OK i see from the release notes for the lat software update :

Other notes:

- BeoLink Multiroom together with AirPlay2 multiroom courses out of sync due to different clock systems. No easy solution on this available.

 So i guess this means managing AP2 sessions using iOS devices, but not the B&O app to join other products to the AP2 session.  

No big issue, though it does mean tapping to join wont work  - i use this a lot, so a bit of a pain.

I am on the heta .10.1.48.58 of the Bang & Olufsen app.

Is there a special AirPlay 2 beta?

Or do you mean a beta firmware update for the devices?

 

Anyway I can - just like before - add any other device to an ongoing AirPlay session.

E.g. from my Essence to my tv - in the app or by pushing Join on the remote.

 

MM

Just saw your second post!

If a firmwareupdate to the devices means that there is no NL-multiroom support anymore...

....that is severe.

I would consider updating then!

MM

Yes, there has been an AP2 beta for relevant speakers for a couple of months now.

There was a recent beta software update on the 9th September.

Since when adding other speakers to an Airplay (2) session seems to have disappeared, whether attempted using the B&O app or by tapping to join.

The quote from the release notes maybe points to a multi room issue with Airplay 2 - though i dont know if it explains the issue i am seeing.

I will email support and see what their response is.

Again, not sure if others with AP2 beta enabled B&O speakers are experiencing the same problem as me.

(the firmware updates are beta updates for those who elected to be on the AP2 beta programme).

NL for everything else is fine - just AP2 streams cant be shared, and that option seems to have disappeared from the Product Setting / Configuration as described in my initial post.

I have the beta firmware on my devices and I can add (sometimes with problems) both 2 and 3 speakers using Airplay2 from eg Deezer on my iPhone.

However, they seldom play in sync. And sometimes one of the speakers refuse to play.

Also, if I adjust volume on the devices it’s not changing volume smoothly.

Hmm....

So on my iPhone X, i just used the B&O app to start Deezer on my A9 - and yes, then i can expand to another speaker, in this case my BS2.

But if i open the Deezer app on the iPhone, play some music, airplay it to my A9, then no, i can't add any other products - on the multi room tab it says "Can't find any products to add".

I am not sure if the first test is actually using some Deezer capability within the A9, and then multi room expanding is fine.

Whereas the second test is a clear Airplay on something from my phone to an A9, in which case the A9 / app sees no other products to expand to.

Might be interesting to see if you have the same results, if you have time.

Thanks

 

This is the way I play.

Play from iPhone using Deezer app:

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Tick the speakers I want to Airplay to:

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Sandyb wrote:

So on my iPhone X, i just used the B&O app to start Deezer on my A9 - and yes, then i can expand to another speaker, in this case my BS2.

Here you use the Deezer function in A9.

Airplay is not involved.

Yes, that works for me,.

But the issue i was raising was my second test - Airplay from iPhone to A9 (for example), and then get a second speaker (my BS2) to join using either tap to join, or with the B&O app.

That scenario was working, even with the beta versions of both the app and Airplay 2 firmware on those speakers.

But now that doesnt work.

I looked at the product settings / configuration - and the option, under sources, to allow airplay multi-room has disappeared.

Which is why i think it now doesn't work.

This may be by design or accident -  but if its by design, that's a bad thing.

Because if other sources cannot join via a tap to join - well that's inconvenient, and removes a bit of functionality from the speaker.