Use AirPlay to stream audio
- June 7, 2024
- Apple
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Use AirPlay to stream audio
Stream music, podcasts, and other audio to Apple TV, HomePod, or AirPlay 2-compatible speakers or smart TVs. Play audio across multiple speakers throughout your home in perfect sync. Or play something different in every room — all with AirPlay.
Play audio on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 11.4 or later, or a Mac with macOS Catalina or later. Then use AirPlay to stream that audio to your AirPlay-compatible speakers or smart TVs.
To stream audio to multiple speakers with AirPlay 2, simply select multiple AirPlay 2-compatible speakers or smart TVs. To ask Siri to play a movie or TV show in the room where you want to watch it, add your AirPlay 2-compatible speakers and smart TVs to a room in the Home app.
Stream audio from an iOS or iPadOS device
Stream audio from Apple TV
Stream audio from Mac
Stream audio from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Play music on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, then control where it’s playing from Control Center:
- Open Control Center on your iPhone or iPod touch, or on your iPad:
- On iPhone X or later or iPad with iPadOS or later, swipe down from the upper-right corner of the screen.
- On iPhone 8 or earlier or iOS 11 or earlier, swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen.
- Touch and hold the group of controls in the upper-right corner, then tap AirPlay .
- Tap each speaker or TV that you want to play the current audio to.
You can also use AirPlay to stream audio from an app you’re using on your device. Just open the app, tap AirPlay , then tap a speaker or tap multiple speakers.
Stream audio from your Mac
- Make sure that your Mac and speaker are on the same Wi-Fi or Ethernet network.
- Open Apple Music on your Mac.
- To the right of the volume slider in Apple Music, click AirPlay .
- Click each speaker or TV that you want to play the current audio to.
If you don’t see the AirPlay icon or if you want to stream audio from a different app:
- On your Mac, select Control Center in the menu bar.
- Click AirPlay under Sound.
- Select a speaker that you want to play the current audio to.
You can’t use AirPlay to stream audio to multiple speakers from the menu bar on a Mac.
Published Date: July 16, 2021