needs. TuneIn features over 70,000 radio stations and 2 million on-demand programs from around the globe. TuneIn lets you search for a song, artist or show to find radio stations around the world playing it live. You can also add stations and songs to your presets. It also has an alarm clock to wake you up with your favorite morning song and a sleep timer to let you fall asleep as you listen to your favorite bed time music. The app looks very beautiful and it is the simplicity of this app that makes it look so gorgeous. The app is a must have for all you radio and music streaming fan boys out there.
Price: Free
3. Shazam:
Yes the name of the app is catchy and cool. So is the app. Shazam is pure magic. Don’t know what your listening to? Ask Shazam. Shazam knows it all. Just put your phone near the music instrument and let shazam do all the hard work for you. As simple as that. The next time you listen to great track at a party you know whom to ask about it. It also lets you save and listen the tracks again(30 second previews), see streaming lyrics in time to the music, buy tracks on Amazon MP3, view extra content as you watch on TV, watch music videos & concerts on youtube, listen to your tagged music, discover new music in Shazam friends and charts, see when an artist is touring and do a lot more. The app is just amazing.
Price: Free
4. Saavn Music – Bollywood and More:
Bollywood and Indian music are popular all over the world and if its bollywood on Android then its gotta be Saavn. Saavn app is the extension of the popular internet music streaming service by the same name. The app lets you browse through millions of hindi, telugu, tamil, gujarati and marathi tracks. The app has Facebook integration so that your friends know what you are listening to. Saavn also features radio which lets you listen to several predefined radio stations or gives you the freedom to make one of your own. The USP of Saavn is its clarity and bit rate. All you audiophiles out there think twice before you complain about the clarity of the music of this app. For streaming app the clarity is quite commendable. All in all Saavn is “the” destination for Indian music on Android.
5. musiXmatch Lyrics & More:
Lyrics are an integral part of music and sometimes lyrics are the reason why songs become chartbusters. musiXmatch boasts of the largest and most exhaustive official catalog of song lyrics, with more than 6 million lyrics in 20 languages. It also lets you manage your music with a feature called My Music, save your favorite lyrics, share phrases of lyrics on facebook and twitter, artist discography and browse lyrics offline. The app is the #1 lyrics app on Google Play for a good reason.
Price: Free