Can anyone who uses T-mobile with Music Freedom comment on whether streaming music over Android Auto is included in their unlimited streaming from participating apps?? I'd assume it is included since its essentially mirroring the app to your AA head unit, but I want to be sure because I might switch to T-mobile and I'm banking on saving $$ with this feature. Thanks
Doesn't matter if you stream over AA or not. The app just needs to be part of Music Freedom's approved list. Play Music, Pandora, Amazon, Spotify, Rhapsody, and Iheartradio can all stream without affecting your data. Join Magenta...
Also keep in mind that album art that these apps load up will count against your data. This applies to the supported app in general; not just in android auto.
So streaming the music is included but loading the album art counts against your regular data?
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Hi Folks,
I am new to WP8 and I have the following question that I have not found an answer for:
There is one thing really missing in WP8 - it is ability to play mp3 streams in the background.
You can open mp3 stream in internet explorer and it will play. But you can not switch to any other screen - music stops playing.
I have not found any applications that allow you to play mp3 streams in the background also. Usually players allow you only to play music from library or from hardcoded stream. So is there any way hidden way to do it?
There are definitely APIs to do it; even Windows Phone 7 could do this. For a random example of an app that uses background streaming, see Pandora.
It's also possible to stream music from a web page while the browser is not in the foreground, using HTML5. For example, both Pandora.com and m.SoundCloud.com work fine. Typically web-based streaming only allows play/pause controls on the global media control, though you can of course switch back to the web browser tab for more control.
If you're looking for an app that will play music from an arbitrary stream that you pass it, I'm not aware of such an app but I haven't been looking. It's possible in the APIs, and there's probably an app that does it...
Anyone here could suggest a music downloader app similar to music maniac pro for android that downloads music directly to your phone together with the album art and artist info?
Thanks!
Third-party apps for WP8 are usually not allowed to write to your music library. That restriction may be relaxed somewhat with 8.1 though? Not yet sure.
There are exceptions out there, but generally MS wants you to use the built-in music app for downloading music, since they have their own store. This doesn't work so well for people outside the areas they support (or who want music that their store doesn't have), though.
I'm new to AA, so I hope it's not a dumb question. I've noticed that all music apps I've tested so far, that could play my local MP3s, and that have a browse function (browse by artist, album, song, etc...), do not allow use of that browsing function while connected to the head unit. It works fine when just launching the app within AA when not connected to the car.
I suppose that this is a "safety" policy of AA. What is the mechanism that enforces this policy? Is it through the Google certification process that takes place when an app is published on the app store? Or is it programmatically enforced through AA libraries?
Is there an app out there that allows this? If not, would it be feasible to develop my own, if I have no intention of publishing it (personal use).
Thanks
There are a lot of great music streaming services out there. Let me know which one(s) are you using with your personal notes so that I can decide which platform I should switch to.
I am a long time Spotify Premium user, who utilized Spotify connect religiously. But as we all know Spotify doesn't really put in a lot of effort on their Android app. So recently I have been having issues with playback (crashes in the background) and as Spotify is only making their app worse with every update on Android, I thought it is time to switch to another platform/go offline. What are your thoughts and experiences with the current music streaming services?
YouTube Music is very good app.
I have YouTube premium so I use Youtube Music and Google Play Music.
I use YouTube and Spotify - the best apps for me.
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I use Spotify. JRE podcast is moving to Spotify so that's a plus.
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Made good use of my .5tb SD card and a 220 gb CD/HDCD collection that's ripped to hdds as wav files.
Over 6000 songs means I don't get bored of the music just listening at times.
Poweramp does an excellent job of managing playlists and playback. It's graphic equalizer that allows unlimited saved presets to be saved by song/album/playlist plus settings/playlist backup makes it a complete and unparalleled Android player solution.
The online sources don't cover a lot of what I want and are a pain to use. Worse I can't dial the sound in and/or saved multiple EQ presets.
I use Spotify to listen to my music
i just have all of my favorite songs on a youtube playlist. saves me money.
I dont let anyone choose music for me, never. So no need for any stream online platform. My music is with me on my SD card 128GB. more than enough!
I will never depend on the internet to access music...
I am a Spotify user but can you tell what's the difference in this??????
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There are a lot of great music streaming services out there. Let me know which one(s) are you using with your personal notes so that I can decide which platform I should switch to.
I am a long time Spotify Premium user, who utilized Spotify connect religiously. But as we all know Spotify doesn't really put in a lot of effort on their Android app. So recently I have been having issues with playback (crashes in the background) and as Spotify is only making their app worse with every update on Android, I thought it is time to switch to another platform/go offline. What are your thoughts and experiences with the current music streaming services?
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Same as I was 5+ years ago. YouTube and a YT to Mp3 converter.
Nothing can ever beat FLAC
Hi guys
I have GW3 LTE.
Is there any possibility to stream music (any service) directly from the watch without a phone connection ?
I dont mean play downloaded music but direct streaming.
I need it for jogging without my phone and i dont want to download it previously .
Thanks
Have you tried Spotify?
I also have used Spotify and it worked very good for my usage...
Use the web browser to go to your favorite station and stream it that way. I've done it with Soma FM stations but doing so depletes the battery relatively quickly.
Spotify doesn't work without the phone....
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Spotify doesn't work without the phone....
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Supposedly you can with premium. But, I use iGear Radio pro. You can manage the stations online and play radio stations thru the data connection on your watch without a Bluetooth connection to your phone
You can use Galaxy Audio Player. It have function to play streams https://galaxystore.samsung.com/geardetail/FTUDba5gYD
You can do with Spotify but with the premium version. Unfortunately, you cannot do that with the free one. I knew a few programs and I have one I am currently working on. I am a sound designer and software developer and I am currently working on a new project where I try to implement cool sounds made using some free VST plugins. My main concept is making a good playlists (user editable) which will be streamed 24/7 online so the users don't need to download them but just listen directly from their portable devices.