All you have to do is hit
the AirPlay button on the Music widget in Control Center, select the right HomePod, and press play!
Just like with video, some audio apps will build in their own
AirPlay button.
Once the music app begins to play songs / albums, you can access
AirPlay button from Control Center of the iPhone or iPad.
The new music widget that appears in the new Cover Sheet (which is common for the Lock screen and Notification Center) has a built - in
AirPlay button.
Not exact matches
An update to Google + this week came in under the radar, but is a little exciting for Android users who have longed for the full functionality that Apple's
Airplay offers iOS users with an Apple TV: thanks to a small Chromecast
button found in the interface, you can view your stream up on your television.
There are also
buttons for Night Shift and
AirPlay.
With a swipe of a
button, Xbox users will soon be able to finish a film on their Xbox 360, that they were previous watching on their tablet, much like Apple's
Airplay, thanks to a new feature that was just unveiled at Microsoft's E3 press conference.
This version also has integrated Bluetooth functionality with a separate Bluetooth
button, and there's connectivity via
AirPlay.
If you can control your TV's volume with the Siri remote, you're using AirPods, connected to a Bluetooth speaker, or
AirPlay speaker, you can change the volume using the physical volume
buttons on your device.
Bluetooth speaker maker Libratone has announced that beginning this fall, Zipp and Zipp Mini speaker owners will be able to use their devices to invoke Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant as well as tap in to Apple's forthcoming
AirPlay 2 protocol.The company said it will make a free firmware download available in the coming months that activates Alexa support in the wireless speakers, which connect to Wi - Fi and have integrated microphones.Following the update, Zipp and Zipp Mini owners will be able to touch the
button on the top of the speakers to ask Alexa for news, sports, traffic updates, and all the other things that can be done on Amazon's Echo range of speakers, including controlling smart home devices.Libratone intends to add Apple
AirPlay 2 support as soon as Apple
Play music on a Sonos speaker from your phone and you'll get lock screen controls for it, yet if you want to control HomePod you need to open the Control Center, tap
AirPlay, and then scroll down to the speaker's widget underneath the local playback
buttons.
Scrolling down reveals a
button for
AirPlay that allows you to connect to your AirPods or other Bluetooth and
AirPlay devices.