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GR1
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March 8, 2023
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Airplay vs. older non compatible Sonos speakers

Hello, I have been using three Sonos speakers for years and they still work perfectly, BUT they are not compatible with Airplay.   If I buy one newer Sonos speaker that is Airplay compatible, will that effectively make the whole system Airplay compatible?   

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106rallye
106rallyeAnswer
March 8, 2023

Yes, in so far that you'd Airplay to the new speaker and group that with the old speakers. see https://support.sonos.com/article/group-and-ungroup-rooms

I can't see what speakers you won but if they are S1 only, you need to buy an S1 compatible speaker.  See https://support.sonos.com/article/sonos-s2-compatibility

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106rallye
106rallyeAnswer
March 8, 2023

Yes, in so far that you'd Airplay to the new speaker and group that with the old speakers. see https://support.sonos.com/article/group-and-ungroup-rooms

I can't see what speakers you won but if they are S1 only, you need to buy an S1 compatible speaker.  See https://support.sonos.com/article/sonos-s2-compatibility

    pwt
    pwt
    Virtuoso
    March 8, 2023

    It’s also fairly simple to make all Sonos speakers directly compatible with AirPlay, if you have a little technical know-how:

    https://github.com/philippe44/AirConnect, which works very well indeed.

     

    If you can get your hands on a Raspberry Pi, take a look at:

    https://github.com/pwt/docker-airconnect-arm

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