Now that Sonos has added AirPlay 2 connectivity to its range of speakers, it’s time to get on board the Apple train. With AirPlay 2 you can now stream to a Sonos device straight from your iPhone, or ask Siri on an iPhone, iPad or HomePod to control your new Beam sound bar, for example. …
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Hey Siri, make friends with my Sonos sound system. Sonos has become the first third-party company to support the Apple AirPlay 2 standard, which offers multi-room playback and lets you speak to Siri through a separate device. Sonos has announced that its One, Play:5, Playbase and the recently released Beam now support Apple’s standard. This follows the company demonstrating Siri and Alexa working …
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One of the first speaker makers to support Apple’s new AirPlay 2 system for whole-home audio was Sonos, and now we know when it’s coming: July. AirPlay 2 allows you to control multiple compatible speakers like the HomePod or Sonos, or Apple TV devices, around the home, and stream music to them using an iPhone, iPad or Mac computer. Supported …
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Bang & Olufsen is ready to take full advantage of the new features of Apple’s Airplay 2. The high end speaker maker announced it would work with Apple’s audio streaming system in January. After Apple officially launched Airplay 2 on Tuesday, Bang & Olufsen made the integration official Wednesday and announced it would roll out to 10 of the company’s …
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Announced last June, Apple’s Messages iCloud feature was delayed with the release of iOS 11 in the fall of 2017. The feature — which promises to keep all of your messages and shared images synced across all of your Apple devices — made another appearance once iOS 11.3 was released in beta, only to get removed yet again. With iOS …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. We’re about a week away from seeing what iOS 12 will be like, but in the meantime the latest version of iOS 11 is now available to download. iOS 11.4 is here, bringing two overdue features promised last year: AirPlay 2 and iMessages in …
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What’s not to love about slimline receivers? They’re so little! So tiny. Come here little cutie!! Look at you! Marantz has been making half-height AV receivers for many years, and the NR1509 and NR1609 are the latest to slip off the production line. The look is familiar, and the features are more or less the same. Now that everyone is …
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Sonos could be ready to announce a new home-theater speaker with voice control next month. In an invitation that went out to journalists Thursday morning, the audio company has scheduled an event for June 6 in San Francisco. The invite features a table-full of remotes with the tagline “You’re better than this.” The Sonos invite that was sent to journalists …
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Apple’s HomePod delivers superb sound quality, gives you access to Siri without using your iPhone, and lets you control your smart home devices through HomeKit. The $349 (£319, AU$499) smart speaker has a 4-inch high-excursion woofer, seven horn-loaded tweeters, and a six-microphone array (there’s a seventh microphone). It offers both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity. To find out how Apple packed …
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Here they come, over the ridge, it’s Onkyo’s midrange receivers! The TX-NR585 and TX-NR686 bring with them the features you want, including Dolby Atmos and almost every type of music streaming option. Both receivers offer 5.1.2 (with front height) surround amplification in both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. The TX-NR686 ($649) offers a bit more power per channel than the TX-NR585 …
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