MusicBee Remote
MusicBee Remote is a remote control application for use with MusicBee player.
Konstantinos Paparas · com.kelsos.mbrc
UpdatedApr 23, 2026
PublishedApr 23, 2026
Packagecom.kelsos.mbrc
MD5148d8ff9c49c3ae703eda359f57a3c49
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Signed byCN=Konstantinos Paparas, L=Thessaloniki, ST=Thessaloniki, C=GR
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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.
Description
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
Required features
- Faketouch android.hardware.faketouch
- Wifi android.hardware.wifi
Permissions (8)
MusicBee Remote requests the following Android permissions:
- Access Network State android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- Access Wifi State android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
- Change Wifi Multicast State android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE
- Foreground Service android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- Internet android.permission.INTERNET
- Read Phone State android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
- Wake Lock android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
- Finsky Permission Bind Get Install Referrer Service com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
