Your PC's sound, in your phone's hands.
Volume, pause and next track on your computer, from the couch. Works on your home Wi-Fi, with no account and no cloud.
Three steps and you're set
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Open the server on your PC
Download the zip, unzip it and open VolumeApi.exe. It sits quietly in the system tray, next to the clock.
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Connect your phone
With your phone on the same Wi-Fi, the app finds your PC by itself. Or scan the server's QR code.
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Take control
Turn it up, pause, skip or go back. The controls also show in the notification and on the lock screen.
On your phone
Free Android app. Shows the song or video playing on your PC, with cover art and a progress bar.
Open in Google PlayAndroid 7 or newer.
On your PC
Free server for Windows. Nothing to install: just open it. The first time, if Windows asks, allow access on private networks.
Download server (.zip, 69 MB)Windows 10 (version 1809) or newer. Uses port 7946 on your local network.
Privacy policy
This policy explains how the Sound Pilot app ("app") and its Windows server handle information. They are made by Hadagalberto Junior / BeaverTech ("developer").
1. It only talks to your PC
The app only communicates with the Sound Pilot server installed on your own computer, over your local network. Volume and media commands, the title of what is playing and its cover art travel only between your phone and your PC. None of it is sent to the developer's servers.
2. Data stored on your device
The server address and the pairing code are saved only on your phone. Uninstalling the app (or clearing its data) deletes them.
3. Permissions
- Camera: only to read the pairing QR code. Images are not saved or sent.
- Network and Wi-Fi: to find the server on your local network and talk to it.
- Notifications and foreground service: to show media controls in the notification and on the lock screen.
4. Ads
The app shows ads through Google AdMob. AdMob may collect and use device identifiers (such as the advertising ID), IP address, approximate location, app usage and diagnostics to serve ads, measure performance and prevent fraud. Google handles this data under the Google Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from partner apps.
Where the law requires it (for example in the European Economic Area and the UK), the app asks for your consent before showing ads, and you can change your choice in the app's settings. You can also limit ad personalization in your Android settings (Google → Ads).
5. Purchase to remove ads
The optional "Remove ads" purchase (one-time payment) is processed by Google Play, under Google's terms and privacy policy. The developer receives no card or other payment details and does not store purchase data on any server. To turn ads off, the app uses only the purchase status that Google Play returns to the device (made, pending or refunded). Once the purchase is confirmed on the device, the app requests no ads and no ad consent.
6. Sharing
The developer does not sell personal data. The only data that leaves your local network is the data handled by Google's ads SDK and by Google Play, described above: the app checks with Google Play whether the "Remove ads" purchase was made, and the purchase itself goes through Google Play.
7. Children
The app is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from children.
8. Your rights
Because the developer keeps no personal data, there is nothing to access, correct or delete on the developer's servers. For data handled by Google, use your Google Account tools at myaccount.google.com.
9. Changes and contact
This policy may be updated; the date above shows the current version. Questions: hadagalberto.tec@gmail.com