Echo Music

A modern Android music app with ad-free streaming, synced lyrics, offline playback, and an intuitive user experience.

Overview

Echo Music delivers a seamless, premium listening experience by leveraging YouTube Music's vast library — without the ads. It adds powerful extras including offline downloads, real-time synchronized lyrics, and environment-aware music recognition.

Overview
Screenshots
Features
Installation & Setup
- Android Installation
- Building from Source
Translations
Community & Support
Support the Project
- Cryptocurrency
Special Thanks
Star History

Screenshots

Home Screen	Music Player	Synchronized Lyrics
Search & Explore	Music Library	Echo Find (Recognition)

Features

What's New

Redesigned UI — Cleaner, faster, and more intuitive interface from the ground up.
Import from Spotify — Bring your playlists and tracks over with ease.
Listen Together — Sync music in real time, similar to Spotify Jam.
Podcast Support — Listen to podcasts alongside your music library.
Local Media Support — Play music files stored directly on your device.
Dynamic Island Support — Enhanced playback notifications on supported Android devices.

Streaming & Playback

Ad-Free — Stream without any interruptions.
Seamless Playback — Switch effortlessly between audio-only and video modes.
Background Playback — Listen while using other apps or with the screen off.
Offline Mode — Download tracks, albums, and playlists via a dedicated download manager.
Crossfade — Smooth transitions between tracks.
Canvas Animations — Visual animations while playing music.

Discovery & Echo Find

Echo Find — Identify songs playing around you using advanced audio recognition.
Echo Brain — An intelligent, on-device engine that analyzes your listening momentum and auto-injects perfectly aligned tracks into your queue. Read more in the Echo Brain Documentation.
Smart Recommendations — Personalized suggestions based on your listening history.
Comprehensive Browsing — Explore Charts, Podcasts, Moods, and Genres.

Lyrics

Multiple Lyric Animations — Choose from various lyric display styles.
Word-by-Word Lyrics — Precise per-word synchronization.
Lyrics+ — New lyrics provider for improved accuracy and coverage.
AI Translation — Built-in Google Translate integration for lyrics in any language.

Integrations

Music Sharing via Odesli — Share songs as Song.link for cross-platform listening.
Set as Ringtone — Directly set any song as your device ringtone.

Smart Playback

Pause on Mute — Auto-pause when your device is muted.
Resume on Bluetooth — Playback resumes when headphones or earbuds reconnect.

Customization

UI Density Scale — Adjust interface spacing to your preference.
High Refresh Rate Support — Smoother UI and animations on supported displays.
Hide Player Thumbnail — Keep the player minimal without album art.
Crop Album Art — Adjust album art display to fit your style.
Hide Video Songs — Filter out video content from your feed.
Hide YouTube Shorts — Keep Shorts out of your music browsing.

Installation & Setup

Android Installation

Download the latest pre-compiled APK from the Releases Page.

Building from Source

Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/iad1tya/Echo-Music.git
cd Echo-Music

Configure Android SDK Create a local.properties file:
```
echo "sdk.dir=/path/to/your/android/sdk" > local.properties
```
(For detailed paths on Windows/macOS/Linux, refer to SETUP.md)
Firebase Configuration (Optional) Firebase is required for analytics and crash reporting. See the instructions in SETUP.md for adding your google-services.json.
Build the Application Echo Music has two build variants: FOSS (without Google Play Services / Cast) and GMS (with Cast support).

To build the FOSS Universal Debug variant:
```
./gradlew assembleUniversalFossDebug
```
To build the GMS Universal Debug variant:
```
./gradlew assembleUniversalGmsDebug
```
(For optimized ARM64 builds, release builds, or other options, refer to SETUP.md)

Translations

We use Weblate to translate Echo Music. Help us bring Echo Music to more people!

Community & Support

Join the community for updates, discussions, and help.

Support the Project

If Echo Music has been useful to you, consider supporting its development.

Cryptocurrency

Network	Address
Bitcoin	`bc1qcvyr7eekha8uytmffcvgzf4h7xy7shqzke35fy`
Ethereum	`0x51bc91022E2dCef9974D5db2A0e22d57B360e700`
Solana	`9wjca3EQnEiqzqgy7N5iqS1JGXJiknMQv6zHgL96t94S`

Special Thanks

Echo Music stands on the shoulders of several excellent open-source projects. Sincere thanks to:

Project	Description
Metrolist & Vivi Music	Foundational inspiration and architecture reference
ArchiveTune	Material You UI inspiration
Better Lyrics	Lyrics enhancement and synchronization
SimpMusic	Lyrics implementation reference
Music Recognizer	Audio recognition (Echo Find)
Flow	AI queue generation engine (Echo Brain)
zemer-cipher	YouTube cipher deobfuscation and PoToken generation

Star History

Licensed under GPL-3.0