Hi, you can get multiroom audio by passing an audio signal from an amp via the Line in. As the Wiim Mini doesn’t have a power amp like the Arylic A50+, you wouldn’t be able to connect something like a CD player directly. When it comes to multi-room audio, it wouldn’t be Airplay, however, so if you really did want this, you’d have to have Wiim or Arylic devices using their own multiroom audio protocol.

Hi, from my experience, adding an AirPlay 2 device to HomeKit seems to vary to a degree; for example, the Roku Streambar is AirPlay 2 compatible, but it doesn’t come with a HomeKit QR Code. I can’t remember how it was added but it’s there in my HomeKit setup. The Belkin Soundform Connect, on the other hand, does come with a QR code and is added to HomeKit like a normal device. In cases where there’s not a QR code, once it’s added to your WiFi network, you should be able to select ‘add accessory’, then select ‘More options…’. From there, it should discover your device, as long as it’s AirPlay 2 – AirPlay 1 will not work with HomeKit.

In terms of automations, there’s a limit to what you can do with AirPlay – Play, Pause, Resume Audio, Adjust volume, Choose Audio (which allows you to choose from playlists or specific albums etc.) and a couple of others.

I have an onkyo AV receiver hardwired to my network, and while I can certainly use airplay to it with out any issue, including simultaneously playing music to it, and all 5 of my HomePod minis, I CANNOT for the life of me figure out how to expose this thing to HomeKit and show it as a device in my apple home.

I am not exactly a noob HomeKit user…. I have something like 40 devices in my smart home, several sensors, cameras, a ton of lights, locks, etc. I have also integrated Aqara hub, Sengled hub, HomeBridge running on raspian (VMware workstation running on windows 10)….

I’m also a fairly seasoned systems engineer… I only say all this to make the point the that when I reach out for help I am truly super baffled 😂

I had the same question concerning a CD-Player. I would love to listen to old CDs via mulitroom-setup in other rooms, while the player is in the living room.
It would be great, if the WiiM Mini would grab the music via line-input from my Stereosystem and transfers it as an Airplay-transmitter to the Homepod Mini.
I tried Airchord on my iPhone via external USB-Analog->Digital Converter, but this configuration loses the connection quite often.

I’m using two Sonos One SL as rear surround speakers – in this setup paired with a Sonos Arc as main speaker – all Airplay 2 compatible. The Sonos One SLs are a significant step upwards from a sound perspective compared to the Apple HomePod minis, which I also have a number of but mainly used as HomeKit hubs.

All the products are AirPlay 2, with the exception of the Arylic product, which I do state is AirPlay 1, not AirPlay 2 “…when it comes to audio streaming, AirPlay 1 (not AirPlay 2) is part of their feature set”.

Hi, AirPlay 1 and AirPlay 2 devices can stream from your iOS or macOS devices but aren’t autonomous. only HomePod/HomePod Mini, or Apple TV, are able to do what you say, but these third party devices can’t, and so they can only be treated as end devices that rely on a source sent to them. That said, you can use AirPlay 2 devices in HomeKit automations (as they’re exposed as devices in HomeKit) to a limited extent, which may be of interest to some HomeKit users. AirPlay 1 devices aren’t capable of this.