Hardware Reference
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Listening to Music and Radio
There are many ways to listen to music and radio on Android phones and tablets. Of course,
Android integrates tightly with the music store on Google Play, but you can install apps that
let you listen to music that you've bought from Amazon and music that you store on the
device and listen to offline.
Music can be stored on your device so you can listen to it when you're not connected to
the Internet. If you have a large music collection and often listen in areas without Wi-Fi, I
suggest you buy a device with as much internal memory as you can, or that has an SD or
micro-SD slot for adding memory. Of course, if you have an LTE tablet or a phone, you can
listen online anywhere the device can connect to the cellular data network- but you will pay
for data used on your plan.
All of the music apps that I describe below let you sort through your music by album, artist,
and song, as well as create custom playlists. They also have an equalizer mode so you can
fine-tune music playback for types of music, listening devices such as earphones and speak-
ers, and your particular listening environment.
Controlling the Volume
Most Android devices have physical volume up and down buttons. These buttons work even
when the screen is locked or asleep. If the screen is awake, a volume slider appears and
shows the volume level. You can also tap or slide the slider to change the volume.
Google Play Music
Google's Google Play Music app comes installed on Android and lets you play music that is
stored on the device as well as music that you've bought from Google Play and is stored on
Google Drive.
If you have a music collection stored on a computer, you can easily add it to Google Drive so
that it's accessible from Google Play Music on all your devices, including Android phones
and on computers. To do this go to Google Play on your computer's web browser, then My
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