Mesh network of nearby mobile devices as a combined speaker system for audio

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processing device coupled to the memory, wherein the processing device is to:
• identifying computing devices to join a speaker mesh network;
• determine a media item to stream to the computing devices;
• transmit a playback synchronization instruction to the computing devices, the playback synchronization instruction to cause playback of the media item to be synchronized at the computing devices at a playback timestamp relative to a clock time;
• receive sensor readings from the computing devices;
• determine a topology of the speaker mesh network based on the received sensor readings;
• and
• transmit stereo sound and audio equalization instructions to the computing devices to cause stereo settings and audio equalization settings of the computing devices to be adjusted, the stereo sound and audio equalization instructions based on the determined topology of the speaker mesh network.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed, cause a processing device to perform operations comprising:

• detecting, by the processing device of a computing device, one or more other computing devices within a geographic vicinity of the computing device;
• presenting a prompt in a user interface (UI) of the computing device, the prompt to query whether to join a speaker mesh network with the detected one or more other computing devices;
• and
• receiving, via the UI having the prompt, the confirmation to join the speaker mesh network.
• transmitting the confirmation to join the speaker mesh network to a master computing device of the speaker mesh network;
• transmitting one or more sensor readings to the master computing device of the speaker mesh network;
• adjusting playback of a media item according to a playback synchronization instruction, wherein the one or more other computing devices in the speaker mesh network provide synchronized playback of the media item according to the playback synchronization instruction;
• and
• applying, by the processing device according to a stereo sound and audio equalization instruction, stereo sound and audio equalization settings to the playback of the media item at the computing device.