Plenty of products outside of the Apple ecosystem support AirPlay 2. In fact, it's one of the most common inclusions for wi-fi, streaming products these days – even more so than Chromecast and, arguably, Bluetooth. So if you're shopping for a new wireless speaker, music streamer, streaming amplifier, AV receiver or networked hi-fi system, or have bought one in the past few years, chances are it supports AirPlay 2.
For example, Sonos, Naim, Bose, Cambridge Audio, Bang & Olufsen, KEF, Devialet, Bowers & Wilkins, Bluesound, Technics, Audio Pro, Denon, Marantz, Yamaha and, unsurprisingly, the Apple-owned Beats all have devices that are compatible with the technology.
Here's just a selection of some of the audio products that support AirPlay 2:
Apple: HomePod 2, HomePod Mini
Sonos: Era 300, Era 100, Move 2, Arc, Amp, Beam, Beam (Gen 2), One, One SL, Five, Roam, Play:5 (2nd gen), Playbase, IKEA Symfonisk bookshelf speaker, IKEA Symfonisk lamp speaker
Naim: Mu-so, Mu-so 2 Mu-so Qb, Uniti Atom, Uniti Star, Uniti Nova, ND 555, ND5 XS 2, NDX 2, NSC 222
Bang & Olufsen: Beosound Level, Beosound Emerge, Beosound A5, Beoplay M3, Beoplay M5, Beoplay A6, Beoplay A9 (mk2, mk3 and mk4), Beosound 1 (first and second generation), BeoSound 2 (first and second generation), Beosound 35, Beosound Essence mk2, Beosound Shape (via Core), BeoVision Eclipse (audio only), 2018 versions of Beosound 1 and 2, Beosound Balance, Beosound Edge, Beosound Stage
Bose: Home Smart 300, Home Smart 500, Lifestyle 650, Portable Home Speaker, Soundbar 500, Soundbar 700, SoundTouch 300
Bowers & Wilkins: Formation Wedge, Formation Duo, Formation Bar, Zeppelin
Bluesound: Node (2021), Powernode (2021), Node 2i, Powernode 2i, Pulse 2i, Pulse Flex 2i, Pulse Mini 2i, Pulse Soundbar 2i
KEF: LSX, LSX II, LS50 Wireless II, LS60 Wireless
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