If you've gone looking for a way to AirPlay to Sonos from Windows, you've probably hit a wall: AirPlay is Apple's technology, and Windows simply has no built-in AirPlay sender. Sonos speakers with AirPlay 2 only receive streams from Apple devices like a Mac or iPhone, so there's no honest "AirPlay from Windows" button.
The good news is you usually don't need AirPlay at all. What you actually want is to get audio from your Windows PC to your Sonos speakers, and the free Cast to Sonos Chrome extension does exactly that by streaming the audio from any browser tab directly to Sonos.
What you'll need
- A Windows PC running Google Chrome (or Edge, Brave, or Vivaldi)
- A Sonos speaker on the same network
- The audio you want to play, open in a browser tab
Step-by-step: Stream from Windows to Sonos
1. Install Cast to Sonos
Add the Cast to Sonos extension from the Chrome Web Store on your Windows PC and pin it.
2. Open the audio you want to play
Open any tab with audio or video, a music web player, YouTube, a radio stream, or a podcast.
3. Open the Cast to Sonos extension
Click the Cast to Sonos icon in the Chrome toolbar to open the casting panel.
4. Choose your Sonos room
Select the Sonos speaker or group you want to stream to.
5. Press play
Press play and the browser audio streams from your Windows PC to your Sonos speakers.
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Frequently asked questions
Can Windows actually use AirPlay to Sonos?
Not natively. AirPlay is Apple's protocol and Windows has no built-in AirPlay sender, so you can't AirPlay from Windows the way you can from a Mac or iPhone. Sonos speakers that support AirPlay 2 only receive it from Apple devices. Cast to Sonos solves the same goal a different way, it streams the audio from your browser tab directly to Sonos.
Is this the same as AirPlay?
It achieves the same result, getting audio from your computer to your Sonos speakers, without needing AirPlay at all. Instead of mirroring system audio, Cast to Sonos captures the audio from a Chrome tab and streams it to Sonos.
Does it work on Windows 10 and Windows 11?
Yes. Cast to Sonos runs inside Chrome (or any Chromium browser), so it works the same on Windows 10, Windows 11, macOS, Linux, and ChromeOS.
Can it stream all my PC's system audio?
No, it streams audio from a browser tab, not your whole desktop. If your audio source plays in Chrome, it works. For everything else you'd open it in a browser tab first.