Nativ Adds Apple AirPlay, Google Cast Support in Wireless Streaming Update
High-res audio company Nativ announced a software update enabling wireless multiroom music streaming via Apple AirPlay, Google Cast and other streaming protocols for its Vita network music server and touch-screen control center. Vita plays through amplifiers and digital-to-analog converters via a digital output stage and now to networked wireless speakers via the update, co-founder Michael Li said Tuesday. The update also adds compatibility for up to 5 TB additional storage, bringing total storage to 10 TB, which Li translated as 40,000 albums or 200,000 tracks. Additional metadata and album artwork databases are part of the update, along with improvements to browsing speed. Other supported protocols in the update are UPnP/DLNA and Qualcomm AllPlay, and users can stream music to wireless speakers and devices from Sonos, Denon Heos, Bang & Olufsen, Amazon, Roku and Samsung, Li said. Users can play music on one or multiple speakers simultaneously and control the volume from the Vita’s interface, he said. Starting price is $1,599.