LYNQ

What is LYNQ

The system that connects your devices

LYNQ is what lets your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Vision Pro find each other and control playback between them. Pick any device as the source; control it from any other. It's the backbone of Lysoniq's multi-device experience — and it's built in.

Any device, any role

Make one device the source feeding your DAC or hi-fi; the rest become full remote controllers. Swap roles whenever you like.

Everything stays in sync

Browse, queue, skip, and adjust — everything stays perfectly in sync across all devices.

Works out of the box

On the same Wi-Fi, your devices discover each other automatically. No account, no setup — install Lysoniq and they're connected.

Introducing LYNQ Groups New

By default, LYNQ is open — anyone running Lysoniq on your Wi-Fi can join your session. LYNQ Groups makes that connection private: gather your devices into a group and lock your session to just them. It's the foundation that LYNQ+ later extends across networks.

Session Privacy

One setting decides who can join: Anyone on my Wi-Fi for an open setup, or Active LYNQ Group to lock your session to your group's devices only.

Invite any other devices

Add a device by using the invite code on one and entering it on the other — including someone on a different Apple ID. You can let invited devices add others, too.

Switch groups anytime

Keep more than one group — add or remove them as you wish. The one you set as Active defines the devices able to connect and control the session, so switching groups changes your connected devices and updates your music queue to that session's.

Control multiple sessions

Each group is its own session — its own devices and its own active source. Switch groups to control a different set of devices with a different source, all from the one device.

Introducing LYNQ+ New

LYNQ+ removes the same-network requirement — keeping your group connected over cellular (5G / LTE) and across different Wi-Fi networks. If your devices aren't always on the same network, LYNQ+ keeps them in reach anywhere you have a signal.

Works on cellular

Not on Wi-Fi? Over 5G or LTE, your group stays connected — control and stay in sync wherever you are.

Across different networks

Devices don't have to share a Wi-Fi network anymore. Whatever connection each one is on, they still reach each other.

Seamless handoff

Move between Wi-Fi and cellular without thinking about it. Back on your home network, Lysoniq drops to a direct local connection automatically.

Private and encrypted

LYNQ+ relays only your control commands, encrypted. No ads, no tracking — and your music itself never passes through a server.

At a glance

What's included, and what LYNQ+ adds

	LYNQ	LYNQ+
Private session (Active LYNQ Group)	✓	✓
Add devices with a code	✓	✓
Multiple groups, switch active	✓	✓
Control on the same Wi-Fi	✓	✓
Control over cellular (5G / LTE)	—	✓
Control across different networks	—	✓

LYNQ is built into Lysoniq. LYNQ+ is a subscription.

Walkthroughs

Set up a private group, step by step

Go from the open default to your own private group, add the rest of your devices, and switch between groups whenever you like.

Stage 01

Make your session private

Out of the box, anyone on your Wi-Fi can join. Create a group of your own and your session locks to it.

Settings with Session Privacy set to Anyone on my Wi-Fi — 1Open by default — Session Privacy starts on "Anyone on my Wi-Fi."

Switching Session Privacy to Active LYNQ Group — 2Switch to "Active LYNQ Group," then tap LYNQ Group to create or join.

No groups yet — create or join one — 3No groups yet — tap to create or join one.

Create a group by giving it a name — 4Create: give your group a name.

Join an existing group with a 6-digit code — 5…or join: enter a 6-digit code from another device's LYNQ Group instead.

Stage 02

Invite your other devices

Share a code with each device you want in the group — your own, or friends or family on a different Apple ID.

New group with one member — 1Your group appears with one member — this device.

Send the code to the other device — 3Send the code to any other device(s).

All devices in the group — 4They are added to the group as they join.

Stage 03

Manage your groups

Keep separate groups for different setups and switch which one is Active whenever you like.

Active group with all members — 1Your active group, with all its members.

Multiple groups, one active at a time — 2Keep as many groups as you like — one active at a time.

The result: three ways to connect

Your device view reflects the mode you're in — open, private, or extended with LYNQ+.

Device view with Anyone on my Wi-Fi — Anyone on my Wi-Fi

Open to any Lysoniq device on your network.

Device view with an active LYNQ Group — Active LYNQ Group

Only the devices in your group.

Device view with LYNQ+ across cellular and Wi-Fi — LYNQ+

Your group, across cellular and Wi-Fi.

Good to know

Common questions

What's the difference between LYNQ, LYNQ Groups and LYNQ+?

LYNQ is the system that connects your devices to share a session for playback and control. LYNQ Groups isolates that session to just your invited devices. LYNQ+ extends a group's reach beyond Wi-Fi — over cellular and across different networks.

Do I need LYNQ+ to use Lysoniq?

No. LYNQ and LYNQ Groups are built in, so connecting devices or using groups on the same local network is included. LYNQ+ enables connections beyond your local network.

Does LYNQ+ move or store my music?

No. LYNQ+ relays only your control commands across networks. Audio still streams directly from Apple Music on your source device exactly as before, enabling full remote Hi-Res Lossless across 5G/LTE.

Can I play to more than one source at the same time?

LYNQ doesn't change how Apple Music works. Each source plays from the Apple Music account signed in on that device, and a subscription streams to one device at a time. Playing different sources simultaneously means each source needs its own Apple Music subscription — for example, different members of a Family plan. Switching your active group changes which session you control; it doesn't add simultaneous streams to a single plan.

Which devices can join a group?

Any device running Lysoniq — iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Vision Pro. Each device joins by entering a code, including devices on a different Apple ID.

When are LYNQ Groups and LYNQ+ available?

Both arrive together in Lysoniq's next update — LYNQ Groups built in, LYNQ+ as an optional subscription. This page will be updated at launch.

All your devices, connected