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Using AirPlay | Bose Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar
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Using AirPlay | Bose Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar

Play AirPlay audio on a Bose speaker

Use AirPlay to stream audio from Apple devices and apps to your AirPlay‑enabled Bose product.

  • Your Bose product supports AirPlay 2.
    Note: Legacy speakers that only support Airplay 1 cannot be grouped.
  • iOS 11.4 or later is required for multi‑speaker playback

 

  1. Swipe down from the upper-right corner of the screen to open Control Center.
  2. Touch and hold the music panel.
  3. Tap the AirPlay icon.Airplay icon
  4. Select one or more AirPlay 2‑compatible speakers.
  5. Start playback from any app on your device.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I use Airplay from my Apple TV?

Use the Apple TV menu to play via AirPlay:

  1. In the Apple TV menu, navigate to Settings > AirPlay
  2. Enable AirPlay
  3. Select the speaker(s) from which to play

Note: If video is paused, audio may be out-of-sync for a second or two upon resuming playback, then audio will re-sync.

How do I use Airplay from my Mac?

Send audio from a Mac running OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) to your Bose system.

System Preferences method

  1. Click the Apple icon in the top left corner of the screen
  2. In the Apple menu, click System Preferences... 
  3. Click the Sound icon

    Mac screenshot showing the sound icon
  4. Click the Output tab to view the available sound output devices
  5. Select the Bose system as the audio output device of the computer

    Mac screenshot showing the Bose SoundLink Air selection

Option Button method

  1. Hold the Option key while clicking the speaker icon in the menu bar

    Mac screenshot showing the Bose system name selection
     
  2. Select the Bose system as the audio output device of the computer
     
This feature can also be used for playing audio on any AirPlay speaker from a 3rd party application or webpage such as Pandora. Keep in mind that video being played from a web page or 3rd party application, the audio might be out-of-sync with the video. (This delay is not present in iTunes because of processing built into the iTunes software with AirPlay.)
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Using AirPlay | Bose Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar