![]() The announcement earlier this year that major TV brands would be getting AirPlay 2 support was enough of a surprise Apple partnering with a set-top box that is in direct competition with its own Apple TV is unprecedented. While it’s no surprise at all that AirPlay 2 audio support has been rolling out to a wide range of speakers since Apple released the new protocol with iOS 11.4 last spring, AirPlay 2 support for video streaming has traditionally been the exclusive domain of Apple’s own Apple TV set-top box. Sonos ran into a similar problem adding AirPlay 2 support for audio to its speaker lineup, where the feature was rolled out via a software update - but only to recent models. Roku is expected to introduce AirPlay 2 support in the form of a Roku OS update for its Roku media players, but it’s not yet known which specific models will be supported while it seems likely that Apple and Roku would want to make the streaming protocol as widely available as possible, older hardware may simply not have the processing power to support the more sophisticated protocol - especially when it comes to video streaming. ![]() Following a rumour last month that Roku is working on bringing AirPlay 2 support to the set-top box, it looks like Roku and Apple are now very close to unveiling the feature, which would be another big sign that Apple is actively expanding support for its services ecosystem well beyond its own hardware.Īccording to MacRumors, which first broke the original report last month, source have revealed that negotiations between Apple and Roku are “nearly finalized” and at this point the two companies are basically down to working out the specific launch date and marketing strategy behind the new feature. ![]()
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