It is fairly OK in terms of the compatibility across Apple products - as always for the ecosystem. However, the way it works is totally poor - when the apps is closed (either by user or somehow killed by iOS) the airplay connection drops. In opposite, content played by chromecast seems to sustain individually, regardless of the apps status.
Even I am using iPhone and have an Apple computer at home, a chromecast hardware is installed and more frequently used than Airplay.
Do anyone else experience similar as me?
it’s because chromecast devices have in-built apps like yt, spotify, etc whatever you’re streaming so it’s actually not your phone streaming but chromecast itself (or the in-built chromecast in your smarttv) that’s why you can do whatever in the background on your phone while the stream continues
not the same for devices with airplay functionality, except appleTV.
New iPhone 15 Pro user here coming from 13 years of Android. IMHO AirPlay works much better than Chromecast. More reliable, more seamless connection and faster in general.
What are the differences? I’ve never used either
AirPlay is one of the better functionalities of iOS and after tinkering with the alternatives for a long time, I don’t even bother to try anything else. Apple has been forced to restrict the functionality for restrictions imposed by the media companies and others, while quiet about the “… cast “.
As a long time user of Apple, I can say that the media licensing is tougher on Apple than the others, who seem to get a free pass even in the US. So Apple prefers to play it safe from a legal pov.
just buy an apple tv lol scrub (/s)
That’s because I believe Apple Music is the only service which will play through the AirPlay device with your iPhone being simply a remote. Every other service is simply cast from your phone (plays directly on your phone) so closing the app terminates the streaming. It’s definitely inferior to Chromecast and Spotify connect in the way this works but it’s just Apple’s closed ecosystem
If you have an appleTV (how I play music through my stereo) you can “control other devices” and play apple music for instance without it needing to run on the initiating device. Same happens for some other apps, where the receiving app can take over.
I think op should’ve been more clear, I’m assuming he doesn’t have an Apple TV device and is using AirPlay built into a modern tv, which I am doing a home theater setup with new 8k tvs and will still opt to use an Apple TV 4K (till the 8k comes out) lossless music to the stereo and no ads when streaming my content. It’s a tv using an Apple api no apple hardware whatsoever
AirPlay’s current state is indeed inferior than ChromeCasr
Oh yeah. Completely agree.
I left iPhone in 2014 and came back three years ago. AirPlay is really bad compared to Chromecast.
When your apps close the connection won’t drop if you use screen mirroring to do AirPlay. Give it a try. 😉
Oh absolutely. Airplay is a miserable experience. Fast forwarding and rewinding don’t work half the time, and the connection drops randomly when I’m not even touching my phone
AirPlay is like Chromecast Shuffle.
yeah dude airplay blows compared to chromecast
Airplay for me works better than chromecast. It connects faster and more reliably to my tv and the subtitles actually work
And the resolution is much better on airplay while sharing the whole screen.
Yea not to mention im using a ~7 year old LG smart tv to connect with airplay and it works better than the ~3 year old chromecast we have
The only problematic thing i have had with airplay is samsung tv’s built in ones. It just keeps dropping but since i use it with apple tv 4k, it almost works like wired connection. Stablest screen mirroring experience i have ever had compared to anything.
If you have a device that supports it. Which in my experience, is rare. same for apps.
AirPlay is so buggy for me. YouTube is the worst offender so far. I always have to click a video, it will buffer forever so I have to dismiss the video which causes YouTube to lag then tap the video again and now it will load… very irritating.