How Roomzic turns your music platform into a collaborative queue

The guest experience is the same everywhere: suggest, vote, listen. What changes is how the host's platform — Spotify, YouTube, or Apple Music — actually plays the music. Here's the full picture.

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Roomzic sits between your guests and whichever music platform you already use. Guests never touch Spotify, YouTube, or Apple Music directly — they search and suggest inside Roomzic, and the room decides (by host approval, or by vote) what actually gets sent to the platform.

That part is identical no matter which platform you connect. What differs is the last step — how a track actually starts playing — because Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Music each expose playback in a completely different way. The three schemas below show exactly how each one works.

How it works

1

Create a room

Connect your music platform (Spotify, YouTube, Deezer, Amazon Music, Apple Music, SoundCloud, or Audius) and create a room in under a minute.

2

Share the link or code

Send it by text, WhatsApp, or display it on a screen at the venue.

3

Guests suggest songs

Each guest creates a free account, searches the catalog, and suggests tracks from their own phone — no app to install.

4

You approve, or the room votes

Manually approve or reject each suggestion, or let Premium collaborative voting decide automatically.

5

The track plays

Exactly how depends on the platform — see the three flows below.

Spotify

Spotify has its own native queue, so Roomzic writes directly to it. The host needs Premium, and the playback device is chosen through Spotify Connect, not through Roomzic.

1

Spotify account

The host connects Spotify; a Premium account is required to control playback.

2

Spotify Connect

Spotify itself determines the active playback device (phone, computer, or a Connect speaker) — Roomzic has no separate device picker.

3

Active device

Whatever device Spotify Connect currently has active is where the sound comes out.

4

Roomzic votes / approval

Guest suggestions go through approval or voting, same as every other provider.

5

Spotify queue

Approved tracks are added straight to that device's native Spotify queue.

YouTube

YouTube has no native external queue, so Roomzic keeps its own internal one and plays it back through an embedded player. No subscription required.

1

YouTube search

Guests search the YouTube catalog directly inside the room.

2

Roomzic's internal queue

Suggestions join a queue Roomzic manages itself — there's no external "YouTube queue" to write to.

3

Embedded player

A designated device (host or a chosen moderator) runs the actual YouTube IFrame player.

4

Votes

Guest suggestions go through approval or voting, same as every other provider.

5

Playback

The queue advances automatically as each video finishes.

Apple Music

Apple Music plays through Apple's own MusicKit JS, running in the browser of one designated device — the same technology behind Apple Music's own web player.

1

Apple account

The host connects with an active Apple Music subscription.

2

MusicKit

Apple's MusicKit JS runs in the browser of the room's designated device, using a developer token plus a per-user music user token.

3

Playback

MusicKit plays the approved track in that browser.

4

Votes

Guest suggestions go through approval or voting, same as every other provider.

5

Synchronization

Every guest sees the same queue and now-playing state, kept in sync in real time.

Why use Roomzic with Roomzic

One guest experience, whatever platform you pick

Suggesting and voting works the same way for guests regardless of which provider the host connects.

You keep the platform you already pay for

Roomzic layers on top of Spotify, YouTube, or Apple Music — it doesn't replace them.

No app for guests, on any platform

Everything happens in a browser, on mobile or desktop.

A way out when a platform can't follow

If a Spotify playlist needs to keep playing without Premium, Roomzic can convert it into a YouTube queue automatically.

Features

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Guest song suggestions

Every guest can search and suggest tracks from their own phone.

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Host approval

Accept or reject every suggestion before it plays.

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Collaborative voting (Premium)

Let guests vote and let the most popular tracks rise automatically.

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7 supported platforms

Spotify, YouTube, Deezer, Amazon Music, Apple Music, SoundCloud, and Audius.

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Up to 20 guests free, unlimited with Premium

Rooms scale from small groups to large events.

Frequently asked questions

Do all platforms work the same way?
The guest experience (suggest, vote) is identical everywhere. Playback differs: Spotify uses its own native queue via Spotify Connect, YouTube uses Roomzic's internal queue with an embedded player, and Apple Music plays through MusicKit in a browser.
Which platform should I pick?
Whichever one your group already uses. See our Spotify vs YouTube and Spotify vs Apple Music comparisons for the practical differences.
Do guests need an account?
Yes, a free Roomzic account is required to suggest songs and vote — it takes a few seconds to create.
How many guests can join?
Up to 20 on the free plan; Premium removes that limit.
Can I use Spotify's library on a device without Spotify?
Yes — Roomzic can import any Spotify playlist into a YouTube queue automatically. See our dedicated guide.

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