Crossfade not Working when connected to Airpods (Pro/Max)

I noticed that crossfade on Apple Music on Mac does work when I use the internal speakers as output, but does not when I use my Airpods (Pro or Max), or even my homepod. Does anybody experience the same issue? Crossfade used to work successfully regardless of output channel, but it seems to be very picky now. What happened?

Posted on Apr 1, 2023 10:52 PM

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turingtest2

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Apr 3, 2023 1:02 PM in response to amyourban

AirPlay 2 doesn't support crossfade or EQ settings from the Music app. It may work if you're redirecting the post-mix output from the Mac's volume control panel.

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