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Contributor I
December 12, 2012

Party mode

  • December 12, 2012
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It would be a really neat feature to have some sort of party mode i could enable before the party, that would put MY controller as the master and all other controllers where guests. This way my guests that have connected to my sonos with their smart phone, can search for songs on my system but their only possibility is to queue the song(s) and not clear/skip the queue. Furthermore the guests shouldn't be able to stop/start/forward a song to break the rhythm and probably annoy the person that chose the current song playing. After the party is over, the master controller can just disable party mode and all controllers work evenly again.
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46 replies

Lyricist II
February 24, 2015
It's worth letting you know I contacted tracktl a website/app aimed at doing this and they are working on a SONOS implementation. Might be worth letting them know you would be keen on this feature. My response received is below: Hey Ashley, Thanks for your feedback. Many users would like to have Tracktl on Sonos. We are working on it. 🙂 Cheers
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Lyricist I
March 28, 2015
iTunes DJ is a perfect model for this. The host maintains the library people can choose from (Although it would be great for this to be a toggle to let guests choose/not choose from their own library) and attendees can vote up songs they want to hear sooner from the hosts playlist.
Lyricist I
September 29, 2015
Hi all and SONOS!

Any updates on this subject??
Chris
Lead Maestro
September 29, 2015
Nope.... Haven't seen any sign of Sonos working on any type party mode or restricted access modes.
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Lyricist I
February 1, 2016
BUMP! - Come on SONOS... Give us a response at least.
Daniel H
Sonos Employee
February 4, 2016
Hi galewis, afraid that we can't comment on future hard- or software features and developments, but can assure you that these ideas and feature requests are being reviewed and forwarded internally on a regular base.
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Avid Contributor I
February 7, 2016
I'd like to bump this as well. We had 12 guest last night and the music management quickly became a nightmare (police was called but to unruly guests finding it funny to suddenly blast the music; good luck figuring out who is responsible) as people were bumping each other after only a few seconds into each song.

I agree with what has been said before:
- Master controller(s): More than one app could have the full features (those who have proved themselves to be worthy)
- Guest mode: Can only queue songs but not hijack the queue, nor control volume or stop/skip the songs
- Limit the number of songs one can queue to X (configurable). x=x-1 once one of your songs has played

As someone mentioned, sharing Sonos music management with a group of more than 4 people quickly stop being bearable.

I hope this simple feature will be added to a future revision of the app.
February 7, 2016
Still not clear why people would give out their Wi-Fi password to party guests or other visitors. If you really think guests need to use your Wi-Fi while they are visiting you then you can set up a guest network with Internet only access and keep Sonos safe on the internal network. If that is too much work then let visitors use there cell connection to check those vital texts and emails but don't give out your Wi-Fi password ever.
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Chris
Lead Maestro
February 7, 2016
I give out my wifi was password all the time. But my friends don't act obnoxious either.
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Chris
Lead Maestro
February 7, 2016
Oh and something we're out of control a quick change of my wifi password would end that.
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