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Apollo music player finally detaches from CyanogenMod, lands in the Play Store for everybody

By Daniel Petrov

Published: Nov 20, 2012, 2:07 AM

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Apollo music player finally detaches from CyanogenMod, lands in the Play Store for everybody

Those of you who are running one of those sweet CyanogenMod ROMs are no doubt aware of its excellent music player, Apollo.

Now the feature-laden app has been extracted from the safety CM nest, and pushed onto the Play Store for every Android handset to enjoy.

The reason this is exciting is not the eye candy, there are more startling music player visuals out there, but the sheer impressiveness of the feature list.

Apollo includes:

Pinning album, artist, genre, and playlist shortcuts to your Home screen
Customizable themes and layouts
Lyric support
Mark songs as favorites
Notification playback controls (Honeycomb+)
Text and voice search
Swipe between screens
Automatic album and artist image fetching
Headset controls
Set songs as ringtones
Lockscreen widgets (Jellybean 4.2+)
Share currently playing music on Twitter, Facebook, and others
4 widgets
Gapless playback
Plays most music formats (MP3, AAC, FLAC, etc.)
Drag & drop playlists and queue
Lockscreen controls (Ice Cream Sandwich+)
Local music management (edit, delete, etc.)

What the future will bring to Apollo is promised tablet-tailored interface, Last.fm scrobbling, concert info, sleep timer and widgets that can be customized at your wish. Knowing the productivity of the CyanogenMod crew, new features should be added pretty quickly. Check it out from the source link below, and if you are annoyed by the ads, there is a $0.99 paid version that removes them.

source: Apollo (Play Store)

$90

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Daniel, a devoted tech writer at PhoneArena from 2010 to 2025, has been engrossed in mobile technology since the Windows Mobile era. His expertise spans mobile hardware, software, and carrier networks, and he's keenly interested in the future of digital health, car connectivity, and 5G. Beyond his professional pursuits, Daniel finds balance in travel, reading, and exploring new tech innovations, while contemplating the ethical and privacy implications of our digital future.