Yes, I forgot to mention Apple Watch which can be a very useful addition to this airplay 2 conversation. With the Now Playing screen on the watch you have access to each of the speakers in your house. For instance, those earlier discussing if you go to the bathroom and you don’t have your phone with you and you didn’t already select stream to bathroom from your phone. You have the option on your watch to add the bathroom to the stream. And of course you don’t need to do it all through voice either.  You can just add any speaker with a few touches and there is no audio feedback from Siri. 

1990 wrote:

Indeed. You can't do that from the same iOS-device. And for Apple Music, you can only stream multiple songs at once if you have a Family account.

You can't n even with local stored media. The player dont allow this.

If B&O is going to focus their business around people with locally stored media at the expense of other features they will sure fail. There may be a very small minority that prefer NL to AirPlay 2 or other platforms, but that is not the market they should be going after IMHO. Already, I see people here claiming that you can’t do this or that with AP2 that you can with NL. Other than playing stuff locally stored (which I believe there are better options like Roon) you get more functionality and easier integration with major platforms like AP2, CC and even with where Bluetooth is going. It is not worth investing on maintaining their own proprietary platform unless there is a clear differentiator. For instance, the Mood wheel on the Essence is cool, but it comes at a huge premium over using an iPad to stream to a compatible speaker. The market for such products are very very limited. 

I love the fact the current B&O products work so well with AP2. Basically seamless.

my 2 cents worth.  

Solidsnake wrote:

you go to the bathroom and you don’t have your phone with you and you didn’t already select stream to bathroom from your phone.

I think there is some sort of confusion based on the use (as i understand it) of NL.

The source is ALWAYS streaming to the different speakers (Standalone or Airport bases), you join or leave just by turning the speaker/center on.

In the case of the bathroom, the "source" is ALWAYS streaming to that room. If i turn on the output device (in that case a Beoplay A1 via Aux-in, I ear music. If I turn it off when I leave, the music stops. 

No need to plan the journey thru the house! just turn on and off the output device or the airplay speaker if its the case.

It's true than appart from standalone speakers with remote or built in control, I can't skip tracks without my phone. But main rooms have dedicated iPads to remote control the central server, just like a BS5 or a moment would do. So not a big deal to go shower with my phone 😁

1990 wrote:

You can do this from every iDevice on the network. Via your screen or Siri. And perhaps from your Apple Watch too.

1990 wrote:

Are you using iTunes or the new Music app?

mbolo01 wrote:

1990 wrote:

You can do this from every iDevice on the network. Via your screen or Siri. And perhaps from your Apple Watch too.

Assuming the iDevice1 is streaming to AP receiver1

I didn’t find where on the iDevice2 I could request AP receiver2 to be added to iDevice1 AP targets list.

If you could help, I would appreciate.

Hi mbolo,

If your streaming from a mac (iTunes), you can via the iTunes remote app.

matador43 wrote:

If your streaming from a mac (iTunes), you can via the iTunes remote app.

Ah yes. Now I understand. As far as I know, the only way to move the music around or to add a speaker would be using Siri and not control center UI. Here are some options you can use. I use voice commands all the time and it works fine...

https://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/05/31/siri-airplay-2-commands/

I believe Hey Siri is also supported on the Mac now. Of course you can use your Watch, iPhone, iPad etc...

Is this a wired or wireless connection? AirPlay 2 is wireless so you can place your speakers anywhere you choose. If it's wireless, I am curious how they solved the problem of always streaming to all speakers. If it's wired, then it's a mess of wires from what I can tell and it limits your placement options.