Samsung Galaxy

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Media and music
Get more from your media files with these apps
SunVox
shows just
how powerful
Android can be
VLC for Android Beta Price: Free
Your device won’t recognise every file
extension, but any media file you want to watch is
catered for with this app. Instead of trawling through
your SD card to find videos, be sure to use the app’s media library.
TuneIn Radio Pro Price: £4.49/$6.99
Featuring over 10,000 radio stations, listening
to all the shows that are recommended to you might
seem like a problem. But TuneIn includes a record
function so that you don’t have to worry about schedule conflicts.
iSyncr for iTunes Price: £2.99/$3.99
Syncing your iTunes library to your device is
easy to complete with the iSyncr app. The process is
quick to complete and after transferring across, you’ll
find all your songs and created playlists readily available to stream.
VidTrim Pro Price: £2.50/$3.97
Budding video editors will want to take
advantage of the plethora of tools available in VidTrim
Pro, from adjust clips to adding effects. Best of all, it
includes a great tutorial system to help those new to editing.
Vaulty Stocks Price: £3.09/$4.99
Despite its odd name, Vaulty Stocks is a
superb app for keeping your photos, videos and other
media files from prying eyes. Doubling up as a gallery,
it’s a one-stop shop for storing and viewing your media in private.
Songo Price: £1.24/$1.97
This simple music theory app is designed to
help guitarists discover and group chords together. By
playing your guitar with the app open, it will pick up
the chords you’re trying to play and suggest improvements.
BubbleUPnP Price: Free
This app acts as a gateway for you to stream
your mobile media directly to any DLNA-enabled
product. It works in reverse too, with BubbleUPnP able
to stream content from your TV and games console.
YouTube Price: Free
YouTube is still the undisputed king for video
sharing. Recent updates have refined features, with a
brilliant new pop-up video window addition so users
can watch videos without needing to be in the app itself.
SunVox Price: £3.89/$5.99
Music creation tools don’t come much more
advanced than SunVox, which not only works on your
phone, but can also be synced with your desktop
computer or iOS device so you can edit your tracks wherever you
are or whatever platform your using. It’s very advanced, to say the
least, and some of the
software and tools
available to you might
leave you feeling
baffled if you aren’t
used to advanced
audio creation tools,
but any aspiring DJ will
feel right at home here
with what’s on offer in
this top download.
Shazam
Encore
Price: £3.59/$5.59
If you’ve ever been
caught humming a tune but not being
able to remember the actual lyrics, the
Shazam app is exactly what you need.
By scanning a song while it’s playing
with the Shazam app, it’ll provide you
with the details of the song you’re
listening and links to where you can
purchase it online. It’s not infallible,
but compared to the competition,
Shazam Encore is by far and away
the best music recognition app
out there.
Google
Play
Music Price: Free
Play Music offers a clean
and functional music player for all the
music stored on your device. It can
hold up to 20,000 songs in the cloud,
which can help free up some of your
device’s internal storage. The new All
Access subscription services provides
users with an extra 10 million songs
and albums to explore. Best of all, it
merges both your personal record
collection and music subscriptions
into one place so that you don’t need
to switch between libraries.
12 Samsung Galaxy Tips, Tricks, Apps & Hacks