Hi mbolo01,

I know what you mean. But B&o did choose to see the data in their app without the additional "sauce". And frankly I'm happy with that, because it gives me freedom.

Your example app doesn't give you possibilities to tweak. 

I agree, Minimserver gives you alot, but you have to dig in the program to understand what you are doing (and with Minimserver 2 - artist pictures are back on the list). 

Carolpa wrote:

Hi mbolo01,

I know what you mean. But B&o did choose to see the data in their app without the additional "sauce". And frankly I'm happy with that, because it gives me freedom.

Your example app doesn't give you possibilities to tweak.

I agree, Minimserver gives you alot, but you have to dig in the program to understand what you are doing (and with Minimserver 2 - artist pictures are back on the list).

mbolo01 wrote:

I recently asked support about the status of it and their answer had no sense again, but we can hope that this will change if B&O strategy is to focus more on AP and CC.

... interesting. I placed this issue nearly two years ago. The feedback I got was, that it will be put on the change request list. In the beginning that made me confident that something will happen one day. But after more than 1,5 years nothing changed. In my eyes a big disappointment.

It would be great, if B&O could solve the issue one day, so that my Beosound 35 will display Airplay Meta-Data (like my BS35 does by streaming via Chromecast or Netlink/BeoLink)

Mostly I listen to my music library on Beolink Multiroom. Sometimes I play my songs through Airplay 2 and the experience has been smooth. Dropouts are rare

In fact, Airplay 2 is more responsive than Beolink Multiroom and it has the capability to connect to another Airplay 2 device.

The only problem I can see with Airplay 2 until now is not about its reliability. It is the feature. Airplay 2 has not been able to play different music in a multiroom setup. I asked Apple support about this and they told me to have 2 iOS or MacOS devices to connect to 2 Airplay 2 equipped devices if I want to play different music. 

Yeah, that's what I end up doing as well to play different content in different devices using AirPlay 2. However, for me it is rare. I usually use the multi-room to follow me from one room to another or to play the same music or audio in different rooms (like Apple TV). I use an Apple TV App for TV/News etc instead of a STB so it works for me. I started with a mix of devices buy now except for 2 Apple TVs and 2 HomePods all my devices around my home are B&O. I. have tried Beolink as well, but may be I am not using it correctly, but it seems to not work as well in my set up as AirPlay 2.

One reason I added a Core to my Beolab 6000/11 was to enable AirPlay 2 for music without. turning on the TV

HH1971 wrote:

It would be great, if B&O could solve the issue one day, so that my Beosound 35 will display Airplay Meta-Data (like my BS35 does by streaming via Chromecast or Netlink/BeoLink)

I would love to see that as well. One of the reasons I am still using Beolink Multiroom instead of Airplay 2 is no Airplay Meta-Data like Chromecast or Beolink Multiroom. However, if that happens, my preference would change in favour of Airplay 2.

Jaffrey2230 wrote:

Yeah, that's what I end up doing as well to play different content in different devices using AirPlay 2. However, for me it is rare. I usually use the multi-room to follow me from one room to another or to play the same music or audio in different rooms (like Apple TV). I use an Apple TV App for TV/News etc instead of a STB so it works for me. I started with a mix of devices buy now except for 2 Apple TVs and 2 HomePods all my devices around my home are B&O. I. have tried Beolink as well, but may be I am not using it correctly, but it seems to not work as well in my set up as AirPlay 2.

One reason I added a Core to my Beolab 6000/11 was to enable AirPlay 2 for music without. turning on the TV

I can see why Airplay 2 would work much much more reliably. After all, Apple, which owns like unending resources, can develop Airplay 2 so well that it has almost no problem at all. Any new problems would be dealt immediately.

I can't really comment on the Beolink Multiroom on your side. Although I play music through Beolink Multiroom, I only have one product to play. However I admit that the software could be improved 

As I surely already wrote, I personally use AP2 as another music source and distribute it through my B&O devices via Beolink.

Why? Because controlling AP2 multiroom is not as convenient for me than controlling Beolink multiroom. I can join, leave a Beolink multiroom experience, change tracks forward/backward directly from the devices themselves (except with the M3) or from their paired remote without the need to carry a smartphone/tablet or to speak/repeat/shout to a voice controlled device supporting AP control.

I usually start music from an old iPad mini running Plex/Plexamp or Deezer as both have far better UI, and reacher search/play options, than the B&O App. I can then join any B&O device in my house to the music experience with the help of a simple physical touch on the device itself, and music starts within 3 secs. If i want to change track, I don't need to go back to the iPad, a simple touch/swipe on the device itself also does the job. If I want to listen to another source in this particular device, assuming it is part of the device locally configured sources, a few touches on the device itself and I'm where I want to be .... all these without the need to constantly use a smartphone/tablet/voice controlled kit. This is what I like in the Beolink ecosystem, simple, efficient and a good relay to AP 2

Antonius Robin Iriawan wrote:

HH1971 wrote:

It would be great, if B&O could solve the issue one day, so that my Beosound 35 will display Airplay Meta-Data (like my BS35 does by streaming via Chromecast or Netlink/BeoLink)

I would love to see that as well. One of the reasons I am still using Beolink Multiroom instead of Airplay 2 is no Airplay Meta-Data like Chromecast or Beolink Multiroom. However, if that happens, my preference would change in favour of Airplay 2.

I found an interesting but very inefficient work-around (I would expect to find at low-priced products, at high-priced B&O products I expect that it just works), when I „touch to join“ on the Beosound 35 to connect it to the Beosound Core. Than I get the Airplay meta-data shown on the display of my Beosound 35 AND in the B&O iOS app.

Is this a bug or a feature? 

Could the B&O Airplay developer please implement this bug of the Beosound Core into the Beosound 35, too! That would be really helpful, because it it not very user-friendly when I want to listen to the Beosound 35 to send the Airplay music stream first to my Beosound Core to read the Airplay meta-data (for B&O iOS app and BS35 display) and forward the Airplay stream to the Beosound 35 for listening.