(30-May-2018, 13:44)ivandolz Wrote:(29-May-2018, 23:25)What will be better with AirPlay 2?kmjy Wrote: AirPlay 1 and 2 are both supported on an iOS 11.4 device. So you won’t be forced to use one or the other. You won’t notice a difference and everything will still function the same.
Devialet has stated AirPlay 2 will be launching on Phantom/Dialogue but it won’t appear on those until it’s launched officially on iOS. Since it’s now officially launched it should be about 3 to 6 months for it to launch on Phantom.
Until then everything will function the same.
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There will be quite some advantages regarding the management and streaming if you use more than one device. It will be interesting to see how Devialet will implement it, as AirPlay 2 does some things that Dialog/Spark also do. The main advantage is, you can combine several devices into groups and stream simultaneously (mix & match). The devices can now also be addressed by Apple Home Kit / Siri etc. and you can combine e.g. two Apple Home Pod's for Stereo capability. So it is a much more advanced protocol. To my knowledge there is no improvement in the streaming codec regarding HiRes, but I may be wrong. As long as you have an iPhone/iPad running on iOS 11.4 (or Mac OS High Sierra 10.?*) it becomes a much more coherent experience.
* As it turns out macOS Sierra 10.13.5 does not offer AirPlay 2.
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