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What are people usong as thei music player app nowadays? (lemmy.world)
submitted 22 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ml
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I have been using Lollypop on my phone for about 2 years now. I have tried a few other apps but nothing worked quite as well for me as Lollypop.

That said, I still have a lot of gripes with Lollypop. Rather than complain about it, though, I'd rather hear about something new.

The last time I went looking for a new app was in 2023. Is there anything new in 2025 worth checking out?

My wants:

  • Large-ish local library (350gb) and I want it to load/scroll through fast. Lollypop is quite slow here.
  • I really prefer the UI to list artists, open one, then list albums, open one, then list songs. Too many apps list all your albums, or all your individual songs, and I hate this.

Edit: I guess I need to specify, I am looking for Linux-native apps. A few of the suggestions so far have been Android, and I am not seeking to run anything in Waydroid for this.

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[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Old reliable VLC for all media.

[–] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

This, I would trust to be fast, at least. How is it on mobile, though?

[–] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Perfect. I use VLC installed via Fdroid as my primary Android music player. The only thing I could never get to work was displaying Album art, but I stopped caring enough to fiddle with it for such a trivial thing long ago.

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 hours ago

Album art shows up for me no problem on VLC