Airplay - one feature that Apple loses against Google chromecast - eviltoast

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?

  • Answer-Altern@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    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.