

The rest of this article focuses on the current AirPlay protocol, which, as you’ll see, works but needed an update.

And maybe we’ll even see some affordable AirPlay 2 speakers that make multi-room audio with HomePod (with Siri and HomeKit) a reality. But hopefully, this means that the protocol will get a whole lot better on iOS. More details on AirPlay 2 are forthcoming. The HomePod will go on sale in December 2017 for $350. You can send system audio and virtually any app’s audio right to your iPhone/iPad/iPod over Wi-Fi.Update: During WWDC 2017, Apple announced two game-changers in the world of multi-room audio: AirPlay 2 and the HomePod (Apple’s smart speaker answer to Amazon Echo and Google Home). In Airfoil for desktop, choose audio source, then click the sound icon besides your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to start stream audio from Windows or Mac computer to your iOS device. Then run Airfoil Satellite and Airfoil separately.

Now you can only get Airfoil for Mac to turn your Mac into an AirPlay sender for music streaming.Ĭonnect both iOS device and computer to the same Wi-Fi network. Unfortunately Airfoil for Windows was retired. It is a companion for Airfoil desktop version on your PC/Mac.ĭownload and install its desktop version from Rogue Amoeba Software website. Steps to stream music from Mac to iPhone iPad using Airfoilĭownload ‘Airfoil Satellite’ in App Store on to you iOS device. It turns your iOS device into an audio receiver so you can send any audio from your Mac or PC to your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch wirelessly. The Airfoil app picks up where iTunes left off. You can’t stream other music or audios, like game sound, system audio, YouTube music, Spotify, Pandora, to your iPhone iPad using iTunes. iTunes however can only stream songs in the iTunes library. See more details from this guide to stream music and videos from computer to iPhone iPad via iTunes. Searching for a way to stream music or any sound from Mac or PC to iPhone? If you have iTunes installed on your computer, you can turn on Home Sharing in iTunes so you can access your music and videos in iTunes library from iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
