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Does it support AirPlay 2?

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Hello Deezer Devs,

Do you think we would get that? A direct access to the AirPlay speakers select view from the player view? Radio France did this (see below) in their app. That would save a lot of taps and make the Deezer experience so much better (while waiting for instant streaming). What do you think?

 Thanks.

 

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Having tried Deezer’s remote feature with frustrating and limited success, I upgraded to a Bluesound Node 2021. The Bluesound app for Deezer is OK, but missing a few features and has a 2000 limit on my favourites playlist, of which I have over 4200 songs. However the internal DAC is better than what I had previously and, with regards to this topic, the Airply 2 works very well for me. Yes, there is a slight latency in response but not enough to bother anyone that listens to my music and the Airplay feature allows my to stream directly from my Deezer app. No latency would be better, but I not an issue when I focus on the quality of music selection and playback.

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Hello,

Could we get a status update on this one?

Is it part of the new year resolution?

That’s a killer feature for your iOS customers (in addition to a direct button to AirPlay selector from the player sheet).

At least Spotify says it’s in the work… https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/iOS-Airplay-2-Support-for-iOS/idc-p/5244350/highlight/true#M235171

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Well there are some stories about AirPlay 2 (finally) coming to Spotify… see: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/spotify-calls-off-plans-to-support-airplay-2-frustrating-iphone-users/

 

What’s your plan Deezer?

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Hello everyone, @Kevin Deezer @GuillaumeDZ ,

Hope everyone is well.

Deezer support (France) told me (along a question on the new Deezer Family Hifi Offer) that full AirPlay 2 support was delayed due to ongoing negotiation (licensing?) with Apple. Do you confirm?

Any ETA on enhanced buffering? (Will be a must have feature with HiFi streaming coming on.

Best,

Jeremy

Would anyone clarify on this one? Are there any licensing issues? What’s the plan? @Rudi I’m betting it all on you!

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Ahh, get it. +1 for me. While it works, it does stall on occasion, andthere is respons latency. 

Deezer Hifi with Squeezebox Touch ?
J
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Indeed but thanks to AirPlay « 1 ». 
iOS Deezer supports the multi room feature of AirPlay 2 but not the instant streaming and better buffer feature. 
if you try streaming from iTunes or better Music on an up to date macOS computer you’ll notice that the music starts and stops much faster. Streaming is supposed to be more reliable too. 
That’s the feature I wish Deezer offered. 

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I don’t get it. Isn’t Airplay 2 supported already? I stream hifi from my Deezer iOS app to my 2. gen Airport Express with no issues?

Deezer Hifi with Squeezebox Touch ?
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Trying my luck here, any update on AirPlay 2? With all the HiFi fuzz coming from all around the world, it’s a must have?

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Hello everyone, @Kevin Deezer @GuillaumeDZ ,

Hope everyone is well.

Deezer support (France) told me (along a question on the new Deezer Family Hifi Offer) that full AirPlay 2 support was delayed due to ongoing negotiation (licensing?) with Apple. Do you confirm?

Any ETA on enhanced buffering? (Will be a must have feature with HiFi streaming coming on.

Best,

Jeremy

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Just to add my 2 cents here: Enhanced Buffering is *the* major improvement of AirPlay 2: No major delay, no stuttering.

It’s really a shame, that it’s not working with Deezer.

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Hello @GuillaumeDZ ,

thanks we’ve already been answered that previously. 
Considering it’s been out since iOS 11 (iOS 11.4) and more and more speakers are compatible, it’s high time you introduce it. I would dramatically improve Deezer user experience.

could you share a release date/period?

best

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Hi @jeremybonan,

AirPlay 2 is already partially supported by Deezer iOS app:

  • the multi-room functionality is fully supported
  • the enhanced buffering is not supported for now, we may consider to work on it in the future
J
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Hello @Kevin Deezer Trying my luck on this. Best.

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hello @jeremybonan, AirPlay 2 new features have not yet been added to the iOS beta, we will let you know once that’s the case, I do not have an exact date to give you yet :slight_smile:

Cheers!

Hello @Kevin Deezer Do you have any update on this?

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Hello @Kevin Deezer ,

Thanks for your reply.

Seriously, now that you have started to curate more the music available for each artist (you can do even better), the only things missing to make Deezer perfect is complete AirPlay 2 support and a HiFi option for the family plan. If you manage to be on time for Devialet’s upcoming AirPlay 2 speakers updates you’ll be blessed.

In a previous update on iOS it read that you had implemented AAC (v. 8.4.0 “Test playing M4A files [playback]”), do you intend to change the music codec from MP3 to AAC?

Thanks

 

Jeremy

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hello @jeremybonan, AirPlay 2 new features have not yet been added to the iOS beta, we will let you know once that’s the case, I do not have an exact date to give you yet :slight_smile:

Cheers!

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