A lot of flagship phones and budget phones these days come with limited internal storage and there’s no way to expand it. I definitely face this problem with my Moto G. Sure, 16GB is still good but when you have a few apps, games, and ROM backups, that 16GB fills up quickly.
My music collection spans over 10 GB but I can’t have it all on my phone. I really want to but I can’t. If you’re like me who has a large music collection but limited storage on Android, try streaming music from the cloud. Google Drive gives you 15GB of free storage, and Dropbox regularly has promotions for free storage (I have up to 80GB right now, all free). It’s a free cloud storage space where you can save your music and then stream songs as needed.
Alternative: If you want to stream songs from something like Spotify instead of your personal music collection, check out our guide to Spotify features and how to get free music online in any country in the world (video embedded below).
Streaming for you all night
You can do it the old fashioned way and just download or play songs one by one from the Dropbox app but that’s not the best way.
So instead, download an app called Beat (it’s free). It allows you to sign in to cloud-based storage accounts like Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, and OneDrive. Once logged in, you can browse the entire file system or find specific music. Music scanning didn’t work for me so I just went to my site Music folder in Dropbox.
Once you’ve found your jam, tap it and the app will start downloading. After a few seconds, when the buffer is full, it will start playing. The rest of the songs in the folder will be added to the queue. You can also create playlists.
To get to know you better
This app doesn’t have many features. It has a pair of sliders in the sidebar. The one on the left shows connected cloud storage services and their cached content. You can add multiple accounts from here. The right sidebar contains settings and features options.
From here, you can limit the cache to songs that are available for offline use. There is also a floating player that you can access no matter where you are. The notification controls are enough for me.
If I ever caused you trouble
To its credit, the Beat plays music pretty well. Depending on your internet connection it may take a few milliseconds to a few seconds to start but once the playback has started and you’ve got a queue/playlist everything should go smoothly.
The trouble with Beat is with the user interface that tries to look like the Google Play Music app but fails miserably. The app says there’s a way to play music offline, but there’s no obvious button to bookmark songs for offline use, just a buffer that you don’t seem to have control over. This app will also play songs stored in your local library but I advise against that.
I never meant to harm you
Beat has its quirks, but if you’re looking for a free, easy-to-use cloud music streaming app for Android, this is the best option for you.
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