AIRPLAY EVERYTHING

AirPlay is amazing! And here’s why...

Apple likes to throw around words like ‘magical’ and ‘incredible’ like confetti at a wedding, but AirPlay really is both. With a single tap or voice command you can share photos, videos, music and more with all kinds of devices. You can even use it to mirror your iOS, iPadOS or macOS device’s screen on your TV to watch a movie or home video or present a Keynote on the big screen.

AirPlay is incredibly easy to set up and use, and there’s a huge ecosystem of AirPlay-compatible devices you can share to and from. And chances are, if you’re using it at all, you’re only scratching the surface of what it can do. Over the next few pages we’ll discover how AirPlay works, what it works with, and how you can use it to make your life easier and more entertaining.

Although AirPlay is new to many of us, it has actually been around for a long time; originally called AirTunes, it was introduced way back in 2004 as a feature in iOS 4.2 for streaming music. That was audio only, but since then AirPlay has grown more powerful. The current version, AirPlay 2, can take almost any kind of media – photos, videos, TV shows, movies, music, presentations, podcasts, even your device’s screen – and send it to any AirPlay 2 compatible device, including your Mac, with just a single tap.