Load music onto your phone - how it works
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If you use your smartphone as a music player, you have several options for loading the music onto the cell phone. We show you the easiest ways.
Download music from your computer to your cell phone
The transfer of your music from the computer to the cell phone depends in many cases on which provider you use. Below is an overview for iPhones and Androids.
- At Samsung it is best to use the in-house tool "Kies" for the synchronization of your music.
- If you want to transfer your music from the old smartphone to the new one, there is the "Samsung Smart Switch" app, with which you can transfer the data - including music - to your Samsung device.
- On Apple devices, you have the option of using iTunes to transfer music to iPhone.
- The "AirDroid" app is recommended for Huawei devices or other Android smartphones. With this you can wirelessly transfer data from the PC to the smartphone. You can download the program free of charge for both Windows and Mac. The computer and cell phone must be in the same WLAN network.
- You can also use some multimedia players, such as Windows Media Player, to synchronize the music between your PC and smartphone. For this purpose, the device should be recognized as a "portable media player".
Transfer music via Windows Explorer
If you only want to play a few songs on your smartphone, Windows Explorer or other file managers can do this faster.
- Connect the mobile phone to which you want to load music to the computer using a USB cable.
- The smartphone is usually recognized as a portable media player or removable storage device and can be accessed via the Explorer workstation. You can open it, for example, by pressing Windows key + E.
- Navigate to the "Media" or "Music" folder and copy the music you want from your computer to your smartphone.
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