Google is testing an AirPlay analog for Android 13

The first preliminary announcement of Android 13 may take place only in the spring, but more and more details about the upcoming system improvements are already appearing on the web. One of them may be an analogue of the AirPlay technology, on which drew attention to the editors of the portal Android Police.

Citing a trusted anonymous source, they showed two screenshots of the new feature, tentatively titled Media TTT (tap-to-transfer). It is designed for wireless streaming of media content between a smartphone and other devices in the user's environment.

With its help, audio or video can be broadcast to an external screen, audio speaker or, for example, a tablet. On the smartphone, a notification about the output to another device will be displayed at the top of the display.

The system can also suggest that you need to bring the smartphone closer to start playback on another device. Probably, NFC or UWB technology will be used for this, which will allow you to quickly set up a connection.

The casting technology itself can function through the Google Casting protocols and therefore will be able to work with Chromecast. Recently Google, just, announced plans to add support for this technology to more devices of its partners.

At the end of December, it became known about several others possible improvements in Android 13, including the ability to change the language of applications, support for Bluetooth LE Audio and more.