Information Display Regarding Playback Queue Subscriptions

A first playback device of a first media playback system, the first playback device comprising:

• a network interface;
• one or more processors;
• data storage having stored therein instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the first playback device to perform a method comprising
• receiving, via the network interface from a first control device, an instruction to enable subscription to a first playback queue associated with the first playback device, wherein one or more first accounts are registered with the first media playback system in a first household;
• in response to the instruction, enabling one or more second user accounts to subscribe to the first playback queue via one or more wide area networks, wherein the one or more second user accounts are registered with respective second media playback systems in respective second households;
• after enabling the one or more second user accounts associated with one or more second playback devices to subscribe to the first playback queue, receiving, via the network interface from a particular second media playback system, a requests to subscribe to the first playback queue;
• and
• in response to the request to subscribe to the first playback queue:
• (i) sending, via the network interface, one or more messages that update a control interface of the first control device to display a subscriber indication showing that a particular second user account registered with the particular second media playback system has subscribed to the first playback queue and (ii) sending, via the network interface, one or more messages that populate a second playback queue associated with a second playback device of the particular second media playback system with audio tracks of the first playback queue.

A method to be performed by a first media playback system comprising a first playback device, the method comprising:

• receiving, via a network interface from a first control device, an instruction to enable subscription to a first playback queue associated with the first playback device, wherein one or more first accounts are registered with the first media playback system in a first household;
• in response to the instruction, enabling one or more second user accounts to subscribe to the first playback queue via one or more wide area networks, wherein the one or more second user accounts are registered with respective second media playback systems in respective second households;
• after enabling the one or more second user accounts associated with one or more second playback devices to subscribe to the first playback queue, receiving, via the network interface from a particular second media playback system, a requests to subscribe to the first playback queue;
• and
• in response to the request to subscribe to the first playback queue:
• (i) sending, via the network interface, one or more messages that update a control interface of the first control device to display a subscriber indication showing that a particular second user account registered with the particular second media playback system has subscribed to the first playback queue and (ii) sending, via the network interface, one or more messages that populate a second playback queue associated with a second playback device of the particular second media playback system with audio tracks of the first playback queue.