MusicBee Remote
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v1.6.1 by Konstantinos Paparas
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About MusicBee Remote
MusicBee Remote (Package Name: com.kelsos.mbrc) is developed by Konstantinos Paparas and the latest version of MusicBee Remote 1.6.1 was updated on July 1, 2026. MusicBee Remote is in the category of Music & Audio. You can check all apps from the developer of MusicBee Remote and find 200 alternative apps to MusicBee Remote on Android. Currently this app is for free. This app can be downloaded on Android 6.0+ on APKFab or Google Play. All APK/XAPK files on APKFab.com are original and 100% safe with fast download.
MusicBee Remote lets you control MusicBee on your computer over Wi-Fi from your Android device.
This is a third-party application and is not affiliated in any way with MusicBee or Steven Mayall.
The store listing uses artwork by ProleteR (http://dustedwax.org/dwk123.html), licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.
Help, setup instructions, and the companion plugin are available at https://mbrc.kelsos.net.
Both the app and the plugin are open source under the GPLv3 License:
• App: https://github.com/musicbeeremote/mbrc
• Plugin: https://github.com/musicbeeremote/mbrc-plugin
Logo concept by Jordan Georgiadis. Logo refinement, promotional graphics, and a large part of the UI and assets by Tasos Papazoglou-Chalikias.
The companion plugin requires MusicBee v3.0 or later. MusicBee Remote requires Android 6.0 or later and a Wi-Fi connection to your computer.
Features
• Modern Jetpack Compose UI with light and dark themes
• Play, pause, skip, seek, and volume control, including hardware buttons
• Now Playing screen with album art, progress, and composer info
• Track details panel with extended metadata (genre, bitrate, file info, play stats)
• Queue management: reorder, remove, search, and jump to any track
• Library browsing by genres, artists, albums, and tracks, with sorting and album grid
• Play all / shuffle all for any library selection
• Go to album / go to artist from the player and queue
• Playlist browsing with folder navigation
• Radio station playback
• Lyrics display with composer header
• Star ratings with half-star and bomb support, plus Last.fm love/ban and scrobble toggle
• Resizable home screen widgets
• Lock screen and headset media controls
• Auto pause or volume reduction on incoming calls
• Library metadata sync in the background with progress notifications
This is a third-party application and is not affiliated in any way with MusicBee or Steven Mayall.
The store listing uses artwork by ProleteR (http://dustedwax.org/dwk123.html), licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.
Help, setup instructions, and the companion plugin are available at https://mbrc.kelsos.net.
Both the app and the plugin are open source under the GPLv3 License:
• App: https://github.com/musicbeeremote/mbrc
• Plugin: https://github.com/musicbeeremote/mbrc-plugin
Logo concept by Jordan Georgiadis. Logo refinement, promotional graphics, and a large part of the UI and assets by Tasos Papazoglou-Chalikias.
The companion plugin requires MusicBee v3.0 or later. MusicBee Remote requires Android 6.0 or later and a Wi-Fi connection to your computer.
Features
• Modern Jetpack Compose UI with light and dark themes
• Play, pause, skip, seek, and volume control, including hardware buttons
• Now Playing screen with album art, progress, and composer info
• Track details panel with extended metadata (genre, bitrate, file info, play stats)
• Queue management: reorder, remove, search, and jump to any track
• Library browsing by genres, artists, albums, and tracks, with sorting and album grid
• Play all / shuffle all for any library selection
• Go to album / go to artist from the player and queue
• Playlist browsing with folder navigation
• Radio station playback
• Lyrics display with composer header
• Star ratings with half-star and bomb support, plus Last.fm love/ban and scrobble toggle
• Resizable home screen widgets
• Lock screen and headset media controls
• Auto pause or volume reduction on incoming calls
• Library metadata sync in the background with progress notifications
MusicBee Remote 1.6.1 Update
This release is focused on stability and fixes several crashes reported in 1.6.0.- Fixed out-of-memory issues that could occur while syncing the now-playing queue
- Fixed crashes caused by duplicate entries in the now-playing list
- Fixed a crash on Android 12+ when starting the background service
- Home screen widgets now rebuild correctly after an app update, clearing stale controls
- A progress bar now shows while the now-playing queue is syncing so you know what's happening
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MusicBee Remote
1.6.1
APK
July 2, 2026
9.15 MB
Requires Android: Android 6.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: a5ace596d2d09e5354caebde49560b37cd679e03
Size: 9.15 MB
What's New:
This release is focused on stability and fixes several crashes reported in 1.6.0.
- Fixed out-of-memory issues that could occur while syncing the now-playing queue
- Fixed crashes caused by duplicate entries in the now-playing list
- Fixed a crash on Android 12+ when starting the background service
- Home screen widgets now rebuild correctly after an app update, clearing stale controls
- A progress bar now shows while the now-playing queue is syncing so you know what's happening
- Fixed out-of-memory issues that could occur while syncing the now-playing queue
- Fixed crashes caused by duplicate entries in the now-playing list
- Fixed a crash on Android 12+ when starting the background service
- Home screen widgets now rebuild correctly after an app update, clearing stale controls
- A progress bar now shows while the now-playing queue is syncing so you know what's happening
MusicBee Remote
1.6.0
APK
June 20, 2026
9.15 MB
Requires Android: Android 6.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: 3413b6484b98084777b29effe3028db23692e1de
Size: 9.15 MB
What's New:
MusicBee Remote 1.6.0 - our biggest update yet!
• Completely redesigned interface, rebuilt from scratch
• New light theme alongside dark mode
• Star ratings with half-stars, plus Love and Ban
• Sort genres, artists, albums and tracks
• Album grid view, great on tablets
• Resizable home screen widgets
• Play all / Shuffle all, and Go to Album/Artist
• Track details panel with extended metadata
• Faster network discovery and more reliable connections
• Many crash fixes and stability improvements
• Completely redesigned interface, rebuilt from scratch
• New light theme alongside dark mode
• Star ratings with half-stars, plus Love and Ban
• Sort genres, artists, albums and tracks
• Album grid view, great on tablets
• Resizable home screen widgets
• Play all / Shuffle all, and Go to Album/Artist
• Track details panel with extended metadata
• Faster network discovery and more reliable connections
• Many crash fixes and stability improvements
MusicBee Remote
1.5.1
APK
September 20, 2021
6.09 MB
Requires Android: Android 6.0+
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: e04c9619878e38b7059ed1b545f8f73042485242
Size: 6.09 MB
What's New:
- Fixes an issue where the last playing track information would not properly persist.
- Fixes an issue where pressing the up volume button once would decrease the volume.
- Fixes a crash when attempting to send debug logs via the Feedback screen.
- Fixes an issue that would cut the album title when in the album library tab.
- Fixes an issue that would fail to properly sync album covers after the first sync.
- Fixes an issue where pressing the up volume button once would decrease the volume.
- Fixes a crash when attempting to send debug logs via the Feedback screen.
- Fixes an issue that would cut the album title when in the album library tab.
- Fixes an issue that would fail to properly sync album covers after the first sync.
MusicBee Remote
1.5.0
APK
August 8, 2021
6.04 MB
Requires Android: Android 6.0+
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: f1230f382f39744fc8a4e6f631ce449a56347c20
Size: 6.04 MB
What's New:
Adds radio station support.
Adds support for album covers on the library albums, and tracks tab.
Adds an auto-connect behavior when restoring the application to the foreground.
Fixes an issue where the volume up button would not work when volume was greater than 90%.
Fixes an issue that would cause the library search to hang after navigating view details. e.g. After going to album tracks.
Fixes an issue where the remote would continuously pause videos playing on the device.
Adds support for album covers on the library albums, and tracks tab.
Adds an auto-connect behavior when restoring the application to the foreground.
Fixes an issue where the volume up button would not work when volume was greater than 90%.
Fixes an issue that would cause the library search to hang after navigating view details. e.g. After going to album tracks.
Fixes an issue where the remote would continuously pause videos playing on the device.
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Update Date:
2026-07-01
Latest Version:
1.6.1
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Requirements:
Android 6.0+
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