AirPlay and Conference Room Display with Billboard

One of the main reasons people lock an Apple TV into Apple's Conference Room Display is so anyone can AirPlay to it. The catch is a blank, generic screen the rest of the day. Billboard gives you both: your own content and one-tap AirPlay.

Does AirPlay still work with Billboard?

Yes. Billboard shows a drifting AirPlay panel over your content with the same "connect using AirPlay" instructions Apple's screen shows. Anyone on the network can cast to the display in one tap — for a lesson, a meeting or a presentation — exactly like Conference Mode. When they're done, the screen returns to your signage.

Because AirPlay works over your local network, it keeps working even if the internet drops — see Staying live when the internet drops.

Billboard instead of Apple's Conference Room Display

You don't run both at once. Apple's Conference Room Display takes over the whole screen with a fixed layout you can't change. Billboard runs as a normal app that shows your images and video and adds its own AirPlay panel — so you get the AirPlay convenience without the blank screen.

When you set up a screen for signage, turn off Apple's Conference Room Display so Billboard can run instead. See Keep an Apple TV running as a display.

Make the panel yours

The AirPlay panel is fully customisable per gallery — its wording, the Wi-Fi network to join, its colour and how see-through it is, and how it drifts to avoid burn-in. You can even hide it while a video is playing, or hide it entirely. See Customise the display.

Questions about presenting or AirPlay? Email support@getbillboard.app.