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Maybe as an Android user, this is a thing I take for granted that just isn't really in the Apple ecosystem, but I'm used to a Chromecast and seamlessly streamin
by losvedir 6y ago
Maybe as an Android user, this is a thing I take for granted that just isn't really in the Apple ecosystem, but I'm used to a Chromecast and seamlessly streaming all my phone content to my TV.
So when I was reading the section about the content having to be played on an iPhone or iPad, and how he can't use it with his Apple TV... I got really confused. Can you really not just stream your mobile content to the Apple TV? Then you'd have the big screen, but you could use your phone or iPad for keeping track of your head's orientation. Or can you stream it, but not, like, configure the location of your TV or something, for the purposes of the spatial audio?
- judge2020 6y agoYou can airplay almost all content, but I guess it doesn’t have Bluetooth 5.0 or other hardware it needs to work with the Max (there’s also no U1 chip[0], in case that could have been used to have the iphone work as a proxy or something). 0: https://9to5mac.com/2020/12/08/apple-didnt-include-its-u1-chip-for-ultra-wideband-in-the-new-airpods-max/ https://9to5mac.com/2020/12/08/apple-didnt-include-its-u1-ch...
- snazz 6y agoAirPlay exists for that exact purpose, but I haven't seen anything confirming or denying whether spatial audio works with AirPlay.
- yoz-y 6y agoAlso some platforms block it. E.g.: Amazon Prime for downloaded videos.
- jkubicek 6y agoIt's the latter, you can hook the AirPods up to the AppleTV and hear the audio of whatever's playing, but you don't get the spatial audio experience.