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MrVague-uk
Contributor I
October 4, 2017

Airplay 2 Support

Delighted to see AirPlay 2 support annouced. However, bubble well and truely burst by twitter support confirming it only works on newest devices - the play5 gen 2, and play base.

Can this be explained further, is it :

(i) Only new devices will support AirPlay 2. So if I have 6 Sonos speakers, 2 of which are play5:gen2, only those 2 will show as airplay speakers?

Or

(ii) You need at least one compatible device in your ecosystem, which acts as a bridge for older devices. So in scenario above, as at least one play5:gen2 is in the mix, all speakers are available.

I am crossing everything that it is (ii)... or there will be a lot of very unhappy people!
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    ellis.adamm
    Lyricist III
    October 8, 2017
    What good are my other play 1s and soundbars going to be with no airplay support? Some of my speakers will work with it and some won’t? That doesn’t sound like whole home audio. Alexa is fine but I only use it because airplay and Siri aren’t available yet.
    jgatie
    jgatie
    October 8, 2017
    Sonos has given no details about the Airplay 2 implementation. Maybe waiting until Sonos actually states what is or is not coming with Airplay support before complaining is in order. Also, if it is a requirement of Apple to have special hardware in the unit, what exactly is Sonos supposed to do to make your legacy hardware compliant?
      ellis.adamm
      Lyricist III
      October 8, 2017
      I’m not complaining. I’m just trying to find out if I should replace my play:1 speakers now while they are worth more. Once the ONE speakers are available people will pay less for used Play:1 speakers. But if I don’t have to replace them I won’t.
      Jayb5635
      Lyricist II
      October 13, 2017
      My hope is if you have a Play:5 gen 2 or Sonos ONE that it acts as the hub of sorts. So if I have audio playing in Apple Music and open my speaker options in Control Center, I want to see ALL my Sonos speakers listed as an audio target. Just as it currently works within the Spotify app, I want to see as I do now: living room, kitchen, and bedroom. That is the implementation I want at minimum.
      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      October 13, 2017
      That sounds reasonable to me. As long as your Airplay 2 sending unit can see the receiving unit, it should extend to all the connected devices.

      I'd actually have a hard time understanding if it were implemented in any other way.
      Bruce
      Guyincognito76
      Guyincognito76
      Prominent Collaborator I
      October 21, 2017
      Check post #6 in this thread. Sounds like good news.

      https://en.community.sonos.com/announcements-228985/exciting-partnerships-in-the-queue-6791309
      Erwin I
      Erwin I
      Trending Lyricist I
      October 23, 2017
      Ah that’s a bummer, I just ordered a Play 1, should of went with Sonos 1 instead. But since Airplay 2 isn’t coming until 2018, I probably will end up ordering a Sonos 1 by then.
      ? Playbar, Sub, 2 Play:3, and Play:1 ?
      DarwinOSX
      October 23, 2017
      Sonos has given no details about the Airplay 2 implementation. Maybe waiting until Sonos actually states what is or is not coming with Airplay support before complaining is in order. Also, if it is a requirement of Apple to have special hardware in the unit, what exactly is Sonos supposed to do to make your legacy hardware compliant?

      Airplay 2 is software only no hardware required.
      I have seen varying reports if Airplay 2 will be provide on current hardware.
      Airplay 2 works with multiple devices although there are ways to do that with current Airplay. It also has a much larger cache and streams faster than real time to eliminate lag.
      I just got my Sonos One by the way and its sounds great 🙂. I was going to buy two Homepods but this is more flexible.
      DarwinOSX
      October 23, 2017
      Ah that’s a bummer, I just ordered a Play 1, should of went with Sonos 1 instead. But since Airplay 2 isn’t coming until 2018, I probably will end up ordering a Sonos 1 by then.

      I would reckoned you return the Play 1 and get a Sonos One.
      It sounds better to me than a Play 1, looks better (to me), and will get more updates in future.
      DarwinOSX
      October 23, 2017
      My hope is if you have a Play:5 gen 2 or Sonos ONE that it acts as the hub of sorts. So if I have audio playing in Apple Music and open my speaker options in Control Center, I want to see ALL my Sonos speakers listed as an audio target. Just as it currently works within the Spotify app, I want to see as I do now: living room, kitchen, and bedroom. That is the implementation I want at minimum.

      That is how it works.
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