What does no native support for Apple Music mean?

[mikm27]

I'm considering buying a WIIM Pro Plus for my household with an Android/Deezer user and a iPhone/Apple Music user. I understand that WIIM does not support Apple Music natively but I'd like to understand that better. I see in the WIIM user guide that an iPhone user can play Apple Music via WIIM by using AirPlay. And I understand that the sound quality will be limited using AirPlay. Are there any other implications for native vs non-native support? Is the WIIM Home app different for Deezer which is supported natively vs Apple Music which is not?

 

[adias]

Apple Music will Airplay fine to a WiiM Pro or WiiM Pro Plus. I use it all the time and the quality is quite good. Apple’s AAC codec is very good.

 

[Nikita]

“native support” basically means wiim directly calls the streaming service api. that’s all really. there’s a number of workarounds. if you’d like to play apple music lossless the only option comes into my mind is to use wired connection (digital or analog) between an apple device and wiim