Using the app without speaker connection
I would like to be able to open the app and use the sonos playlists to play music when I am not home. (no sonos speaker available but maybe a bluetooth speaker) Not being able to do this makes spotify playlists almost pointless. I understand that it would be difficult to make sure you had access to all the songs in a playlist and what particular service they were from when away but it would make the appeal of making spotify playlists a little better. Even being able to access to see what songs are on a playlist would be an improvement.
This topic has been closed for further comments. You can use the search bar to find a similar topic, or create a new one by clicking Create Topic at the top of the page.
Not really possible. The actual "smarts" of the whole system reside in the speaker, not in the app. The app is just a remote control to work the system on the speakers. Without a speaker on the same subnet, there's just nothing 'there' for it to read.
@Airgetlam's "remote control" analogy is a good one. What you are asking for is akin to taking your TV remote control away from home, pointing it at a wall and hoping to conjure up a program. (I accept that to anyone used to music player apps that's not obvious, but the Sonos app isn't a music player.)
but what a remote that would be right? 😃 So even if I was to go to another persons house with a sonos player I wouldn't have access to my own playlists? Just what is on their system? That seems unfortunate. Anyway it could be solved by putting the controller in the cloud. I mean they have to already be tracking what every user listens to anyway and how often. I should be able to log on to a website and see my player history. Seeing your playlists is not a big leap from that. Anyway would be a nice thing to be able to do. Maybe a future feature request.
Enter your username or e-mail address. We'll send you an e-mail with instructions to reset your password.