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Spotify Still Doesn't Offer AirPlay 2 Nearly Six Months After Last Promising to Support the Feature
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YES. There are barely any devices that natively support Apple. Sonos does and a small handful of others, but I have several audio components around the house that support native streaming from a variety of apps and Apple Music doesn't work with any of them. Even some of the higher-end streamers you can buy...no Apple :/
This really is such a great feature to have because it makes streaming not-reliant on your phone. Hit "Play," close out the app, turn off your phone if you want...music still plays and it isn't draining your phone with an AirPlay stream.
This really is such a great feature to have because it makes streaming not-reliant on your phone. Hit "Play," close out the app, turn off your phone if you want...music still plays and it isn't draining your phone with an AirPlay stream.
But!
Spotify can be ”remote controlled" for example in the sense that it's controlled from an iPhone and then the audio is played back from Spotify from a computer with a good quality DAC, amp and speakers?
Why can't Apple nor Tidal do that yet? Would be perfect for such services that offer lossless audio quality.
Not that I care that much anymore since I in April last year got tinnitus and a bit of hearing-loss in my left ear.
Ring won’t even implement dark mode for their app.
Apple Music doesn't support Spotify Connect.
I left Spotify a few months ago for Apple Music after years of being with them. There is no excuse for this laziness. Apple Music has been great, so Spotify join the league of Dropbox and loss custom and Apple gain.
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I suffer from tinnitus as well but I forget about it most of the time. I rarely go to bed without earbuds in playing something so I suspect that’s why I feel like I don’t have it anymore sometimes.But!
Spotify can be ”remote controlled" for example in the sense that it's controlled from an iPhone and then the audio is played back from Spotify from a computer with a good quality DAC, amp and speakers?
Why can't Apple nor Tidal do that yet? Would be perfect for such services that offer lossless audio quality.
Not that I care that much anymore since I in April last year got tinnitus and a bit of hearing-loss in my left ear.
It’s maddening otherwise.
Well, implement to support which devices? The failed Homepod?
Spotify? Does anybody still use it?
This is the typical canned response to companies that don't fall in line to support Apple' products and services.
I don't think this is a bug as much as it's bad UX.
This happens (for me) if I have Spotify desktop player open. The volume on that devices "syncs" with my iPhone's volume, so in addition to change songs via Spotify connect, I can also change the volume. It's so stupid and the only way to stop it is to force quit Spotify on my iPhone and not open it when listening on desktop.
If it's any consolation... Ring still doesn't offer Homekit support, and it's been years... YEARS!
Correct me if i am wrong but isn't Spotify's complaint against Apple due to Apple not allowing Spotify access to certain API's which Spotify said they would need to have access to if they were to support Apple products 'natively'?.
I'm unhappy with a few things about Spotify, but I also find that they do some things better than other music streaming services.
I strongly believe Apple shouldn't control every aspect of my digital live, so for that reason alone I'm staying on Spotify.
My computer is Apple, my phone is Apple, my headphones are Apple, my cloud provider is Apple, most of the apps I use are Apple. I really don't need my music to be supplied by Apple, too. It's important to keep some competition going. I'm not happy with everything Spotify is doing, but they would have to f8ck up a lot more than they do to make me switch to Apple Music.
I strongly believe Apple shouldn't control every aspect of my digital live, so for that reason alone I'm staying on Spotify.
My computer is Apple, my phone is Apple, my headphones are Apple, my cloud provider is Apple, most of the apps I use are Apple. I really don't need my music to be supplied by Apple, too. It's important to keep some competition going. I'm not happy with everything Spotify is doing, but they would have to f8ck up a lot more than they do to make me switch to Apple Music.
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Now how am I supposed to get my vaccine misinformation from Joe Rogan if THERE'S NO AIRPLAY??????
Thats been the truth all along for anyone paying attention. All while Spotify throws temper tantrums for literally no reason. They could have HomePod integration, Apple Watch, etc etc.
I tried to cancel my subscription a few days ago after 3 years. Tired of waiting for HiFi that they announced last year. Their customer service reps don't have any info on HiFi or AirPlay2, and they have not announced anything, so as the poster above mentioned looks like vaporware. Pretty poorly run company, so I decided i can live without them. Have Apple, & Tidal for my Roon setup. Only you can't cancel from within the app. Another fail. Says you have to contact customer support to cancel. Been busy but I will get to it this weekend. I'm done with them.
