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controlav
controlavAnswer
Lead Maestro
January 9, 2021

You can’t Pair dissimilar devices, no. You can Group them of course though.

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.

6 replies

ratty
January 9, 2021

No. They have different internals, in terms of the computing platform.

controlav
controlavAnswer
Lead Maestro
January 9, 2021

You can’t Pair dissimilar devices, no. You can Group them of course though.

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
Kjetil68Author
Contributor I
January 9, 2021

You can’t Pair dissimilar devices, no. You can Group them of course though.

Thanks - What is the differanse between pairing and grouping?

jgatie
January 9, 2021

Thanks - What is the differanse between pairing and grouping?

 

Pairing makes them stereo, where one plays the left stereo channel and the other the right.  Grouping means they both play the same thing in sync.

controlav
Lead Maestro
January 9, 2021

You can’t Pair dissimilar devices, no. You can Group them of course though.

Thanks - What is the differanse between pairing and grouping?


Grouping is easy, quick, and simply plays the same music on multiple devices in sync.

Pairing is slow, done only occasionally, and used to create stereo pairs, and surround arrangements, with fixed numbers of speakers (eg 2 for stereo). different audio comes out of each device (eg Left and Right).

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
Kjetil68Author
Contributor I
January 9, 2021

Thanks for clarification! 🙏