A question for those with a Play-fi device. How exactly does the streaming work? It seems as though it’s the phone that’s doing the streaming from the music service. Is that right?...
Play-Fi originally worked as you described..but the Play-Fi system is constantly being updated, so the answer is changing.
- Spotify works like it does on any other Spotify Streaming Device...that is, the stream is from the service to the device with the app just being the controller.
- Powergate is an Alexa Enabled Play-Fi Device, so if you initiate streaming from an Alexa voice controlled device or the Alexa app it works directly with the streaming service.
- Just about a month ago Play-Fi updated their system to allow direct streaming from other sources. See this news release. I use Spotify 90% of the time so I am not an expert on these changes...but I suggest you go to the Play-Fi Site and read the news releases and FAQs for best information.