Airplay Speaker Question

[jpiszcz]

Hello,

WIth bluetooth speakers, when you leave for work and come home you have to re-pair them manually by pressing the pair or power/connect button.

Is this the same for Airplay speakers or, when you return home will it remember the setting and automatically play via the Airplay speaker?

Justin.

 

[jpiszcz]

It appears when the device is locked it won't play audio to the speaker:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2673809

Which would defeat the point of using it for notification alerts.

 

[takeshi74]

You don't pair Airplay speakers but you do have to select them for output.

 

[kidtriton]

Going from memory of what I think I've seen happen is that as long as you don't open and use that app while you're away then when you come back home it will still be set to play to them. But if you open the app (pandora, etc) while not on that network the airplay speakers were on it will default back to the internal speaker and not change back until you do it manually.

 

[PNutts]

It appears when the device is locked it won't play audio to the speaker:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2673809

Which would defeat the point of using it for notification alerts.

AirPlay does play audio to a speaker while the device is locked.

 

[jpiszcz]

AirPlay does play audio to a speaker while the device is locked.

Thanks! If you leave and go away from the AirPlay speakers and come back in 2-3 hours, does it continue to use the AirPlay speakers or do you have to re-select them as the output device?

 

[jpiszcz]

Thanks! If you leave and go away from the AirPlay speakers and come back in 2-3 hours, does it continue to use the AirPlay speakers or do you have to re-select them as the output device?

Does anyone use Airplay speakers who can confirm how it works if you return home, do they auto-reconnect or is it a manual process?

Justin.

 

[rrandyy]

Does anyone use Airplay speakers who can confirm how it works if you return home, do they auto-reconnect or is it a manual process?

Justin.

It is manual. When I return home from work, I have to select that airplay speaker again. On the other hand, each time I get in my car the phone detects the BT and automatically sends mp3/pandora/etc audio to my car. No need to re-pair or even select the car speaker each time.

 

[jpiszcz]

It is manual. When I return home from work, I have to select that airplay speaker again. On the other hand, each time I get in my car the phone detects the BT and automatically sends mp3/pandora/etc audio to my car. No need to re-pair or even select the car speaker each time.

Thanks for the response, good to know.