Seedio app turns multiple iPhones into a speaker system

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The app allows you to play music from an iPhone or iPad to multiple iOS devices to form one big speaker system

Seedio iPhone

A new app will allow people to link iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads, and turn them in to a makeshift speaker system.

Seedio is the app in question, allowing you to send the same track to multiple phones and turn them into a synchronised 'surround sound' speaker.

Simpy install the app on each device and connect them to a Wi-Fi network to get started.

One iPhone acts as the host and then streams music to other iPhones, which act as receivers.

According to one of the developers behind the app, Seedio can theoretically connect to up to 150 phones. We’ve not had the chance to test this, but if it’s true that will make one massive (if perhaps mediocre-sounding) speaker.

It’s not going to replace a dedicated dock system any time soon, but it does create interesting possibilities for portable surround sound.

The Seedio app is free on the Apple iTunes App Store for a limited time.

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Joe Cox
Joe Cox
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Joe is the Content Director for What Hi-Fi? and Future’s Product Testing, having previously been the Global Editor-in-Chief of What Hi-Fi?. He has worked on What Hi-Fi? across the print magazine and website for almost 20 years, writing news, reviews and features on everything from turntables to TVs, headphones to hi-fi separates. He has covered product launch events across the world, from Apple to Technics, Sony and Samsung; reported from CES, the Bristol Show, and Munich High End for many years; and written for sites such as the BBC, Stuff, and the Guardian. In his spare time, he enjoys expanding his vinyl collection and cycling (not at the same time).