Nativ adds Apple AirPlay & Google Cast to $1,599 Vita music hub

Nativ adds Apple AirPlay & Google Cast to $1,599 Vita hub.   Tuesday, August 14, 2018, 07 49 am PT.   Nativ this week announced support for Apple AirPlay and Google Cast on Vita, its touchscreen-based server and player aimed at audiophiles with money to spare...   Made via software update, the addition is part of Vita's newfound support for multi-room streaming to many different platforms, including AirPlay and Cast devices and Sonos, Qualcomm AllPlay, and UPnP DLNA..   In given example, Vita can push the song to Apple TV, Roku device, and Sonos speaker, with per-room adjustable volume..   Other software upgrades include support for 2.5-inch hard drives up to 5 terabytes, allowing Vita to max out at 10 terabytes of storage.   That's enough to hold about 200,000 songs at full fidelity, ..   The company has also improved UPnP and SMB caching performance by as much as 200 percent, and added more track and artwork databases for users ripping CDs...   Vita starts at $1,599, and includes built-in access to services like Apple Music, Pandora, local files, and and Spotify, controlled from IPS touchscreen.   Connection options include wired technologies like HDMI, AES EBU, SPDIF, and USB, along with 802.11ac Wi-Fi, gigabit Ethernet, and Bluetooth for wireless..   Read more