AirPlay for hotel TVs now rolling out, so no more touching that remote
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Trusted Reviews— Kicking back and watching a bit of telly in a hotel suite is a nice change from doing it at home, especially while sporting a soft robe on a king-sized bed after a relaxing afternoon sipping cocktails by the pool. However, with that comes a caveat. Despite the hotel likely having a great record when it comes to clenliness, there's always the spectre of the remote control. Who last touched it? And what did they last touch? You know what I mean, right? Speedy whole home...
TechSpot—Apple is rolling out AirPlay support for TVs in hotel rooms. Apple's AirPlay is finally available in some hotels starting today. At last year's WWDC, the company announced it was working with LG to bring the feature to hotel TVs by the end of 2023. It initially said the capability would arrive with the launch of iOS 17 last September. However,Read Entire Article
ZDNet—Don't touch that filthy remote! Apple AirPlay arrives at select hotels. The worst part of traveling isn't waiting in long security lines at the airport or navigating an unknown city's public transit. It's trying to figure out how to use a new hotel's TV remote. Now you can go remote-free and use your iPhone as a control instead, thanks to a partnership Apple launched Thursday with InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG). AirPlay, Apple's inter-device streaming technology, comes to more than 60 IHG properties in the US, Mexico, and Canada, for a private, secure, and --...
Pocket-lint—How to use AirPlay during your next hotel stay. iOS 17 added a new way to use AirPlay to stream content to your hotel room TV, here's what you need to set it up.