KEF Connect 4+

A pretty good app and seems to be working well for Tidal and Internet Radio as well as general control of my LS50 ii wireless speakers (fantastic sound).

My only big disappointment is that you still get the iPhone size restrictions when running the app on an iPad. It can be really difficult selecting the correct song or album from a search list as most of the descriptive text is clipped off the right hand side of the list.

An iPad optimised version would make this a great app for the speakers.

I have had this app (and LS50W2) since software v.1 and as I write we are on v.2.3. The app presenting useful release notes for both the speaker system and the app itself. The app gets better all the time and for my use, which is radio and limited streaming it works beautifully. The radio with the new Home Button presets option is excellent.

I have one glitch which has been evident for a while. On an iPhone (iOS 15.5) when playing my music from Apple’s Music App via Airplay the volume slider within Music jumps to minimum when you touch it. It seems essential to use the KEF Connect app to control the music volume played on the phone.

In all other regards for me it works very solidly. A nice and elegant app, well done all.

It’s always pot luck whether the app will get recognised by Apple airplay. I don’t know if it’s a Kef problem or an Apple problem but I frankly don’t care. They ought to get together and sort out the issues. I’ve been onto Kef and I followed their instructions, deleting the app and reinstalling it, resetting the speakers blah blah blah, it works for a while and then says that no speaker is recognised….. and then at other times it’ll work. All other apps are fine on my network, just the Kef one repeatedly stops working.
However……..
I’ve since started using Qobuz and it’s a TOTALLY different experience.
Conclusion? I think most of the fault lies with apple airplay