Thanks for the replies. I tried three Chromebooks and even the one that is on the Android compatibility list was not compatible! So onto the Fire 7" 7th gen (that I'd prefer to use anyway), is there an Android/Play compatibility list online, is it listed? If so, where are the best instructions on how to load Google Play onto the Fire tablet?
I found instructions here: https://www.androidpolice.com/install-play-store-amazon-fire-tablet/
Isn’t that around 7 years old and based on Android 5? You might be pushing your luck getting any recent app to run on that I would have thought.
I'd be willing to buy a more recent Fire 7" if I knew it was guranteed to run Wiim Home!
I’ve also got it working on my Fire HD 8 (8th gen) and Fire HD 10 plus (11th gen). The o/s versions can be found here https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=G2JXLC4L34GX73TE and this is a good and easy guide to setting up the Google Play Store from where you can instal the WiiM Home app
OK, I prefer the Fire 7", it fits in the palm of your hand. If a late gen Fire 7" has the same OS version as a Fire 8 HD 2020 or Fire HD 8 (8th gen) and Fire HD 10 plus (11th gen), then Wiim Home stands a better chance of working?
Yes, I’d say so. Fire Os versions aren’t always based on the most recent versions of Android, but if they have the same underlying version, it should be fine.
I just had success installing WiiM Home on a Lenovo M7 tablet, which runs Android Go. I prefer my Lenovo M7 to my Fire 7 7th Generation. You might want to give that tablet a try.
With this setup, are you getting lossless audio? I ask because I'm trying to create an easy-to-use setup at work. My work heavily controls the internet and my work PC. I'm able to stream music through my iPhone to a camera adapter to a Qudelix 5K to my Senn HD560s headphones. It's good lossless music. However, I'm concerned that over time the lightning connector to my iPhone will wear out. Thus, I'd like to eliminate that connection, yet still have lossless music. I'm trying to find a good working, inexpensive solution. I can readily use my iPhone as a wifi hotspot if needed; my work wifi is controlled and won't allow streaming music.
The WiiM mini doesn’t have a usb audio connection, nor does your DAC have an Optical input that I can see. You could perhaps use the WiiM’s analogue out if your DAC has an analogue in, but that would be using the WiiM’s internal DAC, then your DAC’s ADC circuitry to then pass to its DAC - messy and potentially pointless. The WiiM mini needs wifi which I guess you might get from your phone’s hotspot, but then you’d need another phone/tablet to run the WiiM app since your phone would then effectively be your router…
Thanks for the explanation.
Would you mind letting us know which Chromecast & which USB DAC? What is used to display your music selections & menus?
