Apple Inc.

Cesar De Camargo Barscevicius

Deepak R Iyer

Astrid Yi

Brian D Pietsch

Thomas M Alsina

Patrick L Coffman

Taylor Gerard Carrigan

Craig Michael Federighi

Johannes P Schmidt

Jonathan Anderson Bennett

Adam A Sonnanstine

Keith G Henrickson

Michael Jason Giles

Edward T Schmidt

Nicholas James Paulson

Aarti Kumar

Szu-Wen Huang

Jason P Ketterman

Sarang S Ranade

Charles Magahern

Cody D Jorgensen

Elena Leyfman

Andrew J Sinesio

Natalia A Fornshell

Alexander Richter

Aurie Bendahan

Harry Simmonds

Owen Imholte

Victor Gabriel Maraccini

Ashraya Arya

Sanket S Dave

Jonathan T Cools-Lartigue

Noah C Hines

Deepak C Iyer

The subject technology provides for concurrent streaming of media content to multiple media devices. A host device may receive, from a first accessory device, a first request for first media content, the first request corresponding to a first voice input, and receive, from a second accessory device, a second request for second media content, the second request corresponding to a second voice input to the second accessory device. The host device may store a first context record including identification information for the first accessory device and the first media content, and store, while storing the first context record, a second context record including identification information for the second accessory device and the second media content. The host device may stream the first media content to the first accessory device, and stream, to second accessory device and concurrently with the streaming of the first media content, the second media content.

Concurrent streaming of content to multiple devices

In some implementations, a user device can predictively route media content to a remote playback device based on playback context information obtained by the user device. The playback context can include local playback context information related to the state and/or context of the user device. The playback context can include remote playback context information related to the state and/or context of available remote playback devices. Based on the playback context information obtained by the user device, the user device can generate a predictive score for each available playback device that indicates or predicts the likelihood that the user will want to send media content to the corresponding playback device. The user device can generate and present a graphical user interface that can identify the playback devices having predictive scores over a threshold score. In some instances, the user device can automatically route selected media content to a predicted playback device.

Predictive media routing

Predictive media routing based on interrupt criteria

Techniques are disclosed for managing media playback among an ad hoc group of playback devices. Such techniques may involve building a session among the playback devices in which playback devices communicate information regarding their playback capabilities. Based on the playback capabilities of the devices, playback mode may be derived for the session. Playback operations may be synchronized among the devices that are members of the session, in which devices receive identification of asset(s) to be rendered pursuant to the playback operation and timing information of playback of the asset. The devices may stream the playback assets directly from media sources when they are capable of doing so. In this manner, communication resources are conserved.

Encapsulating and synchronizing state interactions between devices

A device providing concurrent audio streaming to multiple wireless audio output devices may include at least one processor configured to receive a user selection of at least two paired audio output devices. The at least one processor may be further configured to connect to each of the at least two of the paired audio output devices. The at least one processor may be further configured to synchronize at least one audio output synchronization parameter across each of the at least two of the paired audio output devices. The at least one processor may be further configured to concurrently stream a respective audio stream to each of the at least two of the paired audio output devices.

Concurrent audio streaming to multiple wireless audio output devices

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Cesar De Camargo Barscevicius