Android App Guide - Rdio Help Center

How do I download Rdio for Android?

From your Android device, visit www.rdio.com or tap this link to download the Rdio app from the Android Marketplace — it requires Android 1.6 or newer.

Can I manage my subscription from the Rdio for Android app?

Upgrade your Web-Only subscription by logging in to Rdio on your Android, going to Settings, and selecting “Upgrade your subscription.”

How do I manage music in my Collection?

Within the Android app, you can add or remove albums and songs from your Collection. Tap the Collection icon from the dashboard to access your Collection. To add or remove items from your Collection, synced music, or playlists, scroll through your Collection, and tap the icon to the right of the artist, album or song to expose the menu, and select the desired option.

What does Sync to Mobile mean?

Synced music is stored directly on your iOS device, and does not need a Wifi or data connection to play. Sync as much music as will fit in your mobile device’s storage, and it will remain on the device as long as you have an active Unlimited subscription.

How do I manage the music synced in my offline Collection?

To add or remove a Song, Album, or Playlist from your synced offline Collection, tap the icon to the right of the album, playlist or song title to expose the menu option. When music has been synced, an orange icon will replace the gray icon on the right side of the music.

How does music sync to the Android?

Music begins syncing when you launch the Rdio app, and it will run until fully synced or until you exit the app.

To edit the sync settings on your Anroid app, use the hardware menu button and select Settings. You can choose to sync automatically over Wifi Only, or both 3G or Wifi. If you’d rather disable automatic syncing completely, select Never—syncing will only occur when you manually tap the Sync button.

To manually start syncing (or view sync progress), use the hardware menu button and select Sync. Tap the button on the bottom of the screen to pause or resume syncing.

If the app is not syncing, and automatic syncing is enabled, this may mean you are playing music, not connected to a Wifi network, or have a low battery and need to charge your device. An icon will appear in the phone’s header when the phone is syncing.

How do I play music that isn’t already in my Collection?

Play music that is not in your Collection by browsing your network's Heavy Rotation (see below for more information on Heavy Rotation), or use the search feature by tapping the search icon in the upper right hand corner of your dashboard.

Type the desired artist name, song or album, and results will be automatically sorted by Artists, Albums, Songs, and Playlists. Scroll and tap the desired Artist, Album or Song to begin playing music. Use your Device’s hardware back button to navigate backwards through your results.

You can also listen to Artist Radio by tapping the Radio icon in the upper right corner of an Artist’s age. If you select an artist’s name from search, it will open the Artist’s page. Scroll down to browse Popular albums and Popular songs. If you want to see more music, tap More Albums or Songs.

Can I change my streaming preferences?

Rdio will automatically decrease streaming quality to avoid overload. To adjust this manually, go to Settings and select Enable High Quality Streams. You can select to stream in high quality Always (Wifi and 3G), over Wifi Only, or Never.

How do I switch between Online and Offline mode?

While offline, you can listen to the music you've synced on your phone. To manually switch between Online and Offline Mode, use the hardware menu button, select Settings, then “Go offline” or “Go online.”

What can I do with Playlists?

From the Playlists tab you can view and listen to your playlists and subscribed playlists, make them available offline or remove them from your offline Collection. Tap the Playlists tab and select a playlist. Tap the icon to the right of the playlist title to Sync to Mobile or Remove from Mobile.

You can also add tracks to your existing playlists — tap the icon to the right of the song title and select “Add to playlist.” You will then be able to choose which playlist you’d like to add it to from the Playlist menu, or choose to create a new playlist.

Can I access Rdio’s social features on the Android app?

Check out your network’s Heavy Rotation and Recent Activity, as well as see user profiles and your own listening history.

See what your network has been listening to by tapping Heavy Rotation. You can change the Heavy Rotation filter to see what music is most played by you, your network, or everyone on Rdio. Tap any album cover to view the album and start listening.

Select Activity to see a timely feed of your network’s activity—you’ll see updates when people you follow add music to their collection, create or update Playlists, and more. Tap on someone’s name to view their profile.

History shows a record of what you’ve been listening to on Rdio. You can see everything from This Week, Last Week, or Two Weeks Ago.

Can I see what’s new and popular on Rdio in the Android app?

Keep tabs on New Releases, Top Charts, and check out Recommendations based on your listening history.

See what’s trending on Rdio — view the most popular Albums, Songs, and Playlists.

Check out Recommended music based on your listening history. Discover new music and re-discover old favorites.

Can I use shuffle and repeat?

The shuffle and repeat controls are located on the now playing screen. You can switch between Album Art and List view on the Now Playing screen by tapping the icon on the bottom left corner. You can also hide the Now Playing screen entirely by tapping the icon on the bottom right corner.