How do I connect multiple airplay speakers with my MacPro?!?

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How do I connect multiple airplay speakers with my MacPro?!?

I have a new M1 MacBook Pro 16" and around my home I have Sonos airplay2 speakers. From my iPhone and Apple TV I can connect multiple speakers through airplay and adjust volumes separately, BUT from my Mac Pro I can only select one at a time from the control centre. Why is this? I can do it from inside my music desktop app but not from control centre which means I can't stream any other audio from safari, YouTube etc.

Is it possible to select multiple airplay devices from my MacPro?

I need to find a way around this somehow, it's very frustrating.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.2

Posted on Apr 5, 2022 7:12 PM

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Answer 1

mario49

Community Specialist

Apr 6, 2022 1:25 PM in response to Flattackfirefly

Hey Flattackfirefly,

These articles have more information about how you can use AirPlay on a Mac and AirPlay compatibility. Let's get a little more information to help narrow this down.

Are you trying to airplay a video in Safari to Airplay speakers?

AirPlay to multiple speakers works in other apps?

Stream audio and video from your Mac with AirPlay - Apple Support

AirPlay system requirements - Apple Support

Keep us posted.

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Answer 2

Apr 11, 2022 5:39 PM in response to mario49

Thanks for the reply, I have looked at those links. I am aware that inside the music app and Apple TV app I can connect multiple airplay speakers but from my computers main controls I can only select one at a time. see highlighted area below. this stops me from using multiple speakers for YouTube Netflix and anything else on a browser. is there any way around this?

What's frustrating is that don't have this problem from my iPhone and my Apple TV as it only has the one place for sound outputs. I thought my Brand new MacBook Pro would have better functionality.

I have tried the multiple device option but this doesn't work either. Many other posts saying the same thing also

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Answer 3

Jaym_8

Community Specialist

Apr 12, 2022 6:11 AM in response to Flattackfirefly

Hello Flattackfirefly,

So if you'd like to see an option added to the Control Center that allows you to manage multiple speakers, you can submit that suggestion to Apple through their feedback site here: Product Feedback

That will send your suggestion up to Apple's engineers, and it may be something they decide to implement in a future software version.

Cheers!

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