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HellsM
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March 27, 2020
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Quarantine house party

  • March 27, 2020
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Hi,

My friend & I both have a Sonos speaker.  We want to listen to the same Spotify playlist (which we both have access to) at the same time, in different households out of our individual Sonos speakers.  Is this possible?

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    Best answer by AjTrek1

    Hi @HellsM 

    If the Wi-Fi (or SonosNet) signal is strong enough to reach between both your homes do this:

    1. If you have more than one Sonos speaker in either household you can Factory Reset (FR) one without destroying stored Playlists for all.
    2. Setup the FR speaker on the network you chose via Wi-Fi or SonosNet. 
    3. On the controller that is not part of the household to which the FR speaker was added open Settings and change the Wi-Fi SSID and PassPhrase to that of the alternate network
    4. Open Sonos it will ask to connect to an existing setup which is the lone speaker that was FR. Select it.
    5. The Spotify account being used will have to allow multiple users.
    6. Sign out of Spotify and sign in using the credentials of the chosen account
    7. Add Spotify to the newly setup Sonos app

    The simpler option is:

    1. Step 1 above
    2. Let one person operate Spotify for both locations

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    HellsMAuthor
    Contributor I
    March 27, 2020

    Got it.  Thanks!

      Ryan S
      Ryan S
      Retired Sonos Staff
      March 27, 2020

      The hamster in my brain is running a million miles a minute trying to come up with all sorts of crazy things that could be hacked together to make it possible to have one device controlling both Sonos systems.

      Right now, the best might just be the easiest one… Load up the playlists in your queue, pick up the phone and call the other house, have someone count off and then have both people start the party by hitting play at the same time.

      An alternative, pick a specific time, 5:00 PM, and each set a Sonos alarm on your system using that playlist. The music will start at the same time in both homes, and you’ll know the party has started!

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