Open NaviBeat on both devices
Both on the same Wi-Fi, signed in to the same account on your server.
How Play on works
Play on another NaviBeat.
Use your phone as the remote for NaviBeat on the TV, or move what you are playing to another room from the same second. No account of mine and no cloud, only your devices and your server.
Two ways
Control it, or move it.
Step by step
Four steps, about ten seconds.
Open Output
In Now Playing tap Output. On Apple TV hold Select on Play/Pause to open the menu.
Pick a device under Play on
This device becomes the remote for that one: play, pause, skip, seek, volume and the whole queue.
Or use Send to
Send to lists a device on an older version, one you cannot control. The queue moves there and goes on from the same second. The device you left stops.
From Home
Control is one tap from Home.
The Continue card on Home shows every other NaviBeat that is playing, one row each, with Continue here and Control. Control takes you straight to that device.
An example
From the couch to the kitchen.
An album plays on NaviBeat on the Apple TV. You are on the couch with your iPhone. Open NaviBeat on the phone, tap Output in Now Playing, and pick the Apple TV under Play on. The phone is now the remote: you pause, skip, seek, change the volume and edit the queue, and the Apple TV keeps playing from your server.
Later you go to the kitchen, where the Mac is. Open Home on the Mac: the Continue card shows the Apple TV playing, with Continue here and Control. Tap Continue here and the music goes on on the Mac.
Nothing in this goes over the internet, and no account of mine is involved. Every device is signed in to the same account on your server, on the same Wi-Fi.
Which devices take part.
Play on and Send to work between iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. Apple Watch is not part of it. On iPhone and iPad, Local Network has to be allowed for NaviBeat in Settings, or the other devices stay invisible.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Does Play on work away from home?
No. Both devices have to be on the same local network. Play on and Send to do not go over the internet.
Do both devices need the same account?
Yes. Both have to be signed in to the same account on your server. That is how they prove they are yours, so a stranger on your Wi-Fi can not take over.
Does the music go through my phone?
No. The device that plays gets the music from your server. Your phone only sends commands.
Why does a device not show up?
NaviBeat has to be open on it, and both devices have to be on the same network. On iPhone and iPad, Local Network must be allowed for NaviBeat in Settings.
Does it work on Apple Watch?
No. Play on and Send to are for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV.