Your phone and your friends

A phone doesn't play the music. It connects to the computer that runs Mix-a-Mash, and it shows the same screens as the computer.

The key idea

The phone and the computer need to be on the same Wi-Fi. A phone can't find the computer over mobile data.

See the two ways

Two ways to connect

The app's first screen asks "How will you use Mix-a-Mash?" On a phone, two answers connect to a computer.

The two ways a phone connects
Compare	Your remote	A guest
Who	You, with your own phone.	A friend, with theirs.
In the app	Choose "Control my own computer".	Choose "Join a mix".
Account	Sign in with the same account as the computer.	No account is needed.
Steps	See Use your phone as a remote.	Scan the join code on the Guests card. How joining a mix works has more.

What the phone shows

Both kinds of phone show four tabs along the bottom, Home, Live Mix, Library and Requests. A friend who joins lands on Live Mix.

Home on a phone, with the Mix source card, a mix called Saturday party and the playlist tiles. — Home

Live Mix on a phone, with the lanes across the screen, the right column and the DJ button. — Live Mix

Requests on a phone, with the three cards and the search box at the top and the four columns in two rows of two. — Requests

These pictures were taken on a phone that joined as a guest. A phone that is your remote has the same tabs.

What a friend can do

In the current app, a friend who joins gets the same controls as the host. They can steer Live Mix, change Mix source in Library, open Settings and use Requests.

The Guests card on Home says "Anyone on this Wi-Fi can join and control the mix." Use a network you trust.

Everyone who has joined can also ask for songs. Requests has the steps.

Install and join steps

The install steps and the steps for letting friends join are in Use your phone as a remote. The join code is on the Guests card on Home.

If a phone can't find the computer, see If something goes wrong.