My favorite part about Lantern Music is its simplicity. As you all probably know by now, i'm a huge fan of material design. In my search for a good music player with material design, I came upon Lantern. Yes, I could have just used Google Play Music. But the difference between the two, is that Lantern just lets me get to the music I want right away. Play Music on the other hand, makes me have to look for it. While this may not be a feature of Lantern itself, it certainly acts like one to me.
Of course Lantern does have some features itself. The app allows you to set its built-in gestures to do different things
for example, dragging out the play/pause ball is set on my app to bring up the now-playing screen
In addition to the above gestures, Lantern also includes a simple theme picker, and support for Chromecast. Choosing your theme is as simple as swiping
and looking for a color combination that suits you. Chromecast support also works pretty simply, and all you really need to do is get out your Chromecast, enable it in settings, and stream!
Like I said before, Lantern is not for the people that listen to podcasts, hate material design, or like having an extremely fully-featured music player. But for anyone that wants an no-nonsense music player with good design, Lantern is for you.
Pros:
- Good Design
- Simple Features
- Music is first
Cons:
- Not for those that want lots of features
Download Lantern Here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aniruddhc.music&hl=en
Tried out Lantern for yourself? Let me know what you think about it on Twitter @masala_tech, and remember to always keep things spicy!
By Sahen Rai
