Hi Eric,
As Chris pointed out, Apple has put Airplay into the Control Centre, I
assume mostly in order to streamline the interface of its apps such as
Music, Podcasts etc. As you already noticed the MLB at Bat app still has
its
own Airplay button and so does Audible to give another example. It takes
a
bit of getting used to at first, but in a way it does make sense to have
it
centralized in Control Centre because I might be playing music via
Airplay
and check my email or make a phone call and this way I can bring up the
Control Centre from any home screen or app and control Airplay.
I am not sure what the purpose is of having your Philipps show up as a
WiFi
network. Often a device would show up here to do some initial
configuration.
One example of this is the WiFi Thermostat from Radio Thermostat. When
you
first hook it up it shows up as a WiFi network and you have to connect to
it, then bring up the Netatmo app and do some initial configuration. You
actually join the thermostat to your home network this way, once you
connect
to it and bring up the Radio Thermostat app you are prompted to make a
few
selections, then a list of available WiFi networks shows and you select
your
home WiFi and enter it's password. Once the thermostat is connected you
go
back to WiFi and rejoin your home WiFi on your phone, then you return to
the
app to finish the setup of the thermostat. Once it's done it will no
longer
be visible in your list of available WiFi networks.
I am not sure which model of Philipps speaker you have and what you do to
join the speaker to your home WiFi. But since a speaker just like the
thermostat has no interface on its own where you would select which
network
you want and where you can enter the password of your WiFi, I very much
assume that you do this also on the phone. In any case, if the speaker is
already connected to your WiFi you will definitely not have to switch to
it
and your phone or any laptop remain connected to your WiFi.
If you go to Airplay in Control Centre and you can't see your Philipps
speaker as an option then it is not properly joined to your WiFi. By the
way, I find the quickest way to find Airplay which is on the bottom right
above the bottom row of icons is to touch the bottom left of the phone
and
find the Flashlight app, then swipe once to the left and you are on
Airplay.
If your phone is connected to your WiFi and there is no Airplay then that
means no Airplay devices are found. If you have problems just send me the
model of your Philipps speaker and I can probably help you out.
As far as the future of Airplay is concerned, I highly doubt it will go
away. You always find lots of discontinued stuff on Amazon especially
when
it comes to electronic accessories. There are always new models and hence
others who are discontinued. Apple devices continue to be as popular as
ever
and therefore accessories which work with said devices will also continue
to
be popular. I would definitely not worry about Airplay going away any
time
soon, it won't happen.
Regards,
Sieghard
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
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Of SSEric
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 8:07 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Airplay: I Just Ain't Getting It!
First, a general question. Is Airplay no longer an option in the Music
app?
I don't see it on my iPhone 5 or Touch running the latest IOS.. I am sure
it
used to be there, but I don't play music all that often and never had
cause
for Airplay, so I am not sure when it disappeared. Is there something you
must do to activate it in the Music player?
Specifically, I bought a Philips Airplay enabled speaker. It requires
that
you acquire your network. I then bring up Wifi on my phone or Touch and
can
see the new option for Philips. This is fine, except that if I switch
from
my home network to this new Philips one, which is attached to my home
network, I can then no longer stream via wifi. Is this just the way it
is?
By the way, with regard to my first question about Airplay not showing in
the music player, the way I was able to play music was to first select
the
Philips from Airplay in the MLB At Bat app. I then switched to Music and
played music through the speaker.
I am trying to decide whether or not to keep this speaker and if I want
to
mess with Airplay at all. If my finding is true that you do have to join
the
speaker's network connection, thus not able to stream via your home
network,
then that doesn't seem so viable, since most of what I do listen to is
streamed. Also, as I said, I don't really do music listening all that
often,
so it might not be worth it, and I will just stick with Bluetooth
options.
Incidentally, as I shopped Amazon for Airplay speakers, I saw that a
whole
lot of them showed as discontinued by various manufacturers. It makes me
wonder about the future of the format.
Thanks for any education on how Airplay does or does not work.
Eric
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