Learn more about Airport Express

Selection of music and play/pause of audio is controlled through the iTunes software on your computer. If you have an Apple iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, a downloadable remote app is available that can control these functions in iTunes over a Wi-Fi connection.

A Wi-Fi product from Apple, the Airport Express is a compact wireless base station that acts as a receiver to audio transmitted over Wi-Fi from a computer music source running the Apple iTunes software. The Airport Express connects to an amplified speaker via an integrated 3.5mm audio jack output.

You can transmit audio from compatible digital audio files (MP3s, AAC files purchased from Apple) stored in your iTunes library on your computer's hard drive, as well as Internet radio stations played from within iTunes.

Tip: Music sharing is just one function of the Airport Express, which can also be used as a standalone Wi-Fi router (great using while traveling), extending the range of your main Wi-Fi router, or providing access to a printer (via its USB port) to a wireless network.

The Apple Airport Express work with Windows-based PCs, it comes with software (Airport Utility) that helps you connect your Windows PC to the Airport Express, and iTunes is available in a Windows version.

The Airport Express is a Wi-Fi base station, it can talk to any other wireless router that speaks in the 802.11a/b/g/n languages. Thusly, neither an Apple Airport Extreme base station nor Time Machine is required to stream audio to the Airport Express. However, your PC or Mac must have the iTunes software installed, So You don't need an Apple Wi-Fi router to stream audio with the Airport Express.

The Airport Express work in multiple rooms. However, you'll need a separate Airport Express connected to amplified speakers in each room you want to stream audio to. Additionally, all the Airport Express base stations connected to your iTunes software will play the same audio--you can't configure different rooms to play different music.