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draco512
Contributor I
March 29, 2014

New SONOS Brigde with integrated Apple AirPlay support

  • March 29, 2014
  • 29 replies
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So far it is only possible to use SONOS and Apple Airplay when connecting a SONOS Connect or Play:5 with an additional Apple device supporting AirPlay (e.g. Airport Express). Therefore, the idea is to develop a SONOS Bridge which has integrated support for Apple AirPlay without additional hardware. 

Benefits would be in this case that
- no additional hardware and cabeling is necessary to use AirPlay in the SONOS system
- one could easily allow guests to quickly output their audio to the SONOS system
- all iOS devices would be supported as a sources without further software
- with an appropriate AirPlay software on PC / Mac one could even send audio from there into the Sonos audio system

The Sonos controller could then represent this "AirPlay input" as a new audio source within the complete SONOS system.
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      29 replies

      André K.
      Trending Lyricist I
      March 30, 2014
      AirPlay support would be great! Similar to Bluetooth Audio support...
      John_177
      Trending Lyricist I
      May 12, 2014
      Think this a great idea
      mediacj
      Lyricist II
      June 5, 2014
      Yes please add a full Airplay to Sonos
      Richard Gunther
      Lyricist I
      June 27, 2014
      In theory, this is only a licensing issue, and it could be rolled out to each Sonos device individually as a firmware upgrade—it should be possible with the radio already in place, and it would be much better than the hack of attaching an AirPlay device. Further, it could work the same way that PlayTo works with Sonos...where you can simply select any of your Sonos devices as AirPlay output devices without having to touch a Sonos controller. Users who want to control AirPlay as a source could continue to use a separate device In.
      Walter Nordström
      Contributor I
      December 11, 2014
      Try Airsonos! it makes your computer a bridge between airplay device and Sonos, works great!  https://medium.com/@stephencwan/hacking-airplay-into-sonos-93a41a1fcfbb
      David Leblanc
      Lyricist III
      January 25, 2015
      Not sure why Sonos don't just natively support AirPlay... Why make it so complicated?
      Ganesh_1
      Lyricist I
      April 20, 2015
      #1 feature preventing me expanding sonos and going to airplay systems - CMON SONOS
      Phillip_13
      Lyricist I
      April 28, 2015
      This would be wicked useful especially since one of the sources I listen to is cutting integration to Sonos. 8tracks
      Thibaut Levesque
      Lyricist I
      April 29, 2015
      I agree, really supporting airplay will be just a MINIMUM from Sonos to fully enjoy its speakers from an iPhone, which just represent 1 on 2 smartphone !!!! :((((
      And their walk around solution with the airport is just a BAD JOKE when you see the price of the speakers...
      J_22
      Contributor I
      May 28, 2015
      Great idea! If Sonos are ignoring native AirPlay support, I guess this is the next best thing.
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