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Apple Now Approving iOS 4.3-Compatible AirPlay Apps

As noted by AppAdvice, Apple's App Store reviewers have begun approving applications that take advantage of the third-party AirPlay video streaming capabilities present in iOS 4.3. The approvals come as Apple has yet to deploy the software update for public consumption, meaning that regular users are still unable to take advantage of the feature.

One example of a newly-approved AirPlay-compatible application is StreamToMe, a relatively popular universal application that allows users to stream content from Macs and PCs to iOS devices via Wi-Fi or 3G.

What's New in Version 3.5
- Auto detect subtitle encodings
- Preliminary support for WTV files
- Support for AirPlay video (requires iOS 4.3)
- Fixed a crash bug for large or slow folders

Apple issued the first beta version of iOS 4.3 to developers nearly two weeks ago, and followed that up with a second build just a week later. It is unknown when Apple plans to release the software update to the public, but the company may be preparing to release a third beta version tomorrow if the previous one-week interval repeats itself.

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17 months ago
That's great news. Now just have to wait for untethered jailbreak...
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17 months ago
AirPlay FTW! I will have to get an Apple TV for sure.
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17 months ago

AirPlay FTW! I will have to get an Apple TV for sure.


Guess I should finally order the AppleTV ;)
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17 months ago
Hopefully AirVideo will update to include this too. I use it all the time to stream movies from my Mac to my iPad. Now if I could go from my Mac to my iPad then stream those via Air Play to the AppleTV on my 50" Plasma, that would be awesome!
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17 months ago

That's great news. Now just have to wait for untethered jailbreak...


lol Exactly. I already JB my AppleTV 2 with ATV Flash and my original AppleTV and both use AirPlay with a Cydia app installed, with my iPhone 4 and iPad 4.2.1 JB I'm curious if applications such as games, etc. can be used with your iPhones as remotes for a game played through your AppleTV 2 a la Wii.
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17 months ago
Can someone explain why airplay is such a big deal?

I can already "stream" all my media via network shares. Unless this works over the internet and I can stream to my iphone when outside my house or something?
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17 months ago

Can someone explain why airplay is such a big deal?

I can already "stream" all my media via network shares. Unless this works over the internet and I can stream to my iphone when outside my house or something?


Because now you'll be able to stream content from apps on your iPhone (assuming they support that feature).
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17 months ago

Hopefully AirVideo will update to include this too. I use it all the time to stream movies from my Mac to my iPad. Now if I could go from my Mac to my iPad then stream those via Air Play to the AppleTV on my 50" Plasma, that would be awesome!


You can already stream movies directly from your computer to your apple tv with airplay. They just have to be in iTunes (no avi or mkv) =/
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17 months ago

lol Exactly. I already JB my AppleTV 2 with ATV Flash and my original AppleTV and both use AirPlay with a Cydia app installed, with my iPhone 4 and iPad 4.2.1 JB I'm curious if applications such as games, etc. can be used with your iPhones as remotes for a game played through your AppleTV 2 a la Wii.


Only a few games allows iPhone as controller. They exist now.

There's the helicopter game, and the top down alien shooter (forgot what that's called).
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17 months ago

You can already stream movies directly from your computer to your apple tv with airplay. They just have to be in iTunes (no avi or mkv) =/


yeah, that's just it, have to convert and all that. plus have to put them in iTunes which is cumbersome.
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