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Do you have music on your Android that you want to listen to? Even though your Android doesn't come with a built-in music player (R.I.P. Google Play Music), there are many ways to listen to music on your Android. Whether you're looking for a free music player to listen to your own music files or a music app that lets you stream thousands of songs on demand, read on to learn the best ways to play music on an Android phone or tablet.
Easy Ways to Play Music on Android
- You can use the YouTube Music app and Spotify apps to listen to music files on your Android, as well as stream music over the internet.
- Try apps like Pulsar, Poweramp, Musicolet, VLC Media Player, and Pi Music Player to listen to music, create playlists, and more.
- If you don’t have music files on your Android, stream music using apps like Pandora, Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, and more.
Steps
Using Spotify
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Enable Local Audio Files in Spotify to use it as a media player. If you want to listen to music that's already on your phone or tablet, you can use Spotify as a music player, even if you don't want to stream music over the internet. To enable local files:- Tap your profile picture on Spotify. It's in the upper left corner.
- Tap Settings and privacy.
- Tap Apps and devices.
- Tap the switch next to "Local audio files" to turn it on. This allows you to add music from your Android to Your Library.
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Add music to your library. Now that the feature is enabled, just tap Your Library at the bottom of Spotify, select Local Files, and tap Add audio to add music files to the app. -
Listen to your audio. Tap the "Play" icon to start listening; tap the "Shuffle" icon to play your music randomly. If you want to add the music to another playlist, tap ⋮ > Add to playlist.[4] -
Stream music on Spotify. If you want to listen to streaming music, Spotify has both free and paid tiers. You can listen to curated playlists, or search for the songs or artists you want to listen to.
Community Q&A
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QuestionWhy don't some songs appear in Play Music?
Dakota DotyCommunity AnswerThis can depend on your file formats or the location of your files. Some music cannot be recognized by Google Play Music and must be played through external music players.
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YouTube Music replaced Google Play Music, which was discontinued in 2020.Thanks
References
- ↑ https://support.google.com/youtubemusic/answer/9231765?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&sjid=5490384267857393212-NC#zippy=%2Cdevice-files
- ↑ https://support.google.com/youtubemusic/answer/9716522?hl=en
- ↑ https://support.google.com/youtubemusic/answer/6313542?hl=en&ref_topic=14737394&sjid=568320076923359694-NC
- ↑ https://support.spotify.com/uk/article/local-files/
- ↑ https://www.spotify.com/us/premium/
- ↑ https://powerampapp.com/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GKL9M88FFWYHY7T9
- ↑ https://home.trebel.io/
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