[Music] Play spotify stream simultaneously on multiple devices

My idea is to be able to play a synchronised stream on multiple devices.    you would be able to send an invite to another user and allow other users to request to join your 'now playing' stream. Then the devices would play the same stream synchronised.      Why? well if you have a party it means everyone could play the same stream over their device, in the bathroom, garden, kitchen, car etc. the party music would dynamically move around with you and be everywhere, If you needed to go to the shop to pick up more ice why not take the party with you and stream the music on the way!     It would also be fun if everyone could then add and make changes to the playlist.          This would also allow multi room streaming without having to invest in expensive hardware, your living room PC could be playing and you could share the stream with your tablet in the kitchen so you have music everywhere.     This would also allow you to share a stream with friends regardless of their location so even if they were on the other side of the world you could share a song or playlist in real time.             I see that It may be difficult for the streams to stay perfectly synchronised and even a miniscule delay between devices would be anoying and sound terrible.     This could be solved by each device regularly verifying their stream location with the spotify server by adding a virtual time code to the stream, then If a device drifts out of sync or has poor connection it can resync itself by using the stream buffer and time code.

Updated: 2015-07-04Hi and thanks for your contribution! A similar idea has also been suggested here:
https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Real-Time-quot-Listen-With-quot-feature/idi-p/100613
Add your kudos and comments there please!

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