Sonos, Inc.

Kirsten Lewis

Dayn Wilberding

Youjin Nam

Ron Kuper

Ted M Lin

Jodi Vautrin

Tadeo T Toulis

Richard Bannon

Jonathan Herbst

Maria-Jose Ramos

Michael Sheldon

Jake Harwood

Patrick Devine

Nicholas A J Millington

Jonathan Cole Harris

Daniel John Jones

James Nesfield

Fiede Schillmoeller

Henry Sia

Kristen Leclerc

Dimitri Singer

DonPaul Nogueira

Ncholas A J Millington

Cole Harris

A playback device is configured to: based on a room setting of the playback device, determine that the playback device is associated with a first room of a media playback system; operate in a first mode that is associated with a first user type and a first set of playback control options; determine that the room setting of the playback device has changed; determine that the playback device is no longer associated with the first room and is associated with a second room of the media playback system; transition to operating in a second mode; determine that the playback device is no longer associated with the second room and is associated with the first room; transition to operating in the first mode; receive a playback command; determine that the playback command corresponds to a playback control option within the first set; and execute the playback command.

Operation modes, audio layering, and dedicated controls for targeted audio experiences

Examples described herein relate to transitioning a playback session between portable playback devices such as 'smart' headphones, earbuds, and handheld speakers with playback devices of a zone-based media playback system. Exemplary techniques facilitate continuity of playback when transitioning between locations (e.g., from at home to on-the-go or vice versa) or between listening paradigms (e.g., personal or out-loud playback of audio content). An example implementation includes detecting a swap trigger, determining the source playback device(s) and target playback device(s), and performing a playback session swap between the source playback device(s) and target playback device(s).

Playback transitions

Detecting the nearest playback device

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Kirsten Lewis