#Audio hijack for android update#
Update May 25: Following yesterday’s story, The Verge reported today that Apple has confirmed it removed the Airfoil Speakers Touch app after its recent 3.0 update introduced the ability to stream over AirPlay from other iOS devices. Apple removes Rogue Amoeba’s audio streaming app without reason ().Apple was then forced to remove it, otherwise breaking their exclusivity agreement. Maybe some of these makers cried foul when Airfoil allowed other iOS devices to sling audio to each other. Perhaps as part of its costly AirPlay licensing, Apple gives speaker manufacturers exclusive rights to the AirPlay protocol. It seems Apple has chosen to use their gatekeeper powers to simply prevent competition. We do know that Airfoil Speakers Touch’s ability to receive audio directly from iTunes and iOS enabled some users to forgo purchasing expensive AirPlay hardware, hardware which Apple licenses.
#Audio hijack for android full#
Only Apple can provide a full answer here. You may be asking why Apple would want to prevent users from having this functionality. Apple presently only allows designated products to act in this capacity - such as the Apple TV and (often expensive) AirPlay-enabled third-party hardwareįrom a post today, it seems pretty clear that Apple just did not want that functionality in the app and that third-party hardware vendors were to “blame.” The feature in question permits any iOS device running the app to play back audio beamed from a variety of sources using Apple’s AirPlay wireless streaming protocol. Some thought the app removal was due to use of private APIs. Here is Kevin’s full email addressed to Cook followed by Schiller’s response:Īpple removed Rogue Amoeba’s Airfoil from the App Store last month shortly after it began offering the ability to AirPlay music from one iOS device to another, effectively making your old iPod touch an AirPlay speaker. 9to5Mac independently confirmed the emails are authentic. The app was earlier this week allowed back into the App Store without the iOS-to-iOS streaming feature, but today we get word from Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller who explained in an email the reason behind removing the app.Īn email to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook from concerned consumer Kevin Starbird regarding the app’s removal was met with a direct email response from Schiller. It currently only allows Apple TV and certain third-parties such as speaker manufacturers to access the AirPlay streaming protocol. The full response is below.įollowing Apple’s decision to pull Rogue Amoeba’s Airfoil Speakers Touch app for a feature allowing iOS devices to stream to one another over AirPlay, Apple explained the app was removed for the feature’s use of non-public APIs. Update: Rogue Amoeba replied to Phil Schiller’s email in a response published on its website.
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