{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63e9d2d002ceee00117badba/6934e2f1eab4d846e0f94e81?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 261, Music Players: Online vs Offline","description":"<h1>Episode 261, Music players – online vs offline</h1><p><br></p><h2>announcements</h2><p>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.</p><p><br></p><h2>Android basics</h2><p>We discuss the state of music players in 2025, including the merits of online vs offline playback.&nbsp; Apps we cover include <a href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Powermp Music Player</a>, <a href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gonemad.gmmp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">GoneMad Music Player</a>, <a href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videolan.vlc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">VLC Media Player</a>, <a href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplecityapps.shuttle\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Shuttle Music Player</a>, <a href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotify.music\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify</a> and <a href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BubbleUpNP</a>.&nbsp; We also touch on the capability of other app categories to play music such as file managers and browsers.</p><p><br></p><h2>Spotlight</h2><p>We discuss various developments from Google, including the <a href=\"https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/12/android-16-qpr2-is-released.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Quarterly Platform Release 2</a>, <a href=\"https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/pixel/2025-12-01\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">December security patch</a> and latest disability-related <a href=\"https://blog.google/products/android/accessibility-update-expanded-dark-theme-gemini-talkback/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">features</a>.&nbsp; Also, the public beta of <a href=\"https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.codefactoryglobal.eloquencetts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Eloquence</a> was released by Code Factory this week.&nbsp; Don’t worry if you can’t join immediately, while it’s a public beta numbers may be limited.</p><p><br></p><h2>Staying in touch</h2><p><a href=\"https://www.paypal.me/blindandroidusers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Make a donation via PayPal</a>, <a href=\"mailto:contactus@blindandroidusers.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Email us</a> your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our <a href=\"mailto:blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Email list</a>, join our <a href=\"https://t.me/joinchat/k62VQqtUNWAxMThh\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Telegram</a> and <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/686947596105844/?ref=share_group_link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a> groups, subscribe to our <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvEM-SmpwElNALldhp8hG1g\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a> channel.</p><p>Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"BlindAndroid Users"}