Native AirPlay streaming comes to AirFoil Speakers Touch 3

Rogue Amoeba’s AirFoil has taken the step into the big league by now adding native AirPlay streaming to their AirFoil Speakers Touch 3 app through an in-app purchase, providing you with the ability to stream to pretty much any iOS device.

AirFoil started off being a way to stream non-iTunes audio to Airport Express mini-router before the first app was released allowing you to stream audio from your Mac to your iOS device. Now you can stream audio not only from your Mac but also from your iPad with native AirPlay, allowing you to have one of your iOS devices connected to your non-Airplay enabled sound system and stream audio to it from your other devices.


Always nice to see options for making existing systems AirPlay friendly. The AirFoil Speaker Touch app is available from the iTunes App Store for free, but the in-app purchase for native AirPlay costs £1.99.


[source: CultofMac]

Loewe Air Speaker arrives at John Lewis

At last years IFA event the announcement of the Loewe Air Speaker was amongst my favourites. Since then months have passed with little information, but finally we are starting to see the iconic AirPlay speaker available for sale here in the UK, including from John Lewis.

The Loewe Air Speaker is small and square, but i find the design refreshing and different compared to so many other speaker docks and sound systems out there. Its compact size aside, it is packed with dual woofers, mid-range speakers, and tweeters, delivering a combined power output of 80W.

It does not come cheap though as you would have to shell out £649 to get your hands on one at John Lewis.