I've got a speaker in my loft called a Stealth Air 2 which has both Airplay and Bluetooth with a rather nifty little remote that lets you select either. I use Bluetooth every time. Less laggy for one thing.
John -----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 03 October 2016 12:37 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: IOS 10 And AirPlay Hmm.. interesting point however take a look around you and count just how many AirPlayed enabled devices there are now compared to a few years ago? On 3/10/2016 5:32 PM, John Gurd wrote: > Surely Apple wouldn't invent a whole system of Airplaying audio using > a method different from anyone else to thousands of appliances > designed just for it and depended upon by millions of people just to > get rid of it? No, that doesn't sound like Apple! (Grin) > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of > Dane Trethowan > Sent: 03 October 2016 04:15 > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: IOS 10 And AirPlay > > Still there yes but I'm given to wondering just how long for? > > > > On 3/10/2016 1:14 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> Well, they don't exactly advertise it, nor is it well labeled. At >> least it > is still there. >> Mary >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Oct 2, 2016, at 5:40 PM, Dane Trethowan >>> <grtd...@internode.on.net> > wrote: >>> Okay thanks for that, I found the iPhone icon in the Control center, >>> it > was where you said on page two, would never have known about it had > you not mentioned it. >>> >>> ********** >>> >>> Those with negative attitudes are a problem, those with positive >>> outlooks > are the solution. >>> >>>> On 3 Oct. 2016, at 7:06 am, Mary Otten <maryot...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> You can still get to the audio airplay in control center, although >>>> you > might not know it because it's in adequately labeled. If you go to > "page 2, in your control center view, by doing the iOS page change > three finger flick, one of the things you will see in there with other > music controls is the announcement iPhone, assuming you were using an > iPhone. Or it might say iPad, if you're using an iPad. Double tap on > that, and you will see all the choices of whatever other airplay and > able audio devices you have. This is true for the Amazon music app and > the Apple Music app. I assume it's true in general, although those are > the only two I tried. Frankly, I like the option of having the air > play control it within the app. That's how it used to be before they moved it to control center. And I wish they would put it back. > Or at least wish they would have the flexibility for app developers to > include that airplay functionality right in the main screen of the > app. That was the most convenient I thought. >>>> Mary >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Oct 2, 2016, at 12:27 PM, Dane Trethowan >>>>> <grtd...@internode.on.net> > wrote: >>>>> Has anyone bothered to use IOS 10 with AirPlay? >>>>> >>>>> I'm wondering if you've noticed what I have if you go into the >>>>> control > center and activate AirPlay from there. >>>>> On my iPhone I only see the option to Mirror to an Apple TV - >>>>> which I > don't have at the moment - and I don't see an option to stream audio > to any other compatible device. >>>>> The only way I know of to get around this is to go into the Music >>>>> App, > launch the mini player view and select an AirPlay device from there, a > little annoying to have to perform that extra step but at least I can > still select my AirPlay device of choice in a roundabout way it has to be said. >>>>> >>>>> > > >
