New essential Android apps thread

Phate said:
Can anyone recommend a lightweight music player please? Haven't used locally stored music for a while and have recently started to. I'm using google play music and I can't help but think it's a resource hog. Phone gets very hot and battery takes a dive :confused:

Any recommendations welcome!
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Poweramp
 
zpos said:
Duo is now available officially in the store. Had a play and I'm impressed with it. Will gently build up the contacts.

The knock knock feature is brilliant.
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Tried this with my brother this morning, worked really well.

Definitely give FaceTime a run for its money :)

Just need to integrate it into the OS
 
Can anyone recommend a decent homescreen widget? I was using the Cyanogen clock, with weather and calendar list -- but for some reason the last update it lost the weather part :confused:

I just want something with a nice digital clock, weather summary and customisable calendar agenda :)
 
Yeah I can recommend Chronus. Has loads of widgets to choose from and also Dashclock integration. I've ended up replacing a separate Twitter and Calendar widgets and only use Chronus now.
 
Phate said:
Can anyone recommend a lightweight music player please? Haven't used locally stored music for a while and have recently started to. I'm using google play music and I can't help but think it's a resource hog. Phone gets very hot and battery takes a dive :confused:

Any recommendations welcome!
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Rocket Player You can tweak it to give it a minimalist look.
 
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Does anyone have real issues with TuneinRadio? It's practically unusable for me. It takes loads of attempts to start a stream (6 music, radio 2, kerrang), always gives me errors. I've tried changing buffer size (up and down), stream quality etc. It's just crap :confused:

EDIT: Running on my onePlus One.
 
I don't use it a lot (probably not for a few months now) but I've never had any problems with TuneIn Radio.

Duo seemed pretty good to me.

 
Guys,

Until recently, (Gmail) emails with ticket/event info used to be automatically added to my Google calendar, now they're not. Any ideas?

Thanks.
 
Tried Duo today with a friend so he could show me his new flat. We were using Facebook Messenger first but it kept dropping out; Duo's video quality is far, far better. Nice, simple little app.
 
benjo said:
I'd recommend Shuttle if you want something lightweight with material design.

Poweramp is great but I can't help but think it's a bit over the top if you just want a basic media player.
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Tried this after you suggested it and prefer it. Uses a bit less resources I think! :) plus its free!
 
When you see the new T&C's you can deselect sharing the information but I think it's only a partial exemption from what I have read.

Not a faceache user myself so I'm not sure how it will affect me. If I start getting watsapp adverts sent me me as messages then I'll be removing it I instantly.
 
Anyone getting occasional crashes using QuickPic (Neutered version) under Android N? Had a few lately since updating.

Edit: Trying out Piktures and it's pretty decent from the last time I used it!
 
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I know this has probably been asked and answered numerous times but that do people out there think is the best video player app on Android?

I've been using a combination of BS Player (free) and VLC but there are still inherent problems with audio codecs (AC3??) - I don't mind stumping up for a paid version as long as it does the job!

Ideally I'd like one that has network support so I can browse the internal memory, a connected USB drive and the NAS on my home network!

Thanks for any opinions.....
 
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