Use AirPlay to stream audio

Stream music, podcasts, and other audio to Apple TV, HomePod, or AirPlay 2-compatible speakers or smart TVs. Play audio across multiple speakers throughout your home in perfect sync. Or play something different in every room — all with AirPlay.

Get started

Make sure that your devices meet the requirements for using AirPlay. To stream audio to multiple speakers with AirPlay 2, simply select multiple AirPlay 2-compatible speakers or smart TVs. To ask Siri to play a movie or TV show in the room where you want to watch it, add your AirPlay 2-compatible speakers and smart TVs to a room in the Home app.

Stream audio from an iOS or iPadOS device

Stream audio from Apple TV

Stream audio from Apple Music

Stream audio from Mac

Stream audio from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with AirPlay

Play music on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, then control where it’s playing from Control Center:

1. Open Control Center on your iPhone or iPod touch, or on your iPad:
   • On iPhone X or later or iPad with iPadOS or later, swipe down from the upper-right corner of the screen.
   • On iPhone 8 or earlier or iOS 11 or earlier, swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen.
2. Touch and hold the group of controls in the upper-right corner, then tap the AirPlay button .
3. Tap each speaker or TV that you want to play the current audio to.

You can also use AirPlay to stream audio from an app you’re using on your device. Just open the app, tap the AirPlay button , then tap a speaker or tap multiple speakers.

Stream audio from your Apple TV with AirPlay

Whether you’re watching a movie or listening to music with your Apple TV, you can use AirPlay to stream audio to your AirPods, Beats headphones, HomePod, or AirPlay 2-compatible speakers.

1. Play the audio that you want to stream from your Apple TV, then press and hold Apple TV App/Home to bring up Control Center.
2. Select AirPlay .
3. Choose the headphones or speakers that you want to stream the current audio to.

Stream audio from Apple Music on a Mac with AirPlay

Make sure that you’re using the latest version of Apple Music on your Mac and that your devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi or ethernet network. Then follow these steps:

1. Open Apple Music on your Mac.
2. To the right of the volume slider in Apple Music, click the AirPlay icon .
3. Click each speaker or AirPlay 2-compatible TV that you want to play the current audio to.

Stream audio from your Mac with AirPlay

To stream audio from your Mac to your Apple TV, HomePod, or AirPlay-compatible speaker:

1. Make sure that your Mac and speaker are on the same Wi-Fi or ethernet network.
2. Go to Apple menu  > System Preferences > Sound.
3. Under Output, select a speaker that you want to stream audio to. If you select Show volume in menu bar, then you can quickly change the audio output by clicking Volume in the menu bar.

You can’t use AirPlay to stream audio to multiple speakers from the menu bar on a Mac.

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Satellite ®

For Windows

The perfect Airfoil companion

Airfoil Satellite is an audio receiver and remote control for Airfoil. Use it to turn any Windows machine into an audio receiver, to remotely control Airfoil, or even to turn a PC into a receiver for audio from iOS.

With Airfoil Satellite, any PC can become part of your whole-house streaming audio setup.

Fantastic Features

Receive Any Audio

Run Airfoil Satellite on your Windows PC, and you can receive any audio streamed with Airfoil for Mac.

Remote Airfoil Control

Toggle outputs on and off, adjust volumes, and even switch sources. It’s full Airfoil control, remotely!

Reverse Connect

Initiate connections back to Airfoil from within Airfoil Satellite, so you can start receiving audio remotely.

Playback Control, Too

Remotely control playback of select sources, including Spotify, iTunes, and many more.

Looking Sharp

Metadata, including track titles and album art from supported sources, is shown right in Airfoil Satellite.

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Released January 31, 2020 (Release Notes)
For Windows 10, 8/8.1, and 7

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How To Stream Audio From Your PC Or Mac To Chromecast

Jun 23, 2016
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Chromecast and Chromecast Audio are two different devices. The Chromecast is meant for video and audio streaming and aims to give users a ‘smart’ TV for the very cheap price of $30. The Chromecast Audio is meant to stream audio to speakers and give you ‘smart’ speakers without breaking the bank. Even though both devices are cheap, you might not want to buy them both and perhaps would like some way to use the Chromecast as just an audio streaming device. This is possible provided you aren’t trying to hook the Chromecast up to a pair of speakers. What you can do, with the right third-party apps, is stream audio from your PC or Mac to the Chromecast. Here’s how.

On Windows

The app you need is called Chromecast Audio Stream. It’s very simple to use. Just download it, and run the app EXE. Make sure your Chromecast is set up and properly running. The app adds a Chromecast icon to the System Tray. Right-click it and select your Chromecast. That’s all it takes. Any and all audio that is played on your system will stream via your TV/Monitor’s speakers.

To control the volume, use the volume controls on the app that’s playing audio e.g. VLC player or YouTube’s media player. You will not be able to control the volume from your system’s default volume controls.

On Mac

You need two apps to stream audio from your Mac to the Chromecast. The first is SoundFlower. Install this app on your Mac and then install Soundcast. Soundcast adds a Chromecast icon to the menu bar. Make sure the Chromecast is up and running and click the icon. From ‘Cast to’ option select your Chromecast and the audio from your Mac will start streaming to the TV/Monitor you’re Chromecast is connected to.

Streaming is nice and smooth with both Soundcast and Chromecast Audio Stream. There’s no lag to speak off but we won’t recommend overloading your network when you’re streaming audio. Both apps will stream any and all audio from your desktops so be very careful about what you’re playing when you’re streaming audio to the Chromecast.

How to stream audio from macOS to Windows 10

Feb 14, 2020
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macOS and Windows 10 are two operating systems that are rarely easy to use together. There are so many differences between the two that developers seldom see the need to create something for both platforms. Similarly, since it’s so hard to get the two to work cohesively, users tend to just stick to one machine. If you need to stream audio from macOS to Windows 10, you might find yourself abandoning the idea before you figure out a solution. There is a fairly simple way to do it though but it carries a $29 price tag. If that’s a price you’re willing to pay, check out Airfoil. You can start with the app’s trial version and if you like how it works, you can buy a license for the app.

Stream audio from macOS to Windows 10

In order to stream audio from macOS to Windows 10, you’re going to have to install the Airfoil app on both systems. You can use Airfoil to stream audio to multiple Windows 10 systems but each one must have the Airfoil app installed. All systems must be on the same WiFi network.

On your Windows 10 PC

Download the Airfoil Satellite app for Windows 10. Install and run it. That’s all you need to do. The app can run in the system tray and you won’t need to interact with it at all to start streaming. You can close the window and the app will go to the system tray where it will continue to listen for audio.

On your Mac

Download Airfoil for Mac and install it. Do not install the app with Satellite in its name. You want to install the main Airfoil app. Once installed, run the app. Open the dropdown and select which app you want to stream audio from. In the screenshot below, we’re streaming audio from the Music app.

The app will automatically detect which systems are running the Airfoil server app and list them. If you want to stream audio to a Windows 10 PC but also want it to play on your Mac, do not mute any of the listed devices in Airfoil’s interface. If you want to only stream audio to a Windows 10 PC but do not want it to play from your Mac’s speakers, you can mute the internal speakers.

Since the app is streaming audio over WiFi, latency is going to be a concern. During tests, the audio was a bit choppy to start out but it soon smoothed out and made for a perfectly good listening experience. Try the app’s trial version and see how well it works for you before you buy it.

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How to Stream Video and Audio from iPad and iPhone to Mac

Written by Kaylee Wood | Last update: May 20, 2020

Wonder if you can stream video and audio from iPad, Phone (11/11 Pro/11 Pro Max and the earlier models) to Mac? Surely yes. The superb streaming player 5KPlayer can easily help you stream videos, movies, music from iPhone 11 and before, iPad and other iOS devices to Mac, with untouched video quality. Learn how to use 5KPlayer to stream your favorite videos and music from iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to Mac wirelessly now!

How to Stream Video and Audio from iPad and iPhone to Mac?

You will need 5KPlayer to stream movies, TV shows, music and songs from iOS devices iPad iPhone to Mac. 5KPlayer brace in video formats support and streaming quality, not only support streaming the generally supported H.264, MP4, MP3, AAC media formats, but also streaming video in AVI, FLV, MKV and even DVD without compromise in quality. So that you can achieve share almost any video from iPhone iPad to Mac with your friends.

Smartphones and tablets today can delivery almost everything you can expect of a digital product, especially those fully-functional ones with stunning display and fine resolution like iPhone 11/11 Pro/11 Pro Max (and the earlier models), iPad Pro, Air, Mini and so on, but when it comes to video or audio, why just get stuck watching videos or enjoying music on a tiny screen? Surely a larger display and better speaker come with a more satisfying experience. Instead of copying the video and audio to Mac and occupy your computer’s space, you are suggested to directly stream video and audio from iPad, iPhone to Mac.

How to Stream Video Audio from iOS 13 to Mac with a Streaming Player

Speaking of streaming video software, Mac users are unfortunately facing with limited choices, as most of which are designed to stream Mac to iPhone, iPad etc, and when it comes to stream from iOS to Mac, that number shrinks close to zero. Here is a well-known trick (not officially announced by Apple) that enforces streaming iOS devices to Mac by using QuickTime Player. But this trick does not always work and faces problems like:

1. Streaming video and dropping frames
2. Steaming video but only audio works
3. Choosing the device to stream but it cannot be connected
4. Selecting the given option but it automatically reselects the built-in speakers
5. Other problems like streaming interrupt, choppy, black screen, etc.

If you are looking for solutions to fix the problems above, you will soon find that there is little information that can provide solutions, and most of them do not work. Also, we do not want to ask you to direct connecting iPhone or iPad to Mac with a lightning cable although it provides the most stable and fastest content streaming experience. To stream video from iOS to Mac, the unparalleled streaming software for Mac 5KPlayer, which is able to stream iOS to Mac, comes to your help. This all-in-one streaming player, serves as an AirPlay receiver, can stream any videos, movies and music, like the hot movie Parasite, HBO Westworld TV series, Disney Onward, Taylor Swift – The Man (music MV) and many more, from iPad iPhone to Mac based on Apple’s wireless technology AirPlay, with no quality loss and no storage space needed.

How to Stream Video and Audio from iPad and iPhone 11 to Mac

By downloading 5KPlayer on your Mac, you are granted the freedom to pause, fast forward, adjust the volume or switch between media while moving around with an iPhone 11 or iPad in hand. Just follow the guide below to stream from iOS 13 to Mac.

Step 1: Download and launch this AirPlay receiver on Mac. Note to connect your iOS device and Mac to the same Wi-Fi network.

Step 2: Connect as you normally would to an Apple TV over AirPlay from your iOS device: Go to Control Center on the display of your iOS device and find AirPlay. Click AirPlay.

Step 3: Then you can see a list of AirPlay receiver options. In the device list, there will be the name of your Mac. Tap it and click Done.

Step 4: Go to Videos or Music app supported Airplay on your iPhone/iPad/iPod and play the video or music to start to stream video and audio from iPhone iPad to Mac now. Then your Mac will start to play the video or audio that’s currently playing on iPad iPhone.

5KPlayer is an all-in-one AirPlay receiver and sender which delivers impeccable performance in video music AirPlay streaming. With this AirPlay player, users can not only stream video and audio from iOS devices like iPhone iPad to computer, but also AirPlay music, songs, movies and videos from computer to Apple TV, with no space needed and 100% quality reserved.

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