This is undoubtedly very good news for all those users who are thinking of buying a speaker and want to have the advantages of AirPlay 2 in this without going through the purchase of a HomePod, either because it is not available in your country (as is the case in Spain) or for any other reason.
In this case, Sonos CEO Patrick Spence officially confirmed that his company's speakers AirPlay 2 support will be added starting next month, without putting an exact date. The news is great for everyone and after all the more speakers that support this technology the better.
The list of compatible speakers is important, but in few works today
The worst of all is that many manufacturers have officially confirmed that their speakers will be compatible with AirPlay 2, among them we find: the Beoplay, the BeoSound, the BeoVision, Denon, Libratone, Marantz, Naim or the same Sonos One, Sonos Play 5, Sonos Playbase, they announced their compatibility a long time ago but they need to be updated to be compatible. Now Sonos has the month scheduled and previously announced models are expected to get this compatibility.
The benefits of AirPlay 2 are many, but we can highlight the possibility of connecting directly to the network and thus being able to play our favorite music simply by pressing the "Play" button on our iPhone. They also allow you to play music between several speakers with this technology regardless of the brand or listen to music from different audio sources in each of the compatible speakers, a true luxury.