Philips Spotify Speaker App
Spotify Connect is Spotify’s own solution for streaming music to speakers and receivers. Historically, Spotify have had clients on different platforms like Sonos, Squeezebox, Boxee, Onkyo and more. This has lead to an almost uncontrollable Spotify experience that is far from stringent for the end user. Which has lead Spotify to develop their own universal experience, Spotify Connect.
Devices with Spotify Connect are controlled with Spotify’s native app on Android and iOS. You can also control them from Spotify on a Computer. The device has a built in player that simply plays the music it is told by the controller, by steaming it directly from Spotify.
The app uses the audio detected by your phone's microphone to flash and change your Hue lights in time with the music. To its credit, there are a wealth of settings to pick from, though of course your options are limited by the types of Hue bulbs and lamps you've got.
Be it through iTunes or Spotify, you can sync the lights in your home to the music. Syncing Hue lights with Music. If you have Spotify installed on your Mac or Windows PC then you can install Philips Hue Sync, this app will sync your hue lights to the sound of the music. How to Sync Hue with Spotify via your Mac or PC. Philips Spotify multiroom speaker Spotify Connect Multiroom Just hit to play SW700M Spotify in every room Enjoy authentic sound conveniently with twin audiophile drivers and Spotify Connect. Play Spotify on any speaker using the Spotify app as a remote, expand your system wirelessly to any room and hit play to start where you left off. To see if your TV supports the Spotify app, go to the app store on your TV and search for Spotify. If your TV isn't listed, you can upgrade it with a soundbar or streamer that supports Spotify Connect. For more info on the types of devices Spotify is available on, check out Spotify Everywhere. Control is via the Spotify app itself, and a physical button on the speakers themselves automatically switches playback over to that unit. Philips’ own SpeakerSet app is used for setup and for. Philips SpeakerSet Multiroom Manager app helps you to set-up and manage your Philips Spotify Multiroom speakers effortlessly. Use the app to setup and connect your new Philips Spotify Multiroom Speaker to your home wireless network. If you have more than one speaker, use the app to group the speakers to enjoy true Multiroom function.
Spotify Connect is built in speakers as well as receivers. Android and iOS devices can also act as Spotify Connect devices. So an iPad connected to a speaker can be remoted from another smartphone to play Spotify music through Spotify Connect. The same goes for a computer that has Spotify on it and is attached to speakers.
If you want to group your speakers and play the same music on them simultaneously, you have to buy the same brand of speakers. And be sure that the brand has support for grouping in an own app. This is a downside compared to Chromecast Audio where you can group speakers of different brand in groups in the Google Home App. AirPlay 2 also has the ability to group speakers of different brands. So this is something Spotify should implement in the future to keep up with the competition.
Devices with Spotify Connect
Audio Pro
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2018/03/audio-pro-addon-series/
Harman Kardon Omni+
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2017/09/harman-kardon-omni-chromecast-spotify-connect/
JBL Playlist
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2017/08/jbl-playlist-chromecast-audio/
Urbanears
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2017/03/urbanears-baggen-stammen/
Sonos
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/sonos/
Yamaha MusicCast
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2016/04/yamaha-musiccast-multi-room/
Naim Mu-so
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2016/03/naim-mu-qb-with-airplay/
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2014/12/mu-airplay-spotify-connect/
Bose SoundTouch
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2015/10/bose-soundtouch-series-iii-with-the-new-entry-level-soundtouch-10/
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2014/12/bose-soundtouch-series-ii/
Cint Asgard
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2015/04/odin-brings-big-sound/
Denon HEOS
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2016/04/denon-upgrades-heos-hi-res-bluetooth/
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2014/08/heos-denon-challenges-sonos/
Google Chromecast and Chromecast audio
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2015/09/google-chromecast-audio-with-spotify/
Onkyo, Denon and Sony receivers
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2015/10/3-home-theater-receivers-with-multiroom-and-4k-under-499/
Philips
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2014/11/spotify-speakers-philips/
Ruark Audio R2
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2015/02/ruark-audio-r2/
Samsung Shape
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2014/08/samsung-shape-gets-spotify-connect/
Sony
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2016/04/mobile-google-cast-spotify-connect-sony-h-ear-go/
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2015/09/new-sony-devices/
The Kickstarter project Gramofon by FON.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fon/gramofon-modern-cloud-jukebox
Bluesound
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2015/09/bluesound-gen-2/
http://www.musicmultiroom.com/2013/10/24-bit-audio-streaming-bluesound/
/download-spotify-desktop-version.html. Unfortunately they have plugged that hole.
Argon iNet2+
http://www.argonaudio.com/spotify-connect/
/spotify-app-crashing-android-2018.html. Use an alternative of SpotifyIf you’ve tried all the methods above, but you still can’t get Spotify working, the chances are you’re going to need to use a Spotify alternative.
Nocs NS2 air monitors V2
http://eu.nocs.se/products/ns2-air-monitors-v2
Libratone
http://www.libratone.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/PR_Libratone_Spotify-Connect_UK.pdf
Pioneer
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Home/Spotify
Sonos has found itself a new rival, with Philips jumping onboard the Spotify Connect train with a pair of new multi-room speakers for the streaming music service. The Philips Spotify SW700M and SW750M can either be grouped together for the same music in multiple rooms – useful if you’re having a party, for instance – or each play different tracks to suit each individual listener. While they may be cheaper than Sonos, however, there are a few limitations to bear in mind all the same.
Most pertinent of those is the total number of speakers you can have active in any one configuration. Up to four units can be grouped together at a time.
Sonos, in contrast, can support up to 32 speakers in a single installation.
Best Spotify Connect Speakers
Nonetheless, the pricing may be aggressive enough to make up for that shortcoming. The SW700M has two 2.5-inch full-range drivers and is £89.99, while the SW750M has two tweeters and two 3-inch full-range drivers, and is £129.99.
Spotify Connect Speakers
A Sonos PLAY:1 is £169.99 in the UK, by way of comparison, and has a single tweeter and a 3.5-inch mid-woofer.
Control is via the Spotify app itself, and a physical button on the speakers themselves automatically switches playback over to that unit. Philips’ own SpeakerSet app is used for setup and for grouping multiple units together.
Spotify added multiple zone support to Spotify Connect back in August. The service requires a Spotify Premium subscription.
The Philips Spotify multiroom speakers are available in the UK now.
Update: The speakers will launch in the US in Q1 2015. Pricing is yet to be confirmed.