Bang & Olufsen Gives Late Summer Availability for AirPlay 2 Software Update

Bang & Olufsen said AirPlay 2 will be available for 10 products via an over-the-air update starting August and September: BeoPlay M3, M5, A6, A9 mk2; and the BeoSound 1, 2, 35, Essence mk2, Core and Eclipse. Apple’s release of AirPlay 2 has also unleashed multiroom audio capability for compatible audio systems from Bluesound, Bose, Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Libratone, Marantz, Marshall, Naim, Pioneer and Sonos. With AirPlay 2, Apple users will be able to ask Siri to play music in any room, group of rooms or the whole home, said the tech giant. For HomePod, AirPlay 2 features are automatically supported, and music can be streamed around the house without the need to manually group speakers. AirPlay 2 controls are available across iOS within any app and in Control Center for quick access to what’s playing in every room, on every speaker, Apple said. Apple Music subscribers can ask Siri to play different songs in different rooms or the same song everywhere. Apple’s HomePod smart speaker will be able to communicate with other AirPlay 2-enabled speakers when they become available, said Apple.