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Airplay - one feature that Apple loses against Google chromecast (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Independent-Bear-604@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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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?

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[–] autokiller677@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Why do you (force) close the app though?

I never had this problem. An app actively playing media (and properly telling this to iOS, so media controls appear) also does not get killed by iOS.

[–] Independent-Bear-604@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Sometimes when I do a lot of multi-tasking, the app is killed by iOS. A possible flaw could be from the app itself, but the logic behind airplay also plays a key part.

[–] _mikedotcom@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Wild that in 2023 you have to explain that you want to multitask on an iPhone and getting downvoted for it.

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