AirPlay 2 on HomePod and Sonos
by Volker Weber
As I already mentioned, AirPlay 2 seems to run a lot better on HomePod than on Sonos. I did a simple test to find out how robust both are.
I started playing Purified Radio in the Podcast app on iPhone and then selected one HomePod and one Sonos Playbase as the target in AirPlay 2. It took a few seconds to connect to both and then I had to hit Play in the Podcast app once more to start playing.
Then I disabled Wifi in the iPhone and started a stopwatch.
About 38 seconds later, the Sonos Playbase stopped playing, and at 1:55 HomePod also ran dry. This means you can walk out of Wifi-Range for half a minute with AirPlay 2 on Sonos, but almost two minutes on HomePod.
Be aware that AirPlay 2 is not a checklist feature. It can be implemented in different ways.