Android light show app

Disco Lights

Turn your phone into a music light show

Disco Lights turns your phone into a colorful light show for music, parties, games, videos, and fun moments. Use the screen, flashlight, sound response, motion, and multi-phone sync to create your own atmosphere.

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How to use

Quick start guide

1

Turn on music

Play music on your device or through external speakers.

If you do not have your own music, try one of these free, ad-supported services:

On compatible Android and Android TV devices, playback can continue in the background while you use Disco Lights. Free access, ads, and background playback may vary by country and device.

2

Choose a mode

Open Disco Lights and choose a mode from the main menu: DISCO, SMOOTH, FLASH, FLARE, RAVE, SPECTRUM, TILES, or GRAD.

In Options, you can choose how the app detects sound: Always use microphone, Use only music from the phone player, or Work without the microphone.

3

Adjust the controls

Use the + and - buttons to change the tempo, the palette button to choose colors, and the flashlight button to turn the flash on or off. You can also adjust the sensitivity.

Sensitivity 1 is the normal sensitivity level. Sensitivity 2 lowers the beat sensitivity, so the app reacts only to stronger beats.

The Ⓐ button activates an adaptive algorithm that automatically fine-tunes the app’s response to beats detected by the microphone.

4

Use RAVE scenes

In RAVE mode, tap the submode button to switch between Disco Ball, Lasers, Fireworks, and Hyperspace.

5

Use Shake Mode

In Shake Mode, the screen changes colors when you move or shake the device. You can also turn on the flashlight for a brighter effect.

6

Sync phones

Open Sync on multiple devices, select the same pattern, set the tempo, then press START on every phone at the same time.

Modes

Main-menu modes

This list is based on the current Android main menu buttons and their real Activity targets. OPTIONS is excluded because it opens settings, not a light mode.

DISCOMain menu mode

Fills the entire screen with a solid color that instantly switches to another vibrant shade when a beat is detected, creating a continuous rhythmic burst of solid colors.

SMOOTHMain menu mode

Creates a seamless, flowing transition from one color to another (e.g., from red to blue and beyond) for a soft and gentle light show.

FLASHMain menu mode

Keeps the screen black until a beat is detected, instantly flashing a solid color before returning back to black for high-energy strobe effects.

FLAREMain menu mode

Starts with a black screen that instantly lights up with a solid color on the beat, then slowly and smoothly fades back to black until the next pulse.

RAVEOpens discoball scenes

The RAVE button opens the discoball visual activity with animated party scenes such as Disco Ball, Laser Show, Salute, and Hyperspace.

SPECTRUMMain menu mode

Music visualizer with the same five effects as Android. Switch between them with the next-effect button.

Reacts to microphone or player audio and supports vibration feedback, tempo, palette, sensitivity, and flashlight controls where available.

SHAKEMain menu mode

Shake the phone to trigger color changes and light flashes, with speed, palette, random color, and flashlight settings.

TILESMain menu mode

A grid of colorful tiles that light up with random colors, tempo, music response, selected algorithms, and flash support.

GRADMain menu mode

Gradient mode for flowing radial, sweep, and linear-style color fields, with beat reaction, palette control, and flashlight output.

SYNCMulti-device mode

Start the same timed light pattern on multiple devices. Select a pattern, set the tempo, then press START together.

SIRENSound and light alerts

Built-in looping siren sounds with matching warning lights, including Siren, Police, Alert, Biohazard, and Fire presets.

It also includes a Megaphone for live voice amplification or short, echo-protected phrases through the phone speaker.

Controls

What the app buttons do

The same control panel appears across many light modes. Some buttons only appear when the selected mode supports that feature.

+

Plus

Increases the tempo or speed of the current effect, so colors, pulses, or animations move faster.

Minus

Decreases the tempo or speed of the current effect for a slower, calmer light show.

Palette

Opens color selection. Choose which screen colors Disco Lights can use in the active mode.

Flashlight

Turns the phone’s physical flashlight on or off when the mode supports it. The flashlight color cannot be changed.

Next submode

Switches to the next visual variant inside modes that have submodes, such as the RAVE scenes.

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Sensitivity

Changes how strongly the effect reacts to the beat. Sensitivity 1 is normal; sensitivity 2 is less sensitive, and behavior can vary by device.

Vibration

Enables vibration feedback in supported modes, adding a physical pulse to the visual effect.

App settings

Options

Choose how Disco Lights listens to audio, behaves on screen, and works with Premium features.

Audio mode

Automatic — microphone or player

Automatically selects the most suitable audio source. The app normally uses the microphone for sound around the device and switches to player audio when headphones are connected. With Bluetooth devices, the app may ask which source you want to use. On Android TV, it uses player audio when music is playing and Always On at other times.

Always use the microphone

Always uses the device microphone, even when headphones or Bluetooth audio devices are connected. Effects react to music, speakers, voices, and other sounds around the device. Microphone permission is required.

Music player only

Turns the microphone off and reacts only to compatible audio played on the device. Use this mode for music playing through headphones, Bluetooth speakers, or the device’s media player.

Always On

Runs effects without using the microphone or analysing player audio. Animations follow their internal timing and continue even in a quiet room. You can adjust the tempo in supported effects.

Screen and controls

Low brightness

Reduces the brightness of full-screen effects instead of forcing the display to maximum brightness. Turn this option off when you want the brightest possible light output.

Rotate screen

Allows the app to follow your phone’s screen orientation. When turned off, the app remains locked in portrait mode. This option is shown only on supported smartphones.

Hide navigation buttons

Uses immersive full-screen mode and hides Android’s navigation and status bars. Swipe from the edge of the screen to show the system controls temporarily.

Invisible buttons

Fades the on-screen controls until they become transparent, creating a cleaner light-panel view. The controls remain usable and briefly reappear when you interact with them.

Premium options

Player control buttons

Adds Previous, Play/Pause, and Next buttons to supported effect screens. These buttons control the active media player without leaving Disco Lights. Not available in modes that do not support player controls.

Continue working in background

Keeps supported beat or motion-controlled flashlight effects running after Disco Lights moves to the background. An ongoing notification lets you adjust tempo and sensitivity or turn the effect off. The flashlight must be enabled before leaving the app. Microphone and notification permissions may be required depending on the selected mode. Available only on supported devices with a camera flash.

Vibration Everywhere

Replaces the palette button with a quick vibration button in supported effects, allowing vibration to be turned on or off directly from the effect screen. You can still open the color palette by tapping the screen.

Large palette

Adds an extended, adjustable color palette to the color picker. It provides more color-selection controls, adjustable palette brightness, and additional ways to choose the next color, including random, contrasting, and sequential selection.

Full synchronization via Wi‑Fi

Automatically connects Disco Lights devices on the same local Wi‑Fi or Ethernet network. One device controls the active effect while the others mirror its mode, colors, tempo, flashes, and supported controls. Enable this option on every device you want to synchronize. Local-network permission may be required. A shared Wi‑Fi network is recommended for reliable operation.

Features

Everything inside the app, explained

01

Music visualization

Use microphone analysis or player visualizer data to react to rhythm, volume, and beats in real time.

02

Audio behavior

Choose Automatic, Always microphone for speakers and room sound, or player/headphones mode for music from the device, headphones, or Bluetooth.

03

Random without microphone

Use visual modes without microphone analysis when you want colors and movement without sound detection.

04

Controls and colors

Adjust tempo, sensitivity, flashlight output, and color palettes including red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet, magenta, rose, white, and black.

05

Display options

Low brightness, rotate screen, hide navigation buttons, and invisible controls help the phone behave like a clean light panel.

06

Phone, tablet, TV, and Windows

Disco Lights supports phone, tablet, Android TV/Leanback layouts, and is also available as a Windows app from the Microsoft Store.

Permissions

Microphone access

Disco Lights uses microphone access only for real-time sound analysis and visualization. Audio is processed locally on the device and is not sent to a server. You can also choose Random colors or manual-style modes without microphone-based visualization.

Privacy

Privacy Policy

Disco Lights Music Visualizer is provided by AndrApps. Read the separate Microsoft Store Privacy Policy for Windows, the Apple App Store Privacy Policy for iOS and iPadOS, the Google Play Privacy Policy for Android, or the Huawei AppGallery Privacy Policy for Huawei AppGallery. Each policy reflects the permissions and data practices of that platform.

Screenshots

App screenshots

These are optimized screenshots from Disco Lights: phone menu, discoball particles, laser shows, spectrum visualizers, palette picker, and tablet/TV layouts.

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