AirPlay 2 Review: A computational audio duet for your HomePodAirPlay 2 is here! Finally, right? And with it come two of the major features promised when HomePod was first announced a year ago — stereo pairing and multi-room audio.
When Apple first announced the HomePod back at WWDC 2017, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, Phil Schiller, announced AirPlay 2 along with it. The next generation of Apple's audio and video media streaming protocol, it would open up HomePod and other AirPlay 2-enabled speakers to both stereo pairing and multi-room audio.
HomePod shipped late and AirPlay 2 shipped even later. Years after similar features were available from Sonos, for example. But it's here now, and so the question becomes: Is it too little, too late, or is it the update everyone's been waiting for?
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AirPlay 2 Stereo Pairs
Creating a stereo pair is super easy. If you set up a second HomePod in the same HomeKit room as your first, it automatically asks you if you wa...
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AirPlay 2 Review: A computational audio duet for your HomePod