airplay

air·play

A0163100 (âr′plā′)n. Broadcast time given to the playing of a song, movie, or other recording: a song that gets regular airplay on the radio.

airplay

(ˈɛəˌpleɪ) n (Broadcasting) (of recorded music) radio exposure

air•play

(ˈɛərˌpleɪ)

n. the act or an instance of broadcasting recorded material over radio or television. [1965–70]

Translations

AirPlay

A protocol from Apple that lets iPhones, iPads and iPods, as well as computers running iTunes, stream audio, video and photos to home entertainment systems. Third-party apps for Android also support AirPlay. Streaming playback devices can be an Apple TV box, Apple AirPort Express router or a third-party, AirPlay-enabled receiver. AirPlay 2, introduced in 2018, supports multi-room audio.

In 2010, AirPlay superseded the AirTunes protocol, which came out in 2004. The name "airplay" is a broadcasting term that means the number of times a song is played "over the air." See AirPort, Apple TV, AirDrop, HomePod and iTunes.

From iPad to Apple TV

Built into Apple iDevices, AirPlay streams content to any AirPlay-enabled receiver such as an Apple TV box, A/V receiver or self-powered speakers.