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wait a minute how the hell do you access Airplay from Android

is this really still impossible in 2026? Sonos devices don't do Cast, they only do AirPlay (or native Sonos app stuff which sucks)
Joe Steinbring :thisisfine:

Joe Steinbring :thisisfine:

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@feld Starting with the Pixel 10, "Android Quick Share" interoperates with "iOS AirDrop" but it is because someone bullied Apple into making AirDrop conform to the standard that Quick Share already uses. Nothing like that exists with AirPlay on Android, though. If the Sonos devices don't do Chromecast, maybe try straight-up Bluetooth?

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feld

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@CapitalB @joe I think that is literally just AirDrop for Android; it's Android's branding of it

edit: OK it was Android's branding for the same functionality, but it wasn't originally using the AirDrop protocol. They just implemented AirDrop protocol too -- allegedly reverse engineered
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Joe Steinbring :thisisfine:

Joe Steinbring :thisisfine:

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@feld @CapitalB Android QuickShare was already using WiFi Aware (the standard that I was thinking of) and the EU forced Apple to adopt it for AirDrop. Apple was apparently using "Apple Wireless Direct Link" previously. Maybe they could get Apple to adopt more standards next? 🤷‍♂️

They didn't reverse engineer anything. They didn't really even need to change anything.

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