I've spent thousands on Bowers & Wilkins Formation speakers. I have them in almost every room in the house. My Apple iTunes/Music connects via AirPlay to one or two zones max at a time. After owning these speakers for years it is clear that Apple did not program to join the last AirPlay speaker(s) that were in use when they disconnnected.
A simple fix would be to write code that commands, "when Apple Music play is pressed, unless the user manually changed the AirPlay speakers, connect to the last AirPlay speakers/zone that was in use and then play". If the user can do this, then programming can do this. If I pause my AirPlay Apple Music for 5 minutes or more and move to another app, when I come back to play again, I have to select the AirPlay radiator icon in the mini play bar at the bottom right of Apple Music; connect to the zone I want (the one I previously had connected and did not manually disconnect); and then press play again. This is ridiculous and tedious.
From my research, B&W Formation uses AirPlay 2 which is supposed to have better streaming buffer code. Obvioulsy this is not enough to keep my zones connected when music is paused.
Has anyone else seen this and are there any workarounds to battle this glitch in Apple Music AirPlay?