When you're playing music on your iOS or Android device, you'll see the option to cast music in the same area where you can use the standard Spotify Connect and
AirPlay options.
This much - desired feature was announced at Google I / O this year, designed to be in direct competition with the very popular
AirPlay option available on iOS devices.
Not exact matches
The release introduces a host of new features including Goodreads integration, an
AirPlay - like
option for watching videos on your TV and improved enterprise support, as previously indicated.
Depending on the technological maturity of the items you own, creating your own
AirPlay system may be the most attractive
option.
Because you can play Apple Music and iCloud Music Library content directly on the HomePod, there's probably not much need to
AirPlay from iTunes to the HomePod, but the
option is there if you need it.
However if you have already bought into the Apple ecosystem and already own some decent audio equipment, Apple's
Airplay is a great and much more economical
option.
Fully loaded with Wi - Fi, Bluetooth and
AirPlay, it gives you multiple
options for wireless audio streaming.
It can be connected to the internet via Wi - Fi and reportedly supports Google Cast,
AirPlay, Spotify Connect, and Bluetooth as its wireless
options.
They also have Wi - Fi,
AirPlay, DLNA, and Google Cast support as well as more specialized connectivity
options like Spotify Connect.
Connection
options are also awesome — you can easily connect the speaker to an existing Wi - Fi network, and it supports
AirPlay and DLNA
options also.
If you've got a set of nice speakers hooked up to your television set (s),
AirPlay via Apple TV 4K isn't a bad
option — especially if you've gone all - in on Apple technology.
Those include the aforementioned Chromecast and
Airplay (great for Spotify and Apple Music respectively), multiroom wireless
options in DTS Play - Fi and Onkyo's nascent FireConnect, as well as good old Bluetooth.
This happens because the EQ
options are mapped to the
AirPlay audio and not the Mac.
When you're watching a video, you can give the trackpad a quick swipe down to access other
options, like turning on subtitles, or choosing an
AirPlay speaker to send audio to.
As you might expect given
AirPlay 2's chequered past the feature is not yet filly operational — the Express speakers appear in the
options when adding a new accessory via the Home app, but trying to actually add one results in failure.
For example, when you're watching a show or movie, you can swipe down on the trackpad for more
options, like choosing an
AirPlay speaker or turning on subtitles.
The Apple TV, for instance, is your only
option for iTunes videos, Apple Music, HomeKit controls, and
AirPlay streaming from other Apple devices.
Add new - fangled wireless streaming to your sturdy hi - fi or mini system with these
AirPlay, Sonos and Chromecast
options
It works like
AirPlay by adding an
option to supported apps.
Marshall rolled out an updated variant of the Stanmore a few months ago, which has the same great sound and retro flair, but with a slew of new connectivity
options: Wi - Fi, Chromecast built - in,
AirPlay, and Spotify Connect in addition to Bluetooth and a 3.5 mm jack.
When the video is selected and opened there will be
options on the side, one of them should be
AirPlay icon (rectangle with triangle on the bottom).
As for multi-room
options, the Apple speaker will be able to play music across multiple HomePods with
AirPlay 2.
For
AirPlay, users can press done on the video or go to the Apple TV icon and press on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch
option instead.
If you want to watch Amazon Prime, your only
option is to open it on your iPad and use
AirPlay to mirror it to the Apple TV.
Instead, streaming music from an Apple device over
AirPlay to the HomePod is the only
option.
You now see a «Speaker»
option when you access
AirPlay from the Control Center.
While YouTube TV aims to cut the cord, for folks who haven't wanted to use Chromecast (or Apple's
AirPlay) to watch content on their TV, the
option hasn't really been a good one.
While Google's Chromecast opened up video streaming
options to the big screen with features that rival Apple's popular
AirPlay streaming features for iOS devices and Macs, Google Cast for audio is another piece to that puzzle that competes with the similar
AirPlay audio enabled speakers available on the market.
Built - in Wi - Fi connectivity,
AirPlay, Bluetooth, Google Cast and Spotify Connect provide a myriad of
options for a quality listening experience.
Zone 2
options include Pre / Line - out for playback in another room; Zone 2 DAC for
Airplay, NET and USB sources, and a Zone 2 subwoofer pre-out and independent Zone 2 bass, treble, and balance control.
Once paired, the iPhone will show a new connection
option for
AirPlay.
Once connected, it opens up nearly unlimited streaming music sources and playback
options, including Apple
AirPlay, Internet Radio, Pandora, Spotify Connect, and SiriusXM.
The system supports the big streaming
options, such as Spotify Connect,
AirPlay, and Chromecast, as well as ordinary Bluetooth 4.1.
Android owners may want to investigate Google Chromecast's Screen Cast
option, while iOS and Mac OS X users can check out
AirPlay on Apple TV.
While iTunes Match is an
option (# 21.99 in the UK), as is
AirPlay, without an Apple Music subscription the HomePod is very limited when it comes to playing music.
Along with new iPhone X Animoji and additional battery performance information /
options, multi-room
AirPlay audio playback is also included in iOS 11.3.
In the next row, you have
options to enable
AirPlay or the new AirDrop feature.
My
options then are using a speaker other than the HomePod (like Sonos), settling for
AirPlay, or switching to Apple Music.
Users should then enable the
option that would allow them to view content on the TV screen via
AirPlay.