AirPort Utility, Apple’s official app for managing its AirPort wireless appliances, has received an update fixing bugs that caused many issues for iOS 13 customers, including unexpected quits.
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Apple releases AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.8.1
It has been more than a year since Apple discontinued the AirPort router lineup, but the company has just released an important security update anyway.
Unexpected update brings AirPlay 2 support to AirPort Express wireless base station
Apple yesterday released a new 7.8 software for AirPort Express, bringing AirPlay 2 compatibility and support for the Home app to its 802.11n wireless base station.
Supplies of AirPort wireless routers are already dwindling across the globe
Are you in the market for an AirPort wireless appliance? If so, you better act fast because supplies of Apple's excellent wireless routers are already dwindling on Apple Online Stores across the globe and the company has no plans to make new ones again.
Apple offers tips on choosing Wi-Fi routers
Apple yesterday published a support document with tips for choosing Wi-Fi routers.
AirPort Express no longer appearing as an AirPlay 2 target on the latest iOS 11.4 beta
Looks like AirPort Express may not be getting a suspected AirPlay 2 upgrade after all.
AirPort Express will apparently gain AirPlay 2 speaker support
Developers and public beta testers who installed the iOS 11.4 beta are noticing that Apple's AirPort Express wireless base station is showing up in the Home app as AirPlay 2 speakers.
Apple’s released firmware updates for AirPort base stations fixing KRACK Wi-Fi vulnerability
Apple may have stopped developing its AirPort-branded wireless base station devices, but it certainly continues to support users with timely software updates. Just today, they released new firmwares for the AirPort Express, Extreme and Time Capsule base stations.
Bloomberg: Apple disbands its router unit, stops developing AirPort wireless appliances
Apple has quietly “disbanded” its router hardware division and reassigned employees to work on more lucrative products that account for the vast majority of the company's revenue, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported Monday citing people familiar with the matter. The company last updated the AirPort-branded Wi-Fi accessories back in 2013 with support for the speedy 802.11ac wireless standard.
Rumor: next-gen Apple TV has gaming functionality, TV tuner, built-in AirPort router
Piggy-backing on a report last week by iLounge which heard from sources that the next Apple TV set-top box will support wireless game controllers and possibly an app store for games, another reliable blogger has chimed in with additional tidbits.
Long story short, a much improved Apple TV hardware refresh is thought to include an 802.11ac wireless router functionality by way of AirPort Express integration. It should also come with a built-in TV tuner to control your existing cable boxes and TV stations and include gaming functionality.
Some hobby, eh?
Apple updates AirPort Utility with 802.11ac support
As you know, Apple alongside a host of software-focused announcements today also refreshed its AirPort wireless appliances with compatibility for the latest 802.11ac standard, also known as Gigabit Ethernet. As a result, the updated AirPort Express and Time Capsule base stations can now transfer data up to three times faster, and more reliably too. And to go along with the hardware refresh, the company has pushed new versions of AirPort Utility for iOS and Mac...