Android's built-in Music app is
pretty capable -- and for Jelly Bean users (both 4.1 and 4.2), you'll find the
ability to equalize your music has been baked right in. Once you're playing a
song, hit the three dots in the upper-right corner and select "Equalizer."
You'll be able to select from presets such as "Folk" and "Heavy
Metal," and you can even drag the five sliders yourself to fine-tune based
on what you're listening to at the moment. Down below are extra controls: drag
to adjust the amount of bass boost applied. There’s also a "3-D
effect," some software processing that makes the music sound a little
deeper. Those options are only available when headphones are plugged in, since
they wouldn't make much of a difference to the sound quality of your phone's
built-in speaker.
If your
device isn't running Jelly Bean, check out the free "Equalizer" app in the Google Play store -- it
offers many of the same features.
