Beoplay Remote for macOS
This is an unofficial app to remote control network enabled Bang & Olufsen loudspeakers from macOS.
The menu bar app has basic support for play/pause and forward/backward. The volume level can be adjusted and works well with volume adjustments made directly on the loudspeakers, through the original B&O iOS app, Spotify and Deezer. Speakers are automatically discovered via Bonjour. TuneIn favorite radio stations are fetched from the device and can be changed via hotkeys.
Apple keyboards features volume-down and volume-up keys to control the volume of the local speakers. When the same physical keys function as F11 and F12 keys they can control the volume of the remote speakers via this application.
| Local speakers | Remote speakers |
|---|---|
| volume-down | fn + volume-down |
| volume-up | fn + volume-up |
Installation
Get the latest release and follow the installation instructions:
Alternatively, you can install it with Homebrew:
brew install tlk/beoplayremote/beoplayremotegui --no-quarantine
Please see Configuration.md on how to setup hotkey bindings.
Build from source
If you have Xcode you can build and install from source:
$ xcodebuild -version
Xcode 13.2.1
Build version 13C100
$ make install
xcodebuild [..]
rm -rf /Applications/BeoplayRemoteGUI.app
cp -rp Release.xcarchive/Products/Applications/BeoplayRemoteGUI.app /Applications
$
Read more
- See the beoplay-cli for a command line interface
- How do I control the volume in spotify with the volume buttons on my apple keyboard? (Spotify Community)
- Beoplay Remote for macOS (PoC) (BeoWorld)
- Apple HomeKit integration via Homebridge plugin for Bang & Olufsen/Beoplay devices
- How to run the official B&O iOS applications on Apple computers with the "M1" processor