Content playback reminders

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium is provisioned with program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to:

• determine (i) a future start time of an upcoming live media event and (ii) a uniform resource indicator (URI) at which a live media stream of the live media event will be accessible at the future start time;
• display, via a graphical user interface of the computing device, a notification identifying the upcoming live media event;
• receive, via the graphical user interface of the computing device, (i) a first selection of the displayed notification and (ii) a second selection of a plurality of playback devices of a media playback system;
• and
• based on the first and second selections, cause, at the start time of the live media event, at least one of the plurality of playback devices to access the live media stream at the URI for synchronous playback by the plurality of playback devices.

A method carried out by a computing device, the method comprising:

• determining (i) a future start time of an upcoming live media event and (ii) a uniform resource indicator (URI) at which a live media stream of the live media event will be accessible at the future start time;
• displaying, via a graphical user interface of the computing device, a notification identifying the upcoming live media event;
• receiving, via the graphical user interface of the computing device, (i) a first selection of the displayed notification and (ii) a second selection of a plurality of playback devices of a media playback system;
• and
• based on the first and second selections, causing, at the start time of the live media event, at least one of the plurality of playback devices to access the live media stream at the URI for synchronous playback by the plurality of playback devices.