Sonos, Inc.

Ken Hu

Ted M Lin

Jodi Vautrin

Jason Yore

Richard Bannon

Elizabeth Dolman

Matthew Moore

Robert Bermani

Matt Pandina

Chris Babroski

Examples described herein relate to management of concurrent audio streams from different sources. Portable playback devices, such as wearable wireless headphones and earbuds, as well as portable battery-powered speakers, may include multiple network interfaces for connection to different types of networks, such as an 802.11-compatible network interface for connection to wireless local area networks (e.g., Wi-Fi® networks) and an 802.15-compatible network interface for connection to a mobile device via a personal area network (Bluetooth®). Via such connections, the playback devices may receive two or more concurrent streams. By managing these streams according to playback policies, the portable playback devices may play the user's intended audio without necessarily requiring user input to explicitly select among the concurrent streams.

Audio playback management of multiple concurrent connections

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