Share your beautiful photos, video & music with your friends and family on the big screen TV using AirBuddy App for Android.
AirBuddy adds AirPlay functionality to any Android device.
Play Video, Photo, Music
From your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Kindle Fire or any Android device
On your Google TV, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV or any Android device
* Send from your Android device or Kindle Fire to an Apple TV, Google TV, Amazon Fire TV or any Android device
- Send YouTube videos and other MP4 videos
- Send Photos from Gallery/Photos/Facebook apps and other Android apps
* Receive on your Amazon Fire TV, Google TV or any Android device from an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or another AirBuddy
- Receive Video, photo and music
All Android devices including Phone, Tablet, Set-top box, Google TV, Amazon Fire TV and Kindle Fire devices are supported.
The free version limits continuous playback to 15 minutes/15 photos. Please upgrade to remove this limitation.
Screenshots (Click on the picture to view the larger version)
Streaming Use Cases
*1: Video playback may be limited by capability of Android device streamed to *2: Youtube and MP4 videos are currently supported *3: Function not supported by Android *4: Function available in AirBuddy 1.5.1 and higher *5: Function not supported by iPhone/iPad/iPod-touch *6: Function available in AirBuddy 2.0 and higher *7: Function not supported by AppleTV
AirBuddy Device Playback Setup (Click on the picture to view the larger version)
AirBuddy as an Airplay Server You can stream Video/Photo/Music from an iOS device (e.g. iPhone/iPad etc.) to AirBuddy 1. Find content (video/photo/music) and play on the iPhone. Select the AirPlay icon from the playback screen. 2. Select the Android device with AirBuddy that you want to play to 3. Content should start playing on the Android device and iPhone will show playback controls - For Video/Music, playback will on iOS device - For Photo, Photo should show up on your Android device in addition to the iOS device For Video/Music, control playback (play/pause/volume etc.) on Android device using controls on iOS device For Photo, go to the next photo on iOS device and it will switch to the same photo on the Android device The picture below shows the steps above marked in it (Click on the picture to view the larger version) |
Supported Airplay Clients
You can stream video/photo/music to your Android device from - • iOS device (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) • Another Android device with AirBuddy app installed it - AirBuddy can act as an Airplay Client/Remote • Another Android device with any other Airplay client app installed it • iTunes on PC/Mac AirBuddy as an AirPlay Client
You can stream YouTube video and other MP4 video using AirBuddy 1. Select Share link in the YouTube app when the video is playing 2. Select AirBuddy from the list of apps that shows up and the system will launch AirBuddy 3. AirBuddy will ask you to select a AirPlay device (if not already done) 4. Video should start playing on the AirPlay device - AirBuddy will show Remote screen for playback controls The picture below shows the steps above marked in it (Click on the picture to view the larger version) |
You can stream Photos using AirBuddy (starting version 1.5.1)
1. Select Share link in the Gallery/Photos app for the picture you want to share 2. Select AirBuddy from the list of apps that shows up and the system will launch AirBuddy 3. AirBuddy will ask you to select a AirPlay device (if not already done) 4. Photo should now display on the AirPlay device Supported Airplay Servers Any AirPlay enabled device that can play Video, including AirBuddy installed on another Android device. Limitations Following special scenarios are not supported - • Airplay Mirroring • DRM protected movie playback (e.g. most movies purchased in iTunes) • Airplay from Netflix App (this was added in Netflix App v5.0 for iOS 7) |