AirPlay 2

[Innocent]

If patience is a virtue, than any Phantom owner waiting for the Airplay 2 upgrade will surely become a Saint! ? That being said, I do have Airplay 2 working on my Phantom Gold and I love it. To do this while waiting for the mothership to prepare the appropriate firmware update, you need an Apple Airport Express (ONLY 2nd Generation), a Toslink to Mini Toslink Digital Optical S/PDIF Audio Cable, and the optical input free on your Phantom. Start by updating your Airport Express to Firmware Version 7.8.  This is an update that appeared in September 2018, but if you’re like me, your Airport Express was already in retirement and was therefore already a couple of versions behind. This suggested fix ONLY appears in Firmware 7.8, so this step is essential. One this is done, add the Airport Express to the same wireless network as your other Airplay 2 devices sit on. Then plug your mini-Toslink into your Airport Express and then the other to the optical in on the Phantom. You should now see your Phantom in selectable devices which can be paired/coupled with other Airplay 2 speakers/devices. It can also be added to HomeKit so speaker configurations can be added to scenes (and soon, with an Airplay 2 Equipped TV!) and it sounds great. Have fun if you want to experiment!

But it doesn't work with 2 Phantoms and the Dialog in between for stereo sound. If I connect this setup to the AirPort Express I don't have synch output with my HomePod!   And I guess that's the problem why Devialet is promising support for AirPlay 2 since years but nothing happens since then!