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June 17, 2021
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Try our remote control and let us know how it works!

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  • June 17, 2021
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Try our remote control and let us know how it works!

You've asked for this feature and since then, the wait has been a long journey. Our community pet peeve for a while, starts to get shape in our platform… :iphone:

Welcome to our remote control feature! :boom:

It's a great privilege for me to announce our initial test launch, for iOS users who are on the beta version of the app :minidisc:

You can now use your iPhone (or iPad) to control our desktop app, the Deezer web app, another iPhone or iPad.

 

How to access the remote control feature? :telephone_receiver:

You'll need to have the beta version of the Deezer app on iOS: 

  • Open app > Settings > Deezer Labs
  • Activate Remote Control 
  • Choose your track and click on the “Audio output” icon 
  • Select the device you want to control

 

 

127 replies

Superschlumpf
Superuser
Deezer "Sonos Master" Legend
June 26, 2022

@Alain.Beauregard 

Thanks for the good troubleshooting… 👍🏻
It‘s very strange. 🤔 

But iPhone 12 and iPad are working fine both ways vice versa?

[he/him] Deezer is music, but Deezer and Sonos is party !
Superschlumpf
Superuser
Deezer "Sonos Master" Legend
June 26, 2022

@Alain.Beauregard 

One more question and one more hint…

  • Does iPhone SE show iPhone or iPad if it’s used as controlling device?
  • Have you tried reinstalling and/ or logging out and in again on iPhone SE?
[he/him] Deezer is music, but Deezer and Sonos is party !
Guitar Hero
June 26, 2022

Managed to get it working from iPad : iPhone SE (controlled iPhone) must have Remote control activated to show up in iPad control list (audio). As soon as I disactivate it from iPhone, it disappears in ipad list.

Never managed to get it (iPhone SE) working from iPhone 12 (never appears no matter what the options). But it’s a good start

Superschlumpf
Superuser
Deezer "Sonos Master" Legend
June 26, 2022

@Alain.Beauregard 

Yes, of course you have to activate remote control in app settings at deezer labs on every device. 

[he/him] Deezer is music, but Deezer and Sonos is party !
Guitar Hero
June 26, 2022

Ok, sorry, it wasn’t clear that bote devices had to have remote control activated to work.  Documentation implies activating that for controlling device (but iphone12 to iphone SE still won’t work for some reason)

Many thanks for the help

scobihughes
Rising Star
Rising Star
July 23, 2022

Hi, will this feature be coming to non ios devices in the future, i have it working great at the moment with my iphone which is able to control my PC desktop and Macbook great but would also like to have this feature on both my desktop PC and Macbook. 

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Superschlumpf
Superuser
Deezer "Sonos Master" Legend
July 23, 2022

Hi, will this feature be coming to non ios devices in the future, i have it working great at the moment with my iphone which is able to control my PC desktop and Macbook great but would also like to have this feature on both my desktop PC and Macbook. 

There are plans also to integrate remote control for Android devices and to control other audio systems like Sonos that support Deezer.

For the moment imho there are no plans to use desktop app or web client to control each other or mobile devices.

[he/him] Deezer is music, but Deezer and Sonos is party !
scobihughes
Rising Star
Rising Star
July 23, 2022

Hi, will this feature be coming to non ios devices in the future, i have it working great at the moment with my iphone which is able to control my PC desktop and Macbook great but would also like to have this feature on both my desktop PC and Macbook. 

There are plans also to integrate remote control for Android devices and to control other audio systems like Sonos that support Deezer.

For the moment imho there are no plans to use desktop app or web client to control each other or mobile devices.

That’s a shame, would be great to be able to control whatever device is playing Deezer from any other device in the house. 

As i type this i’m on my Macbook in the kitchen and i have Deezer playing on my windows device in the living room, the music is playing multiroom so would be good if i could just skip the next track, change volume etc whilst on my Macbook. 

 

I can do this with Spotify. 

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Superschlumpf
Superuser
Deezer "Sonos Master" Legend
July 23, 2022

@scobihughes 

I agree with you that this would be nice to have. But as I said imho just for the moment there are no plans because the team first is going to support most used devices. Maybe in the future they also will support controlling desktop devices each other. Don´t forget the feature still is on Deezer labs status. ;-)

[he/him] Deezer is music, but Deezer and Sonos is party !
Guitar Hero
July 27, 2022

Wow, this was a nice surprise, I’ve just dropped my Spotify subscription and went back to Deezer after a couple of years, and I’m excited to see this feature. I’ve enabled it on my iPad and iPhone and it works, even the volume. Sweet!