iMacs that don't have Air Play

[ioram]

A VERY long interaction (4 hours in total) with Apple Support - to no avail - led me to some research. My iMac (2017 Intel) doesn't have Air Play. Support had no idea why. Wanted to patch it with my iPhone, made all sorts of irrelevant claims and were clueless. BUT - it does seem that hardware requirement for an iMac to have Air Play are Top Secret.
Does anyone know of a detailed and reliable list regarding iMacs and Air Play?

 

[azentropy]

2019 or newer…

macOS Monterey: Here's everything new with AirPlay to Mac - 9to5Mac

With macOS 12 Monterey, users are finally able to AirPlay content to the Mac. Here's how it's going to work.

9to5mac.com

to

• MacBook Pro (2018 and later);
• MacBook Air (2018 and later);
• iMac (2019 and later);
• iMac Pro 92017);
• Mac Mini (2020 and later);
• Mac Pro (2019);

from

• iPhone 7 and later;
• iPad Pro (2nd gen and later);
• iPad Air (3rd gen and later);
• iPad (6th and later);
• iPad mini (5th gen and later);

 

[ioram]

Thank you! It's what I found on a couple of Youtube channels. Why Apple couldn't be bothered to tell is another question....

 

[Brawdy14]

Thank you! It's what I found on a couple of Youtube channels. Why Apple couldn't be bothered to tell is another question....

You could have given 'points' to the guy who sent you here! 🤣

 

[nicho]

• Mac Mini (2020 and later)

Yet I can airplay to my 2018 intel mac mini.

 

[Brawdy14]

Thank you! It's what I found on a couple of Youtube channels. Why Apple couldn't be bothered to tell is another question....

Do you mean the real-life Apple Support ...... or the NON-Apple ASC forums?

Do you have a link to the posts you made on the later? TIA if you have. 🥰

 

[CWallace]

Yet I can airplay to my 2018 intel mac mini.

It's probably an inadvertent omission from Apple since the 2018 MacBook Air and Pro can do it so it does not require a dGPU for Intel machines. Or it is just not officially supported on the 2018 Mac mini so they don't list it.