What's New in Airfoil 5

Airfoil 5 is a major upgrade over previous versions, adding many great new features. This page provides information on changes users of previous versions of Airfoil should note.

Bluetooth Support

Bluetooth IconAirfoil can now send audio to Bluetooth audio devices you've paired with your Mac. Stream a single application's audio to a Bluetooth speaker or Bluetooth headphones (or even multiple Bluetooth devices!), and keep the rest of your audio on your Mac.

Airfoil Satellite for Mac (and Windows)

Included with Airfoil is a new application called Airfoil Satellite. It's a free companion for Airfoil, and it replaces the old Airfoil Speakers application, providing far more functionality. In addition to receiving audio, Airfoil Satellite can also remotely control both playback in the source application Airfoil is sending, as well as Airfoil itself.

You can send audio to any Windows machines on your network as well, by installing Airfoil Satellite for Windows.

Airfoil Satellite for iOS, Too

We're on iOS as well. Get the free Airfoil Satellite for iOS right from the App Store, and turn your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch into an audio receiver and remote control for Airfoil.

Read this page for details on all the outputs Airfoil supports.

Speaker Groups

iTunes LogoSend to multiple outputs at once with a single click. Create one group for all the speakers in your house, or divide them into zones. Now you can send audio exactly where you want even faster.

Silence Monitor

Ordinarily, if a user forgets to disconnect their Airfoil from remote outputs, other users will be prevented from sending audio. Use the new silence monitor to have Airfoil automatically disconnect itself if it's streaming silence. This setting is great for workplace or shared home setups!

Custom Equalizer Presets

Custom Presets ScreenshotUsers have long requested the ability to save custom EQ settings in Airfoil's Effects window. Now, it's finally possible! Adjust the Equalizer until it's just right, then save a preset for later use.

Advanced Speaker Options

iTunes LogoFrom this new window, you can hide unwanted speakers and even adjust audio sync manually. See the Advanced Features page for more details.

An Enhanced Interface

Enhanced InterfaceWe've refined the interface in Airfoil with attractive new colors and icons, as well as improvements like longer volume sliders. Airfoil 5 is both prettier and easier to use!


Retired Features

While Airfoil 5 adds many great new features, the march of technology necessitated the removal of some things as well. Most notably, Airfoil Video Player has been retired, due to the video capture and delay mechanism it used becoming increasingly less functional over the years. As well, support for directly tuning Griffin RadioShark USB radios has been removed. They can still be transmitted though, by selecting them from the Audio Device list.