Poweramp Music Player is an application categorized under “Music & Audio” in the Google play store. This application is developed by Max MP and has content applicable to Everyone. Poweramp Music Player is compatible with android version 5.0 and above and was recently updated on 3 Nov 2022. The current version and the size of the app vary with the device in use. It is available in Google Play and it has no in-app purchases which make it completely free to use. This application has been installed more than 50,000,000 times and was reviewed by more than 13,65,000 users giving it a 4.4 rating in the Google play store.
The ability to play music is one of the key features of mobile phones since their inception in the early 2000s. A smartphone without the ability to play music is not really a smartphone. It is a feature that is essential and always expected in every smartphone that is released. A lot of times smartphones don’t give much emphasis on creating a visually appealing and easy-to-use music player on their devices. This is often overlooked and ignored. The end result may be some unpleasant glitchy music player with minimal features.
Poweramp is a robust music player for Android. This is an app that has literally almost all the features that you could want in a modern-day music app. With extreme editing and personalization capabilities, users can delve deep into setting the right sound for their tracks. Some of the many features of the app include a new Audio engine:
• support for hi-res output (where supported by the device), new DSP, including updated Equalizer/Tone/Stereo expansion, and the new Reverb/Tempo effects, internal 64bit processing, new configurable per-output Options, new configurable Resampler, Dither options, opus, tak, mka, dsd dsf/dff formats support, gapless smoothing, 30/50/100 volume levels (Settings/Audio/Advanced Tweaks) new UI: visualizations (supporting .milk presets and spectrum), new “wave” seekbar, can be also static via Skin options, Light and Dark skins included, both with Pro Buttons and Static Seekbar options, new notifications, new menus, panels, popups, dialogs, etc. as previously, 3rd party skins are available (v2 skins are not compatible)
Key Features:
– plays mp3, mp4/m4a (incl. alac), ogg, wma, flac, wav, ape, wv, tta, mpc, aiff; V3 also plays opus, dsd (dff/dsf), mka, tak, flv (audio)
– 10 bands optimized graphical equalizer for all supported formats, presets, custom presets
– separate powerful Bass and Treble adjustment
– stereo eXpansion, mono mixing, balance, tempo control, reverb, system MusicFX (where supported by the device)
– Android Auto
– Google Assistant support
– Chromecast support
– m3u/pls HTTP streams
– unique Direct Volume Control (DVC) for extended dynamic range and really deep bass
– crossfade
– gapless
– replay gain
– plays songs from folders and from own library
– dynamic queue
– lyrics support, including lyrics search via the plugin
– embed and standalone .cue files support
– support for m3u, m3u8, pls, wpl playlists, playlist importing and exporting
– downloads missing album art
– artist images downloading
– custom visual themes, lot of skins available on Play
– widgets with many selectable styles, advanced customizations
– lock screen options
– Milkdrop-compatible visualization support (and 3rd party downloadable visualizations)
– headset support, automatic Resume on headset and/or BT connection
– scrobbling
– tag editor
– audio info with detailed audio processing information
– ultra-fast library scan
– high level of customization via settings
Focusing on the new Audio engine, UI, and navigation poweramp v3 are the major update.