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Tips<br />
Tricks Hacks Apps<br />
Music<br />
<strong>Samsung</strong> devices handle music in a variety of ways<br />
Smartphones and tablets have largely<br />
replaced dedicated music players for those<br />
who want to be entertained on the move<br />
and on an <strong>Samsung</strong> device in particular<br />
you have multiple options available to you.<br />
You can copy your entire music library<br />
to your phone or tablet from a desktop<br />
in a variety of ways if you have the space<br />
available and you can even utilise a library<br />
of music that is stored on the cloud<br />
whenever you have a valid mobile data<br />
connection. These two options alone<br />
give you access to thousands of tracks<br />
whenever you want to play them and will<br />
make your device much more useful.<br />
Playlists can be created for different<br />
situations and moods, such as when driving,<br />
relaxing or trying to drift off to sleep, and you<br />
can also use your device to create random<br />
music mixes. You can even listen to music<br />
that is playing in the background near to<br />
you and have it recognised straight away.<br />
Gone are the days of hearing a song and<br />
wondering what it is and gone are the days<br />
of carrying multiple media devices to do<br />
different things.<br />
There are some pitfalls to be aware<br />
of, however, and we will explain how to<br />
avoid these and how to make the most of<br />
your mobile music experience no matter<br />
where you are. We show you ways to avoid<br />
exceeding data limits imposed by your<br />
network provider, and how you can access<br />
millions of songs whenever you like.<br />
Android can take your music and let you<br />
use it in a variety of ways and so much more<br />
can be done beyond simply listening to<br />
your tracks and enjoying them. They can<br />
be mixed and tweaked to your preference<br />
and you also have multiple options within<br />
Google Play in terms of what apps you want<br />
to use to play your collection. It would be<br />
easy to spend forever trying out all that is<br />
available, but choice is a good thing and like<br />
music itself, everyone has a different opinion<br />
and different tastes.<br />
One further point to remember outside<br />
of the tips we will offer in this tutorial is that<br />
a pair of decent headphones or external<br />
speakers can greatly improve the quality<br />
of sound you get from your device. Most<br />
smartphones, even high-end models, are<br />
still bundled with low quality headphones<br />
and a small expenditure can make all of the<br />
difference. Let’s get started in showing you<br />
how to really enjoy your mobile music.<br />
Copy music to your device Take your entire music collection with you<br />
The best software<br />
If using a Mac, Android File Transfer,<br />
available from www.android.com/<br />
filetransfer/, is recommended as an<br />
official solution which works with<br />
every <strong>Samsung</strong> device. For Windows,<br />
you won’t need extra software.<br />
Connect your device<br />
Connect your device to the desktop<br />
computer using a USB cable and<br />
either Android File Transfer software<br />
will appear or your standard Windows<br />
file manager. You may need to restart<br />
your device to get it to connect.<br />
One more option<br />
If your <strong>Samsung</strong> device uses an<br />
expansion card, you could take it out<br />
and insert it into your desktop if it has<br />
a compatible slot. Now simply drag<br />
tracks to the Music folder on your<br />
expansion card.<br />
Why are<br />
music files<br />
so large<br />
Music files are<br />
commonly<br />
over 10MB<br />
in size these<br />
days, but tracks<br />
can be much<br />
larger if they<br />
are encoded<br />
for extra high<br />
quality. The<br />
larger the file,<br />
the better the<br />
quality but<br />
transferring<br />
larger files may<br />
take some time.<br />
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