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sonos app allowing access when not on wifi

  • July 23, 2026
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Whilst i was away on holiday my son asked my why i was playing music via my sonos play 1 stereo speakers ? - i was in Mauritius and home is in England

I replied that i couldnt as i was not on the wifi

 

it turns out my pest of a daughter who was a mile away from my home was able to do this. she was not connected to my wifi and in fact was connected to her own wifi [which is not linked to mine].

The Sonos play 1 stereo pair was showing up in her spotify so she pestered my son with it.

Then it turns out middle child who lives 13  miles away [she was not connected to my wifi and in fact was connected to her own wifi [which is not linked to mine]  was able to also do the same 

 

How can this happen?

How do I prevent her from doing it again cos she’s a pest and will ?

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  • Senior Virtuoso
  • July 23, 2026

There is, i believe, an issue (feature?) that a Spotify user remains “logged in” until another streaming service is used. Might this be how they did it? 


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  • July 23, 2026

so if it happens again we just get whoever is at home to play something else and thus cuts them off ?


Stanley_4
  • Grand Maestro
  • July 23, 2026

Yes, Spotify issue, not Sonos so you have to sort out the accounts there.


jgatie
  • July 23, 2026

Or you can just play your own source in that Room and that will bounce the Spotify account from your system.


AjTrek1
  • July 23, 2026

Just FYI….A similar control with Sonos can be actuated via the Alex app over 5G cellular. I pranked my wife one day 😂