Apple Music subscribers can now stream directly to compatible Bluesound speakers and hi-fi equipment, allowing playback without sending audio via AirPlay 2. The integration is available inside the BluOS Controller app so subscribers can sign in and have the player retrieve the music itself, freeing their iPhone or iPad from handling the audio stream. AirPlay 2 remains available.
Bluesound offers a range of high-end home audio products, from wireless speakers and soundbars to streaming components that connect to existing hi‑fi systems. Its products use BluOS, a platform that lets users control music and link audio equipment across multiple rooms.
For households with several BluOS products, the addition brings Apple Music into the same system used to manage playback around the home: users can play music across grouped devices or choose different music for individual rooms.
Apple Music integration in BluOS
The update extends beyond Bluesound’s own products to compatible BluOS equipment from NAD Electronics, PSB Speakers, DALI Loudspeakers, Cyrus, and Monitor Audio. Bluesound has not specified the streaming quality offered by the integration. The feature launched on October 20 via a free BluOS software update.
