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Episode 261, Music Players: Online vs Offline

Dec 07, 20251 hr 1 minEp. 261
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Episode 261, Music players – online vs offline


announcements

We’ll be celebrating the podcast’s 5th birthday on 20 December! Please join us and keep an eye out across our various channels for the joining link nearer the time.


Android basics

We discuss the state of music players in 2025, including the merits of online vs offline playback.  Apps we cover include Powermp Music Player, GoneMad Music Player, VLC Media Player, Shuttle Music Player, Spotify and BubbleUpNP.  We also touch on the capability of other app categories to play music such as file managers and browsers.


Spotlight

We discuss various developments from Google, including the Quarterly Platform Release 2, December security patch and latest disability-related features.  Also, the public beta of Eloquence was released by Code Factory this week.  Don’t worry if you can’t join immediately, while it’s a public beta numbers may be limited.


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