RealPlayer for Android officially comes out of Beta [Video]

by Macky Evangelista on
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The popular media player for music, videos and photos has now left its beta stages and is officially on version 1.0 (technically 0.0.1.0). The app supports up to 9 different languages and provides several features such as a great UI, widget functionality, an equalizer, lastFM scrobbling, metadata editing and is graphically optimized for high-resolution devices. Here’s a list of other features that you can expect from the free version and the in-app upgrade version:

RealPlayer Features – available with the free RealPlayer app

  • Music, videos and photos all in one place
  • Available in nine languages
  • Optimized graphics for high-res devices
  • Playlists
  • lastFM scrobbling
  • Voice commands for search
  • Control playback when phone is locked
  • Sharing on popular social media sites
  • Move application to SD card
  • Set your favorite song as a ringtone
  • Headphones controls
  • Auto bookmarking of videos
  • Home screen widgets to control media
  • Access any file format your device supports

Additional Features – available through an in-app upgrade

  • Graphic equalizer with ability to save custom settings
  • Metadata discovery using the Gracenote database
  • Manual metadata editing
  • Cross fading for a seamless music experience
  • RealAudio and RealVideo (rmvb) support
  • No advertisements

You can check out the video and a link to download the app after the break!

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Thanks to Customer Feedback, Update Brings Improvements to RealPlayer for Android

by Michael Murphy on
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RealPlayer for Android made its appearance mid-last-year, and RealNetworks has been soliciting feedback from users from day one, and have really been listening to your suggestions. Today they announced an updated version of their media player app, taking their updates largely from your input. The updated version brings the folllowing changes to the table:

  • A redesigned home screen
  • A widget allowing playback from the home screen
  • Enhanced graphics
  • A feature for videos and song removal
  • An improved way to select directories for music, videos and photos
  • Landscape mode for music playback
  • Music playback by directory folder
  • A quick way to hide video status bar
  • A selection for video aspect ratio
  • Removal of the roulette wheel
  • Support for music playlists playback

If you have downloaded the RealPlayer app, be sure you pick up the update. And if you’re looking for a good media player app, give RealPlayer a try. Either way, let us know what you think of it.

[via RealNetworksBlog]