US Patent 11494159 Speaker with broadcasting mode and broadcasting method thereof

Systems and methods for broadcasting an audio stream to a plurality of speakers with a broadcasting mode. In one example, a method includes, responsive to a first speaker of a plurality of speakers receiving a first audio stream from a first audio device and a request to enter a broadcasting mode, operating the first speaker in a master sub-mode of a broadcasting mode by: re-broadcasting the first audio stream from the first audio device via a second speaker of the plurality of speakers operating in a slave sub-mode of the broadcasting mode, the second speaker not receiving the first audio stream from the first audio device. In this way, an audio stream from an audio device may be re-broadcasting to a plurality of speakers via a broadcasting mode.