<s>
Ecoute	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
standalone	O
music	O
player	O
application	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
is	O
3.0.8	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
2.5.7	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ecoute	B-Operating_System
plays	O
content	O
from	O
the	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Music	O
,	O
videos	O
,	O
and	O
podcasts	O
goes	O
into	O
this	O
small	O
application	O
that	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
to	O
be	O
launched	O
while	O
it	O
uses	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
 '	O
music	O
library	O
,	O
playlists	O
,	O
and	O
related	O
information	O
such	O
as	O
MP3	O
metatags	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
may	O
switch	O
back	O
and	O
forth	O
between	O
using	O
Ecoute	B-Operating_System
and	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ecoute	B-Operating_System
does	O
not	O
require	O
separately	O
importing	O
music	O
or	O
information	O
;	O
it	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
files	O
that	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
does	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ecoute	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
lightweight	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
may	O
share	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
music	O
they	O
are	O
listening	O
to	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Last.fm	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ecoute	B-Operating_System
supports	O
Growl	B-Operating_System
alerts	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
listener	O
can	O
see	O
exactly	O
what	O
is	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
makers	O
of	O
Ecoute	B-Operating_System
have	O
launched	O
an	O
official	O
iPhone	O
app	O
in	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
on	O
17	O
August	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ecoute	B-Operating_System
for	O
iOS	B-Application
serves	O
as	O
a	O
music	O
player	O
with	O
Twitter	B-Application
integration	O
,	O
AirPlay	O
support	O
,	O
music	O
filters	O
,	O
podcast	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nick	O
Mead	O
from	O
Softonic	B-Application
summarised	O
his	O
review	O
as	O
follow	O
:	O
"	O
Ecoute	B-Operating_System
is	O
an	O
excellent	O
,	O
lightweight	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
increasingly	O
bloated	O
issues	O
that	O
you	O
may	O
have	O
been	O
having	O
with	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Federico	O
Viticci	O
from	O
MacStories	O
described	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Ecoute	B-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
"	O
small	O
,	O
powerful	O
alternative	O
to	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lukas	O
Hermann	O
from	O
MacStories	O
described	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
application	I-Application
as	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
music	O
player	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shane	O
Richmond	O
from	O
The	O
Daily	O
Telegraph	O
also	O
praised	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
application	I-Application
,	O
saying	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
much	O
more	O
pleasant	O
and	O
user-friendly	O
design	O
than	O
Apple	O
's	O
iPod	O
app	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
