Galaxy S II: The Missing Manual

Creating Playlists

WHEN YOU TRANSFER MUSIC from your PC or Mac to your Galaxy S II using Windows Media Player, you also transfer over your playlists. But you’re not dependent on that to create playlists—you can also create and edit them from your Galaxy S II.

The easiest way to do this is to tap the Menu key when you’re playing a song, and then select “Add to playlist.” A new screen appears. To add the song to your current playlist or an existing playlist, tap the playlist to which you want to add it. To create a new playlist and add this song to it, tap Create playlist, type a name for the playlist, and then tap Save. The playlist is created with the song, album, or all of the artist’s songs on it. The playlist then appears in the Playlist area.

Even if you haven’t imported or created any playlists, the Galaxy S II creates several automatically for you—”Recently added,” “Most played,” and “Recently played,” as well as the “Quick List.”

To edit a playlist, when you’re in the list, hold your finger on a song. A menu appears that lets you remove the song from the playlist (it still stays in the Music app, but is removed from the playlist), share the song, or add it to another playlist.

Note

You can also play music by using your Galaxy S II as an FM radio, or by using an app that streams music wirelessly to your Galaxy S II. To use your Galaxy S II as an FM radio, head to the Android Market and download any one of many apps. There are also many apps that play streaming music to your Galaxy S II, but everyone seems to love Pandora. Find it by searching for Pandora in the Market. If you already have a Pandora account that you use to play music from the Web, all your stations will already be set up when you use the Galaxy S II’s Pandora app.