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One thing Google needs to improve - Podcast integration

I love ICS, especially for the small things like the Google Music controls on the lock screen (even the secure lock screens). but, it makes their podcast app Listen look even more dated than it already was.
i know there are quality third part podcasting apps, but you guys think Google will touch this soon? Will they add features like speed control, drag-able organization, and quick controls on the lock screen? Or will they finally integrate podcasts into Google Music?
Anyone have any insight?

As far as I can tell, Listen is dead. A good replacement which I use is Pocket Casts. It's well worth the low price.

BeyondPod has my vote for best podcast Manager.
I just have it use my Google Reader feeds to transition from Listen.

MrTek said:
BeyondPod has my vote for best podcast Manager.
I just have it use my Google Reader feeds to transition from Listen.
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Beyond Pod is what I use as well. Not a real polished app but definitely gets the job done. Easy to setup and can automatically download new podcasts and delte old ones from storage.
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What makes BeyondPod so much nicer than Listen? I mean i'm open to paying for a great app and such, but Listen has yet to demonstrate any huge flaws that I've felt the need to replace it.
Very curious what has made others dump Listen/pay for a replacement.

i love listen but since labs has been shut down so is further development of listen. i still use it though. im just very used to it.

Just use Pocket Casts best app on the market for podcasts and they have just amazing support team,,,, amazing support team... I can't say it enough.

I do a lot of podcasts and have tried them all, the one that works great for me is dogcather
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I agree, Dogcatcher is awesome.

AdamUpNorth said:
I agree, Dogcatcher is awesome.
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Its 'doggcatcher'
Yeah my favourite too. If anyone has tried windows phone 7 you'll know what good podcast integration is.
I think it needs to be integrated into Google music. Maybe their working on it.
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+1 for DoggCatcher
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another vote for doggcatcher.

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+1 for DoggCatcher
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I love it too. I just wish I didn't have to keep it alive when running on Bluetooth to make it pause on disconnect.
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gadzooks64 said:
I love it too. I just wish I didn't have to keep it alive when running on Bluetooth to make it pause on disconnect.
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I heart Doggcatcher too.
BTW, mine pauses when I disconnect my bluetooth.

+1 for beyondpod
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kindiboy said:
Just use Pocket Casts best app on the market for podcasts and they have just amazing support team,,,, amazing support team... I can't say it enough.
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I got it for free via Amazon's App Store promotion. However I feel bad for getting it for free now. Apparently, Amazon asked them if they wanted to be a part of the Free promotion; Amazon gave them a bunch of numbers about why this would be good for pocket casts, how it would increase sales overall, yadda yadda yadda. Well after the promotion, they obviously had a TON of new users (all of whom did not pay nor did Amazon pay PocketCasts), but they really did not make any money and instead had to find ways to support all these new users. With that said, I probably never would have downloaded (and tried) the App, so while I didn't specifically give them money, I recommend it all the time and encourage users to buy it. I'm super upset that Google cancelled updates/support for Listen but I can at least hope that 3rd party developers such as pocket casts can cash-in.

gadzooks64 said:
I love it too. I just wish I didn't have to keep it alive when running on Bluetooth to make it pause on disconnect.
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Try, preferences, headset, pause audio.
This might be what your after.
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So sad that Google doesn't support Listen anymore.
I've tried almost every similar app but I always go back to Listen for one reason: no other app lists podcasts by date/time added.
I hate the way some apps place the number of unlistened items next to the podcast's name, forcing you to check every item individually. I just want a single, chronological list.

qman66 said:
i love listen but since labs has been shut down so is further development of listen. i still use it though. im just very used to it.
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Listen was abandoned long before Labs was axed. The affiliated Google Groups page was forsaken by the developers 12+ months ago.
This is especially curious since Google Analytics must show how widely used it is.

Poweramp Market Sale

Just saw that poweramp is on sale in the market for $1.99. It's normally $4.99. It's a great app to play music for those that don't have it. There's also a trial version available if you're still unsure about it. Gets my approval though :thumbup:
Poweramp
Poweramp Trial

Wish it could access my Google Music tunes....
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dutchman71 said:
Wish it could access my Google Music tunes....
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I use cloud music sniper to do that
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Good looking out, been meaning to buy this for a couple days ... this makes it even better

Sale over.

Awesome app, runs with drm frozen or even uninstalled, saves a good amount of battery. I swear by it!
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this was one of the better usic players that I found awhile back. But sadly when I got into Google Music Beta it just no longer was worth it anymore. If the music players could add the option to use Google Music I would most likely start to use some of them again (I hate having to keep music on my phone at all times to just use the music player)

cidica said:
this was one of the better usic players that I found awhile back. But sadly when I got into Google Music Beta it just no longer was worth it anymore. If the music players could add the option to use Google Music I would most likely start to use some of them again (I hate having to keep music on my phone at all times to just use the music player)
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I agree. Im solely using Google Music now, so I opted to not buy PowerAmp, even though I love it. Useless since I dont like storing music on my phone. My entire 50gb music library is on Google Music. If only it could play my Google music somehow, then that would be beast!!!

Is it still on sale? I already own it so I can't see the price. Want to give a heads up to a friend if it still is
Transmission sent from a Galaxy S II, AOKP style.

As of yesterday it was only on sale via a direct order link on their site. The Market went back to $4.99 yesterday.

I just checked and its $4.99, I missed out....
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Yup I forgot
I read this post when it was first posted then fell asleep then forgot AkA no 1.99 for me.

Music Player app

What are like the best music player in your opinion?
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well like, I use google music and stuff.
like, what have you tried? I only play music from pandora and google music so I may be of no help.

krook250 said:
well like, I use google music and stuff.
like, what have you tried? I only play music from pandora and google music so I may be of no help.
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HAHAHAHA

meatwadathf said:
HAHAHAHA
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Google music has been fine for me.

meatwadathf said:
HAHAHAHA
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Its come a long way since Froyo and having it all in the cloud is awesome...

EpicFlair said:
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Its come a long way since Froyo and having it all in the cloud is awesome...
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No I meant LIKE yea. Never like used it but like just trying it now and like its pretty sweet.

Poweramp is amazing. Though, I use Google Music now since all my music is synced there.

Gone mad music player for its customization and easy playlists.
Pandora for streaming.
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Tried just about everything free and paid and have settled on PlayerPro......love it!
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dw3bb10 said:
Poweramp is amazing. Though, I use Google Music now since all my music is synced there.
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+1 for poweramp

Apollo or Google Play Music

Which one do you like better?
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warriors5 said:
Which one do you like better?
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Honestly I think they both suck but if I had to choose between those two it would be Apollo. Google music caches random things I never asked it to and doesn't cache what I want it to. I use doubletwist.

BOTH
At the same time!!!!!!!!

warriors5 said:
Which one do you like better?
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I think PlayerPro is the best music app, I even payed for it. Pure White theme is amazing

I prefer Apollo, but I have both just in case I want to play music from the cloud.
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astonat said:
I think PlayerPro is the best music app, I even payed for it. Pure White theme is amazing
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That's not what was asked... apollo or google play or gtfo... I don't like either, but apollo sucks way less than google play music.....

Google play music, just because of the cloud (only on wifi, not 3g) and the default settings are perfect for car audio. I've played with the Apollo just couldn't find anything that makes it stand out from the abundance of music players on the market.
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flastnoles11 said:
That's not what was asked... apollo or google play or gtfo... I don't like either, but apollo sucks way less than google play music.....
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Apollo is garbage, I was just giving another suggestion because they are obviously not the only music apps. Gtfo? Ok

I use Apollo with the Black theme. I can't say I love it, but it plays music and has the "Hold volume UP to skip" feature... which is really all I need (I use Shuffle All while jogging and it's nice being able to skip a song I dont want to hear without needing to even look at my phone). Last time I checked the Volume UP skip didn't work with Play Music.
I do wish Apollo would get an update with more features, neater UI, and do better with album art.

astonat said:
Apollo is garbage, I was just giving another suggestion because they are obviously not the only music apps. Gtfo? Ok
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And that would make sense if he asked for music players other than google now and apollo.... but he didn't so ur point is invalid....

flastnoles11 said:
And that would make sense if he asked for music players other than google now and apollo.... but he didn't so ur point is invalid....
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Ok fine

I use Apollo, not because I like it but because I don't feel like downloading any other player.
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I prefer neither. I use rocket player. Organizes music and podcasts better than anything I've used so far.
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As long a Google music keeps the cloud service, it can't suck. Besides being able to customize the equalizer, organize music, and how it looks what more could you want out of the millions of music apps?
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They both suck. Poweramp is the best music player. Period.
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Breezy357 said:
As long a Google music keeps the cloud service, it can't suck. Besides being able to customize the equalizer, organize music, and how it looks what more could you want out of the millions of music apps?
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I used the Amazon mp3 could app, and but since they limited it to 250 songs I think I'll switch to Google music.
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Breezy357 said:
As long a Google music keeps the cloud service, it can't suck. Besides being able to customize the equalizer, organize music, and how it looks what more could you want out of the millions of music apps?
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If it's only used for cloud then it's ok. I live out west so when I leave urban areas service its spotty so I have to have music on the phone as well. Google music doesn't cache what I tell it to. It just caches random things so because of that I say it sucks.
Power amp could be good. It has a lot of features but the interface sucks.

you save music for offline mode before you leave the house. Google Music because of the free cloud service.

InfDaMarvel said:
you save music for offline mode before you leave the house. Google Music because of the free cloud service.
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Of course. But it doesn't save what I tell it to. It saves random songs.

astonat said:
I think PlayerPro is the best music app, I even payed for it. Pure White theme is amazing
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I also believe PlayerPro is the best music player on Android.

Best Music Player?

Hi I really like the music player that android comes up with but I kind of want something new do you guys have any thoughts on good music players?
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PowerAMP gets recommended a lot...

I quite like Cubed, has a very fancy interface.
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dude52 said:
Hi I really like the music player that android comes up with but I kind of want something new do you guys have any thoughts on good music players?
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+1 for PowerAMP

I would have to say PowerAMP.
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XenoAmp, each day better - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1822492

Winamp? Haven't tried it on the android side but used it all the time on my pc.
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Apollo
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I really like the default samsung player. Its got the flawless notification/lockscreen integration and it recognizes all my music correctly. There's maybe two or three features that I look for in a player that this one has all I need. My only problem is that it chugs when I scroll through my music quickly (25gb of songs on a class 4 card will do that though, sadly). I've tried a whole bunch with fancy interfaces, but they always give me a reason to go back. For example, I tried xenoamp after the reccomendation above and I was really excited for it, seemed like it had a cool interface. But no shuffle all? And after I got past that, the rest of it felt like an alpha with a lot of features (like editting tags so I could fix all of the songs that it randomly didn't recognize) simply not working.

Tyfighter said:
I really like the default samsung player. Its got the flawless notification/lockscreen integration and it recognizes all my music correctly. There's maybe two or three features that I look for in a player that this one has all I need.
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I really like the stock music player, but it's constantly losing my position in tracks when I pause... I listen to a lot of audiobooks, and if I pause mid-track, if I come back an hour or two later it's lost the position, starting the track over. If I wait more than an hour or two, it often forgets what book I'm even on, and will just show my library.
This is with absolute minimal use between, checking gmail once or twice and a text or two.

I use either Cloudskipper or Doubletwist, take your pick

I have used Mixzing for the past two years.