How to Stream Music From the Cloud on Your Android

Google Play store is full of so many apps, yet when the search is for one such app that allows direct streaming of music from the Cloud on your Android device, it is difficult to get a good option. This doesn’t mean that such an app is not available but yet it demands a thorough search to get the right app. But such an app is indeed one of must have apps for your Android phone, after all what would be better if you can directly stream songs from your cloud music library.

Cloud is one of the best locations to store your massive collection of music online. Of course, there are many good paid options like Spotify to stream music directly from the cloud but it only covers the basic. However, there are some newly launched good apps available on Google Play store that will let you stream your cloud music library and try out some really interesting features.

Beat - Cloud & Music Player, CloudAmpz, and CloudAround are such four Google apps that will let you direct streaming of Cloud music library.

Beat - Cloud & Music Player

Beat is an amazing app, which is famous among users for its attractive user interface (UI), which has many interesting functions and features. The most important to mention here is the lock screen controls. This is a very rare feature which is yet not available in other Cloud music players.

The ‘Beat’ music player is a completely user-friendly app as it can be fully customized because of the availability of features like floating controls, versatile cloud storage, and simple folder directories. All these are very rare features and are not available in other conventional music players.

Beat supports seamless integration of multiple cloud storages like Google Drive or DropBox. It is a right choice if you are looking for a no-frills audio player for your Android device. This app lets you pull together all you music files irrespective of in which cloud storage you have stored them.

Features:

• Equalizer presets
• Album art, theme, font and many other customizations
• Search function
• Option to turn off the ads even in the free version
• Facility to search the collection by categories like albums, artists and playlists

CloudAmpz

CloudAmpz is another amazing cloud storage music player that allows you to connect to the cloud for streaming music directly. This app is preferable for its simple interface. However, the interface only has the core functions, so while users looking for just the simple streaming will like the app but those users who wish to explore high-end features might find the interface less attractive.

CloudAmpz is devoid of many high-end features present in Beat - cloud and music player, such as lock screen controls. But for users looking for a reliable cloud player with basic functionalities, CloudAmpz is the right app. If you want completely add free app, then there is a paid version for you.

Using this app, you can directly stream music from Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox and Box accounts to your mobile device. The app is also good for storing your complete music library in one central location.

Features:

• Audio Formats Supported: MP3, FLAC and OGG
• Chromecast Support
• MusicBrainz and AWS powered album art
• Playlist Support: Supports the M3U playlist format
• Multiple Accounts support
• ChartLyrics powered lyrics feed

CloudAround

CloudAround is more or less an app quite similar to CloudAmpz but it has better arsenal of options. After downloading CloudAround, you can directly start streaming your music library. CloudAround music player provides an interface that allows you to combine all types of music at one place. Having this app in your Android device is a way better choice than using iCloud and iTunes for Android because the interface lets you control your music in an amazing way. CloudAround also lets you access your music files stored in different cloud storages. You can simply add the log-in details of other cloud storages to your CloudAround account and you will be able to access everything quite promptly.

Features:

• No account setup required
• Caching for instant playback
• Downloading is feasible straight from the cloud to your phone
• Full album art/cover support
• Last.FM Scrobbling
• Automatic song recognition
• Hiding facility of songs, albums, or artists
• Renaming the songs, albums, or artists
• Gapless playback
• Seamless integration of multiple clouds
• Streams MP3's or M4A's
• Full SSL support to protect and ensure secure data transfer

It is available in both a free version as well as a paid version. The paid version comes with the added facility. Here you don’t have to bother about the interrupting ads and also you can create more than one account. However, even CloudAround lacks the lock screen controls of Beat. Even the paid version doesn’t have it.

Aforementioned are three Android Cloud Music streaming apps that let you stream the music stored at your various cloud storages. If you are already using any cloud storage, then apps like Beat, CloudAround let you integrate your current cloud storage within the app and then you can access all your tunes. If you are already not using any cloud storage, then these apps can be used as cloud storages to store your music and then you can directly stream your music files. In this way you will always have access to your huge collection of music and at the same time you can be sure about the backing and syncing of your music files.

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