Observed arrival · 2026-09-05

Xaar, the Xbox-to-Sonos AirPlay workaround

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Xaar turns an Xbox One or Series X|S into an AirPlay receiver, sending mirrored video to the TV and audio to AirPlay 2 speakers.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-05 issue.

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Xaar installs on an Xbox and exposes the console as an AirPlay target on the local network. The site says video is hardware-decoded on the Xbox while audio travels to an AirPlay 2 speaker, with the picture deliberately delayed to compensate for speaker and TV latency. It also describes synchronized volume controls and a no-account, no-analytics, no-tracking privacy model. Access is currently presented as invite-only through a Microsoft account email address.

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