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a.h.jaffe
Contributor I
June 6, 2018
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Does the original (gen1?) Play:5 support AirPlay 2?

I can’t find an unambiguous answer to this question anywhere: Does the original (gen1?) Play:5 support AirPlay 2?
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    Ryan S
    Ryan SAnswer
    Retired Sonos Staff
    June 6, 2018
    The original Play:5 isn't able to act as a target or receiver for Airplay 2, but if you have a Play:5 gen2, Sonos One, Playbase, or Beam (just announced), they can all receive that signal and can be grouped with older players to share the audio.
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    chapter4unlimited
    chapter4unlimited
    Lyricist III
    June 7, 2018
    A Sonos One is your best alternative as "a hub". To group others with for airplay.

    Or - if you want to make a fairly free hub of your own just have a computer in your house run the likes of AirSonos etc. to make all your speakers show in airplay (been available for a good long time).

    Thanks for giving me another way to wrap my head around this. I'm not opposed to keeping a computer running to achieve Airplay 2 support, but I think AirSonos stopped support on this and they are nowhere near ready for Airplay 2. https://github.com/stephen/airsonos/issues/395 -- I looked at AirSonos years ago, decided against it, and forgot about it until you just suggested it. The install process seems over my head anyway, requiring "node.js" and all sorts of things I don't feel like having to troubleshoot every time there's a problem.
    melvimbe
    melvimbe
    June 7, 2018
    I can't see Sonos spending the money to develop a device soley for airplay2 support. There can't be that many customers that would be that interested in it. If this hub had additional features, maybe.
    Danny
    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    June 7, 2018
    There are other server software's - think most current is
    https://github.com/philippe44/AirConnect

    I haven't kept up with them all
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