You might be aware of the group play feature of Samsung galaxy s4. It lets you share music play in real time with your nearby friends to play music on all devices and convert the connected devices into a single huge virtual stereo system. Group play supports a maximum of eight devices to share music play in real time but it is only supported on the Samsung galaxy smart phones (Particularly Galaxy S4) which run on android 4.2 or above. The initiative taken by samsung is brilliant but there is a limitation that if you own samsung galaxy s4 then also you need to have atleast one more samsung galaxy s4 to act as a portable speaker. Therefore it is rare to enjoy this functionality completely in practical life, but what if there are similar apps which can be run on any android device to enjoy the personal disco without disturbing your neighbours ? So here are the top three group play alternatives which you can use even on your non-samsung android smart phone and enjoy the virtual home theater system with your friends. 1) Music Pool
Music pool works similar to the Samsung-Group play. It can play music wirelessly on the android devices over wifi connection. You may feel the app has a ugly layout but never judge a book from its cover page.The devices which have the app can act as a community loudspeaker when the music is played together. It is your personal music player as well as a portable speaker. It is the first app of its type. If your friends are also having the app in their device then one device will act as a music player while others as portable speakers. Is in’t it cool ? But the app is yet in a beta version so it may create glitches in some devices and also there is no way to control the music playback.
How to use Music Pool ?
Step 1: Install Music pool from the play store on all of your
devices. It is available for free in the play store.
Step 2:Give it a nickname of your
choice, so that the name will be broadcasted on the other online devices.
Step 3:Tap the play button on the home screen, it will list you the
available songs in your device to play. Just mark the songs you want to play
and hit the play button.
Step 4:As soon as you tap the play button the songs will get synchronized automatically to an online server.
Now open the music pool app on the other devices and tap
listen button.
2) Sound Seeder
Sound seeder lets you listen to your favorite music and synchronize your music play on the other devices by using a wifi connection on the go. The complete functionality of this app comes in the two distinct apps which you and your friends can download from the play store. Install the sound seeder music player from the play store on one device running on android 4.1 or above and sound seeder speaker on the other devices (android 2.2 froyo or above), on which you want to share your music play and online radio streaming. It also lets you control play back and volume remotely. It has a google play music support. Premium version of sound seeder supports upto 16 portable speakers to synchronise and create a private disco while in the free version, you can connect up to two speakers for 15 minutes as often you want to. In the free version you will also notice the banner ads. If you want to use full functionality ,you can upgrade to premium by the in-app purchase.
3) Chorus
Chorus brings the samsung group play functionality to any android device running on android 2.3(Gingerbread) or above. This app is available for free in play store. The app has a good user interface but as it is currently in beta version so it may create some problems while synchronizing.
How To Use Chorus ?
Step 1: Install chorus on all of your android devices running on android 2.3 or above.
Step 2: Create a new
username of your choice and tap the "Host" blue button, it will ask
you to create a hotspot or connect using an available wifi connection.
Step 3: Add songs to the playlist and tap the check mark on the top right corner to play.
Step 4: Scroll
music player screen from right to get your 'chorus id'.
Step 5: Now open chorus
on the other device within the wifi or hotspot range and tap 'Join' and
enter the chorus id of the other device to get sync.
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