Learn how to arrange and use AirPlay 2 along with your Sonos audio system

Allow us to take you again to a darker time – circa 2013 – when Sonos customers had been imprisoned in one of many worst ecosystems: an app so dangerous it was borderline unusable; a requirement to run each speaker by way of a bridge.

How far we’ve come. No extra bridge. The vastly improved Sonos S2 app. And AirPlay 2.

Apple’s wi-fi protocol is reside on Sonos audio system, letting you stream music straight from an iOS system to your audio system.

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The truth is, utilizing AirPlay 2 you possibly can circumvent the Sonos app fully and nonetheless group your audio system collectively. You may as well group your Sonos audio system with Apple’s HomePod.

Which Sonos audio system are suitable with AirPlay 2?

Brief reply, something that has come out within the final 5 years or so: The One, Beam, Ray, Period 100, Period 300, Amp, Transfer, Port, Arc, 5, Roam, Transfer and the Play:5 (2nd-gen).

The rest received’t have the ability to play with AirPlay 2 straight, nonetheless that’s not the tip of the story. You may as well become old Sonos audio system working with AirPlay 2.

Learn how to arrange AirPlay 2 on Sonos

If you have not carried out so already, you are going to have to replace your Sonos audio system. However wait! Earlier than you do this, be certain the app itself is updated, in any other case chances are you’ll not have the ability to replace the audio system. As soon as you have carried out that…

1. Open the Sonos app. You must see a immediate to replace, but when not, faucet on Extra. Should you nonetheless do not see a immediate, faucet on Settings > On-line Updates. The app will manually scan for any updates accessible.

2. Open up AirPlay 2 in your iOS system by citing the Management Panel after which Power Touching the music widget (or simply faucet the highest proper nook of the field). Then faucet the AirPlay icon. You must see your updates Sonos audio system seem within the checklist.

3. Choose the audio system you need to play from. Keep in mind, AirPlay 2 lets you choose a number of audio system directly.

Learn how to get Siri working with Sonos

Proper now, solely Alexa or the Google Assistant is obtainable natively on Sonos audio system so the place does that go away Siri?

Don’t count on it to reside natively on Sonos audio system any time quickly (Apple’s not the kind of firm to utterly bequeath its assistant to others). Nonetheless, you may get Siri working with Sonos, by way of AirPlay 2, for those who register it within the Apple Dwelling app.

When you’ve carried out so, you’ll have the ability to ask Siri to play music on particular Sonos audio system, as long as you’re utilizing Apple Music or taking part in music out of your native Music library (it’s simply a kind of annoying limitations proper now, sadly).

To set this up, head into the Dwelling app in your iPhone or iPad and hit the + icon on the high proper. Choose ‘Add accent’ and on the following display faucet “Don’t have a Code or Can’t Scan?”

In case your Sonos speaker is switched on and close by, it ought to seem right here. Faucet on it to assign it to a room and provides it a reputation. As soon as that’s carried out, you’ll have the ability to say issues like, “Hey Siri, play Animal Collective on Sonos One“.