Whenever you’re the type of person that’s always taking note of music and wouldn’t be caught dead headphone-less, pause that song for a fast second and take a look at Seamless. This lightweight app links your iPhone ‘s Music player to iTunes for your Mac in a gorgeous clever — let alone Cupertino-esque — fashion. The total crux of it’s the “transition,” which simultaneously fades out a song on one end while bringing it to full blast at the other. All it takes to start is a snappy $0.99 download on your i-device and free Mac-centric companion app. Does it work as advertised, or is it really only a gimmick? Head past the break for a fast rundown of just how seamless this utility really is.
We gave Seamless a go, and for probably the most part it really works as advertised. Once both devices are at the same wireless network, you add your Mac from the Seamless settings menu, and that’s really all there may be to it. You can begin a song on either end and feature it continue at the other — the transition works perfectly both ways. All it takes to make the magic happen is a faucet of the “Transition Music from / to Mac” button. One major limitation, however, is that the similar track should be present both at the iPhone (duh) and at the corresponding Mac. We’d love some variety of reverse AirPlay solution that might allow us to play directly from iPhone to a Mac as our output, but for now here’s the nearest we’ll get. Oh, and we must always mention it’s only available for Mac — sorry PC users.
There’s a certain cool factor to hearing a track fade out on one source while fading in on another, and because they’re synced it doesn’t sound janky or cheap. We still don’t have that Continuous Client for messaging and networking we’ve been looking ahead to, but this would definitely be described as something similar for music. Seamless is definitely a fab concept and it behaves as described, but we just wish it had a more native implementation. Having the ability to hit a “transition” button from in the iPod app — or better yet, within the iOS task switcher — isn’t that much of a stretch, and perhaps Apple has something within the cards for iOS 5. Still, in the event you’re an immense music lover who just can’t stand cutting songs short, it’s your decision to go on over to the iTunes Store link below and experience it for yourself.
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