Belkin Soundform Connect AirPlay 2-Enabled Dongle With Multi-Room Audio Support Launched
Belkin Soundform Connect connects to a pair of speakers via a 3.5 mm cable. By Sourabh Kulesh | Updated: 28 May 2021 15:20 IST
Photo Credit: Belkin
Highlights
It is priced at $99.99 (roughly Rs. 7,200)
Belkin Soundform Connect works like Chromecast Audio
Belkin Soundform Connect AirPlay 2-enabled dongle has been launched in the US. The dongle is a plug-and-play device that allows users to stream the music on their existing speakers from an iOS and/ or macOS devices. The company says that the dongle is equipped with optical and 3.5mm output (cable not included in box) that brings signal from an Apple device to any speaker or receiver with an audio input. The dongle seems to work similar to Chromecast Audio that was launched in 2015.
Best Smart Speakers You Can Buy in India
Our latest recommendations include the Google Nest Audio, Amazon Echo Studio, and Apple HomePod mini. By Ali Pardiwala | Updated: 25 May 2021 14:09 IST
The Google Nest Audio is priced at Rs. 7,999 in India
Highlights
Apple and Amazon also have some impressive options on sale in India
The Amazon Fire TV Cube is a good combination of Echo and Fire TV
A good smart speaker plays an important role in today s connected homes, giving access to music and other audio content, information, tools and utilities that are useful around the home, and the ability to control any smart appliances and IoT products you may have. Naturally, the more a smart speaker can do, the better it is. However, with audio content usually being the primary use case of a smart speaker, you also want to make sure you ve got a device
Belkin’s new SoundForm Connect Audio lets you add AirPlay 2 to any speaker for an admittedly high $99 price tag. But if you have a big setup with Apple’s multiroom audio standard, it might be worth the price.
Android Community
February 9, 2021
Google has just released new firmware versions for Chromecast. Our last mention of the streaming stick and service was back in December when we said the Apple TV app would be available on Chromecast with Google TV. That was a month after when we learned the standalone Chromecast with Google TV remote was made available on the Google Store. A series of software updates is ready for several Chromecast devices. Note that most of them are done in stages.
The Chromecast with Google TV will receive build number 200918.033 with December 5, 2020 security update. This particular release comes with a number of updates including general security and stability and performance improvements, improved 4K support for TVs and AVRs, and Dolby Audio enhancement for Dolby Atmos and Dolby Digital Plus passthrough content.