Two things that are not obvious about Spotify Connect & Sonos
by Volker Weber
There are two things that are not obvious about Spotify Connect when working with Sonos:
- When friends are visiting and connect to your home Wifi, their Spotify app will discover your Sonos players. They can play their own playlists and tracks on your speakers, without having to download and install the Sonos app.
- Spotify Connect knows your speakers, even when you are not on your home Wifi. That means you can play something when you are not yet connected. Transfer the music from your car to your home, maybe?
When your friends don't need a Sonos app, neither do your kids. They never have to touch the Sonos controller, once the system is set up.
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So I guess the gatekeeper is your Wifi password/access. Don't want people messing with your sonos, don't give access :) I can't wait for this to be out of beta.
It is. I also have a guest network which is firewalled off the local network. Only gives Internet access.
One question on this one:
Spotifiy Connect knows your speakers, even when you are not on your home Wifi. That means you can play something when you are not yet connected. Transfer the music from your car to your home, maybe?
Does this really mean that it works to control your sonos player through the public internet?
Thanks
Johannes
No. It talks to Spotify. Which then talks to your speaker. You are not controlling your speaker. Spotify is.
This immidiately brings me to the question:
Does the guest unregister from my speaker once he left my Wifi (digital lawn)?
I see someone having a heart attack because their partner accidentally switched on the music in the living room instead on the bluetooth in the car. :-D
I bought all that Yamaha multicast stuff because of Spotify Connect, and now that message. Does Thomas offer a trade-in program? :-)
You can always buy something else first, if you are rich. ;-)
Hmmm. I upgraded to v7 and enrolled the beta programme. All software and firmware seems current. Still: no Sonos speakers visible on Spotify. Does this only work if Sonos operates on wifi instead of its own mesh network, connected via Ethernet? Am I missing a magic trick?
Found the culprit - had to update the MacOs Sonos app as the IOS updated version did not "upgrade" the sonos devices to become Spotify Connected. Now they are! Very cool feature, however overdue.