[Mobile] Please bring back the old group session. "Play from same device"

[tgerhardt1]

The old group session, "play from same device option" has been removed and it has saddened many people. It seems the only group session option is now remote group sessions, where the music is played on each individual device.

This group session, "play from same device" feature was personally one of my favorite features of Spotify. When it was first introduced, I quite literally showed all of my friends to use it. I understand it was in beta, but this feature was used by many people, quite literally all the time. We know this feature did not work perfectly, but we would use it regardless of the tiny flaws, it was honestly my favorite thing about Spotify.

Whenever I, or any group, would have friends over, I would always offer to start a group session so that everyone could contribute to the music being played. Having this option, friends could seamlessly contribute to the music being played so that one person would not selfishly play music the entire time. It was so fun having everyone able to contribute, without having to hand over the one single phone to everyone that was connected to the device, just to add a few songs to the queue. Having someone scan a code and then instantly able to add songs to the queue was a perfect idea for hanging out with friends, in person.

It appears with the new update, there is only an option for remote group sessions where the music is played on each individual device, I'm asking to consider bringing back the "play from same device."

To recap, this feature allowed people to share music during in-person hang sessions, and from the people I had introduced to it, all found it to be one of the most fun features of Spotify.

So, dear Spotify, please bring back this feature!

Thanks,

Troy and many others!!

[Fahrradvater]

Good summary deadtamagotchi, I agree.

@Spotify we are still waiting. 

[Jt13279]

The new way to do this is totally rubbish. Constantly glitches even when I am on the same WiFi as my friends at a party. Why would they remove such a good feature? Someone explain please.

[Fahrradvater]

Guys, can you please check if I am mistaken, but are the old sessions back?

[arkanesky]

Nope, they only still have the "listen on multiple devices remotely together" option which is completely useless.

Bring back the barcode scan for group sessions! Between this, smart shuffle, and the price hike, I'm pretty much out of here by the end of next week. This platform is actively degenerating, so why should I pay for it?

[roel]

O lordy! 
ITS BACK!!!!! 😍

[Vasil]

Updated on 2023-12-22

Hey folks,

Thank you for all the support! 

We're happy to announce that the 'Play from the same device' feature is now officially back!
Changing the status here to Implemented 🙂 

[ed_db]

Can confirm, thankyou!

[user-removed]

When and where is this implemented?  I would love to play on multiple devices from the same account, not a group session with other people.  The same account playing on multiple devices in my own house at the same time controlled by whichever device, like my computer, my TV, and my phone simultaneously.  From my account.  It switches from one device to the