Otherwise, Spotify still needs to offer proper AirPlay support!
I have to say that I have never heard any unwanted sounds when using Spotify, neither on my phone or desktop.
A better support for AirPlay would of course be welcome instead of just streaming the sound from the device, but I believe there might be some politics going on here. After all Spotify have their own Spotify Connect that works very well with supported devices, and much like Apple and other companies they of course prefer to tie the customer to their own services, making it harder to switch. As of today brands like Sony, Yamaha, Philips, Pioneer, Panasonic, Onkyo, NAD, LG, JBL, Denon, Cambridge, Bose, Bang & Olufsen, Argon and more have devices that support Spotify Connect. Source.
The main difference from AirPlay is that the music stream goes directly to the device you are controlling, and is not (like AirPlay) actually streamed from your phone. This makes a huge difference in battery life since the phone is more of a remote instead of something that has to stream everything all the time.
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