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In case anyone is unfamiliar, Spotify Connect is Spotify's solution for casting and remote controlling one or more Spotify speakers from a Spotify client on the

In case anyone is unfamiliar, Spotify Connect is Spotify's solution for casting and remote controlling one or more Spotify speakers from a Spotify client on the same network. Any Spotify client can act as a speaker, and the system seamlessly connects to other smart home speaker systems like Google Home. When multiple Spotify clients connect to the same Connect session, they collaboratively control the music that plays on the clients that are acting as speakers. It's the state of the art when it comes to built in remote control systems among the various music services. Other music services do have similar capabilities, but Spotify's is for now, unrivaled.

w0m 3y ago
unless you have a multi-point bluetooth audio deviceconnected to multiple devices running the spotify app.
Gigachad 3y ago
It's both incredibly convenient, and the most impressively disguised DRM. If two users attempt to share the same account, Spotify will helpfully make one of them a remote control for the other rather than being able to listen independently.
- stavros 3y ago
  Two users on the same account can't listen simultaneously anyway, though, regardless of network.
  - Gigachad 3y ago
    Without the remote control feature, it would just have to be some generic blocked message and they would see the same account sharing outrage that Netflix had.