AirPlay - what is it?

The answer: AirPlay allows you to connect your iDevice to other devices wirelessly. You can easily stream music, photos, films or games to your TV or speakers. You can find out exactly what options you have in this practical tip.

Streaming to Apple TV via Airplay

With the so-called "mirroring" the picture of your iPad / iPhone is mirrored exactly on the TV.

• The Apple TV and your iDevice must be on the same WiFi network for streaming.
• When you start a film, music, photos or similar, the AirPlay icon appears automatically, which you can use to start the transfer.
• Games can also be started in dual screen mode. Then the TV is the main picture and on the iDevice you can see further information, such as a route overview with "Real Racing" or your cockpit with "MetalStorm: Online".

Enjoy music wirelessly with Airplay

With Airplay, you can easily stream music.

• You need AirPlay-enabled speakers that are on the same WiFi network as your iDevice.
• Thereafter, any number of speakers can be used in any number of rooms.
• To do this, select "Multiple speakers" in the AirPlay menu in iTunes.
• Additional information such as song titles, artists and album names are also transmitted and shown on the loudspeaker display.

In another practical tip, we will explain how multi-monitoring via AirPlay works on a Mac.