Airplay/Airplay 2 in Roon is it Apple sanctioned?

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

@EinTo.Shuffle

I am also curious about what all the testing on Airplay 2 is about. What is the objective ? Can we expect more stable Airplay from Roon and/or extended functionality going forward.

From the release notes of the first test build with AP2:

@vova

For the first time, today’s release includes support for steaming over Airplay 2.

This brings first-class Airplay support to Roon, including Apple products like HomePods and AppleTV, as well as many popular Airplay devices from a wide range of partners. Roon will now properly support stereo pairs of HomePods (addressing them as a single stereo device) and in many cases configuration tasks (such as entering passcodes) should be streamlined. We also expect full backwards compatibility for all Airplay devices.