Did you get info that Airplay 2 would be available today from B&O as a firmware update today?

In September 2017 (or a bit later) after Apple announced that Airplay 2 would come, B&O announced that its Airplay devices will be compatible from day 1 with airplay 2.

it was the same with Libratone (I currently have a small Airplay device from them), and I can say that it’s also not compatible for the moment.

A9 and Essence got a 1.17 update earlier this month without release notes, I was confident that it was the famous “day one Airplay 2 update” but finally it was just wishful thinking!

iOS 11.4 arrives today and brings support to Airplay 2 (and stereo pairing to Apple Homepod)

@CB : exactly, I updated my iPhones and iPad to iOS 11.4 to see that B&O products (and Libratone too) doesn’t show as Airplay 2 speakers!

Our friends in Struer probably need to wait untill our other friends in Cupertino give the Go command...

Karel.

Have you updated to iOS 11.4 today?

If you have, it is, but unless you have any Airplay 2 capable speakers, the new  features (volume slider for individual speakers for ex) won't show in the control screen you have attached.

For the record, i updated everything (iOS and tvOS on ATV4), tried to ask Siri to play something on Living Room (speakers) ie. the Apple TV.....didnt work.

So despite the new tvOS asking me to sign the ATV4 to a room, i chose "Living Room", and using the (updated) iPhone to trigger something on the Airplay 2 compliant ATV....the phone say it cant find a speaker of that name.

I cannot say that i am surprised - having updated both, i'll try a power cycle and see if the same request works.

Voice control eh...isnt it marvellous.

@CB: an airplay 2 speaker should have a circle (to be able to select multiple speakers at the same time) so no, you’re just using Airplay.

@sandyb : I can ask Siri to play music in the living room from my iPad or iPhone, it then starts to stream music from my mobile device to the Apple TV. What I cannot do is to tell Siri to “play music from Apple TV in the living room” from a mobile device. I would be interested in that kind of command (I think it’s possible) to use the mobile devices as remotes only to save their batteries.

OK, got it working.

My Apple TV 4 wasn't showing in the Home app (signing in/out of iCloud, and the ATV asked me to hold my iPhone near, and then the Apple Tv suddenly appeared). 

So i asked Siri (iPhone) to play a podcast in Living Room (that Apple TV) - and that worked, which is good.

To your question - i think when you ask Siri (iPhone) to play something where there is a parallel ATV app, it uses that. In the case just described, my iPhone Podcast app shows the show playing on the "Living Room" by the speaker select icon. (When it is streaming from iPhone to Apple TV, it will say that by the speaker icon)   And then, having triggered that using Siri (iPhone) i can play something completely different on my iPhone. 

It would be nice if Siri could trigger non-native Apps to play - but that won't happen. It can't do it locally on an iPhone / iPad, so i don't see why it would work now with Airplay 2 speakers. So all of this voice control is geared around Apple's native services, which will work for some, not others.

And of course, we need our Bed-stuff updated - I've set my expectation low timing wise! If we get updates from B&O  in the next 2-3 weeks, i'd be very surprised.