Gear Player

Gear Player is an application for macOS and more recently iOS that allows users to access Google Play Music and YouTube without having to confine themselves to a web browser^[3] or having to install Flash Player, with an interface similar to iTunes.^[4]

The application was created in 2012 by Zsolt Szatmári from Hungary.

It is compatible with Lion and up, and iOS 6.1 and up.

Features

Features:

• play songs added to library from Google Music All Access (a subscription to Google Music All Access is required)
• YouTube access
• gapless playback
• Last.fm scrobbling
• macOS version is capable of transmitting to a Chromecast device, and also displaying on the TV screen what's coming next
• have an editable queue
• post currently played song via Twitter or Facebook (Mountain Lion only)
• fully Retina compatible
• "Modern Dark" and "Cocoa" visual themes
• album-, artist- and genre views
• playlist support
• compatible with Rogue Amoeba's Nicecast
• Post songs to Notification Center (Mountain Lion only)
• Share Sheets (e.g. can post currently audible song via Twitter, Mountain Lion only)
• Previous, Play, and Next buttons in macOS status bar (can be turned off in settings if not desired)
• Apple keyboard Previous, Play, and Next buttons (this is achieved by installing an open-source tool called Magic Keys made by the developer to circumvent Sandbox limitations ^[5])
• pause playback if Mac goes to sleep
• pause/play song by pressing Space
• filter your songs
• shuffle, repeat
• 'instant mixes' and radios
• Sandbox compliant for the user's security
• full screen support
• 2-factor authentication is supported
• display album art for currently played song^[1]

Reception

Gear has been generally well received by the press, citing its ease of use and its many features.^{[4][6][7][8][9]}

See also

• Comparison of audio player software

References

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