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playlists across 2 homes

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December 20, 2024
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I have 2 homes, and want to be able see the custom playlists I use at my main residence. Is there a way to do this. When I get to my Cabin, it’s my account, but it’s like starting over. Any tricks appreciated as I have put lots of time into this! Thanks

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Best answer by Ken_Griffiths

The devices at the cabin ideally would need to be switched to using the same Sonos System/Household ID - so I would personally just add the existing cabin WiFi credentials to the Home Sonos System. That would be my preferred way to go about things and then all Sonos speakers, Home and/or Cabin, will work at either location once a single device is taken from the Home to the Cabin to ‘extend’ the Sonos Household (to which any other Cabin speakers would then be added, post-reset) - They will all also then use the same music service accounts and the same Alexa (or Google) voice assistant account too.

AjTrek1

If you use the same SSID and Password at both locations. Take one of your Sonos speakers to the cabin and place it on the network. Your playlists will then be available.

Note: The speaker used cannot be a surround.

Together Everyone Achieves More = T.E.A.M.

clangerMNAuthor

Contributor I

Cool, but it’s a different internet provider and network. Hmm.

clangerMNAuthor

Contributor I

Thanks

AjTrek1

Cool, but it’s a different internet provider and network. Hmm.

You can use change the SSID and Password at the cabin to the same as your home. The upside is that your device will automatically connect to the network. You may have to change the network settings for other WiFi devices at the cabin.

Together Everyone Achieves More = T.E.A.M.

Ken_GriffithsAnswer

The devices at the cabin ideally would need to be switched to using the same Sonos System/Household ID - so I would personally just add the existing cabin WiFi credentials to the Home Sonos System. That would be my preferred way to go about things and then all Sonos speakers, Home and/or Cabin, will work at either location once a single device is taken from the Home to the Cabin to ‘extend’ the Sonos Household (to which any other Cabin speakers would then be added, post-reset) - They will all also then use the same music service accounts and the same Alexa (or Google) voice assistant account too.

Airgetlam

However, any further changes will be only at the location where they are made. This procedure does not ‘share’ across each location except the one time when set up.

Bruce

Ken_Griffiths

However, any further changes will be only at the location where they are made. This procedure does not ‘share’ across each location except the one time when set up.

That’s not right - not if they’re using the same Sonos Household - the changes are reflected on every Sonos speaker/device connected to the same Household ID… as long as the system (wherever it’s located) has an internet connection to the Sonos Cloud.

Airgetlam

Huh? That’s a change. Does that mean playlists are no longer local, but stored on some Sonos server somewhere?

Bruce

MoPac

Headliner III

Huh? That’s a change. Does that mean playlists are no longer local, but stored on some Sonos server somewhere?

If they are Sonos playlists they are stored in the Sonos speaker.

You can use SonoSaver for Windows to backup the Sonos playlists. They can also be backed up using Phonos Plus for IOS.

Ken_Griffiths

Huh? That’s a change. Does that mean playlists are no longer local, but stored on some Sonos server somewhere?

Maybe it’s me then, as I often take my speakers away with me, mostly Roam, Move etc. and connect to different WiFi networks including when we’re away in the camper van and to our Holiday Home aswell and I’ve always used the same iOS controller App (no Sonos App, or Speaker reset) and connected to ‘other’ speakers held in same HH and they’ve always seemed to be in sync across all the networks I’ve travelled between. Even when we’ve got Home they show what we’ve played/added etc. whilst we were away.

I have assumed things synced via the Sonos Cloud, but I guess I can’t rule out that things perhaps get ‘merged’ (synced) when we (auto)connect our travelling speakers (‘Roam’ etc.) back to the Home network.

As an example, I recently added a Christmas playlist to my Sonos favourites whilst away travelling with two Sonos Roams (on a 4G/4G LTE MiFi connection) and that playlist is on my Home devices now.. but admittedly my Roam would have connected back to my Home network automatically on my return.

I guess I’ll have to test this further when I get a moment then and see how these things are staying in sync.

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