Rdio posts Android beta app with new sidebar UI, unified playback and remote control

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Rdio has spent a large part of 2012 [revamping its mobile app](http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/20/rdio-android-app-updated-with-playlist-and-search-improvements/), and a new beta shows that it's still full of ideas with two months left to go. The 2.3 test version makes the [ubiquitous hidden sidebar](http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/10/google-mobile-web-revamp-brings-hidden-sidebar/) even more unavoidable than we've seen before, but those not irked by UI homogeneity will be happy to see Rdio gain some multi-device harmony: along with syncing whatever's being played from desktop to mobile and back, the beta introduces a remote control that lets Android gear either serve as the remote or as a target for other devices. A play-later queue persists across devices, too. Although we haven't been given a timeframe for the finished version pushing out through Google Play, there's nothing stopping avid subscribers from taking a slight risk with the beta and getting a taste of their musical future.

Filed under: [Cellphones](http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/), [Portable Audio/Video](http://www.engadget.com/category/portable-audio-video/), [Mobile](http://www.engadget.com/category/mobile/)

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