{"id":2179948,"date":"2025-11-28T15:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T15:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2179948"},"modified":"2025-11-28T15:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T15:41:12","slug":"thanks-to-an-exclusive-teenage-engineering-freebie-and-koala-sampler-a-google-pixel-10-is-one-of-the-best-android-music-making-phones-you-can-buy-and-itll-cost-you-loads-less-than-the-latest-iphon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/thanks-to-an-exclusive-teenage-engineering-freebie-and-koala-sampler-a-google-pixel-10-is-one-of-the-best-android-music-making-phones-you-can-buy-and-itll-cost-you-loads-less-than-the-latest-iphon\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks to an exclusive Teenage Engineering freebie and Koala Sampler, a Google Pixel 10 is one of the best Android music making phones you can buy, and it&#8217;ll cost you loads less than the latest iPhone this Black Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"247054ac-8e91-4a53-a811-fb199e2c625f\"><strong>The iPhone might be the de facto \u2018music making phone\u2019, but if you don\u2019t want to go down the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/tag\/apple-inc\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/tag\/apple-inc\">Apple<\/a> route, Google\u2019s Pixel is now a solid option, too. Yep, you heard me right &#8211; I\u2019m recommending an Android phone for making beats, and it\u2019s currently available at a massive Black Friday discount.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m talking about the Google Pixel 10, a phone that was launched a matter of months ago but is already <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8431&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.co.uk%2FGoogle-Pixel-10-Unlocked-Smartphone%2Fdp%2FB0FHK7S731%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-21%26ascsubtag%3Dmrd-gb-1038113717636068739-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Google-Pixel-10-Unlocked-Smartphone\/dp\/B0FHK7S731\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8431&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.co.uk%2FGoogle-Pixel-10-Unlocked-Smartphone%2Fdp%2FB0FHK7S731%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-21%26ascsubtag%3Dhawk-custom-tracking-21\" data-merchant-name=\"Amazon UK\" data-merchant-id=\"1027\" data-merchant-network=\"Amazonuk\" data-merchant-url=\"amazon.co.uk\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">down to \u00a3599 in the UK<\/a> (regular price \u00a3799) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bestbuy.7tiv.net\/c\/1943169\/614286\/10014?subId1=mrd-gb-8132669031708320422&amp;sharedId=mrd-gb&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2Fproduct%2Fgoogle-pixel-10-128gb-unlocked-obsidian%2FJ39TC8JGZK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/product\/google-pixel-10-128gb-unlocked-obsidian\/J39TC8JGZK\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/bestbuy.7tiv.net\/c\/1943169\/614286\/10014?subId1=hawk-custom-tracking&amp;sharedId=hawk-prefix&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2Fproduct%2Fgoogle-pixel-10-128gb-unlocked-obsidian%2FJ39TC8JGZK\" data-merchant-name=\"Best Buy\" data-merchant-id=\"574517\" data-merchant-network=\"ImpactRadWalmart\" data-merchant-url=\"bestbuy.com\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">and $599 in the US<\/a> (regular price $799).<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"247054ac-8e91-4a53-a811-fb199e2c625f-2\">But why, as a musician, would you actually want it? Aren\u2019t Android phones terrible for techy on-the-go tunesmiths? Well, they used to be, but the Pixel in particular now has plenty going for it, not least an exclusive music-making app from Teenage Engineering, which has the added advantage of being completely free.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nBest picks for you<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>That app is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/news\/teenage-engineering-pocket-operator-google-pixel\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/news\/teenage-engineering-pocket-operator-google-pixel\">PO Pixel<\/a> &#8211; released in 2022, this is akin to a pumped-up version of one of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/reviews\/tech\/teenage-engineering-pocket-operators-622749\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/reviews\/tech\/teenage-engineering-pocket-operators-622749\">Teenage Engineering\u2019s Pocket Operator <\/a>devices, and can perform the clever trick of extracting samples from any video you feed it so that they can be triggered on sequenced on a 4&#215;4 grid of pads. There are four tracks, you can use up to 16 patterns per project, and things can be spiced up considerably with a suite of funky real-time effects. Honestly, it\u2019s great fun.<\/p>\n<p>This is a Pixel exclusive (Pixel 5 onwards), but certainly doesn\u2019t represent the only way you can make music on an Android phone. The superb <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/news\/koala-sampler-split-stems-ios-android\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/news\/koala-sampler-split-stems-ios-android\">Koala Sampler <\/a>is also compatible, and I\u2019ve also enjoyed playing with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/news\/polaris-android-music-making-app\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/news\/polaris-android-music-making-app\">Meteaure\u2019s Polaris<\/a>, which has both sampler and synth engines, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/news\/sequence-groovebox-could-be-the-best-android-music-making-app-youve-never-heard-of\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/news\/sequence-groovebox-could-be-the-best-android-music-making-app-youve-never-heard-of\">Sequence Groovebox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the list of potential options goes on. Steinberg\u2019s Cubasis 3, FL Studio Mobile, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/tag\/roland\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/tag\/roland\">Roland<\/a> Zenbeats &#8211; they all work on Android.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Pixel 10, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/google-pixel-phones\/google-pixel-10-review\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/google-pixel-phones\/google-pixel-10-review\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">our colleagues at TechRadar call it \u201cthe closest Google has come to hitting the iPhone bullseye,\u201d<\/a> which is a pretty strong recommendation. Both its camera and looks are super-sharp, it has some amazing\/terrifying AI features and will get seven years of OS and security updates &#8211; good to know if you plan on keeping your device for a long time, whether that\u2019s for financial or environmental reasons (or both).<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-Za827qyi3KYjcyygH6gTSN\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-Za827qyi3KYjcyygH6gTSN slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Want all the hottest music and gear news, reviews, deals, features and more, direct to your inbox? 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Yep, you heard me right &#8211; I\u2019m recommending an Android phone for making beats, and it\u2019s currently available at a massive Black Friday discount. 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