One of the awesome features introduced by Apple in iOS 4.2.1 is AirPlay, with which you can stream video, audio and photos from a iOS devices to the new Apple TV. But, unfortunately, this feature has some limitations – like, can’t stream video from third party apps and even Safari is limited to audio-only. Though, the Jailbreak community were able to make it possible to stream third party apps to the Apple TV, a lot of users would prefer Apple to offer full fledged support to stream third party apps right from the portable iOS device.

But at the same it was disappointing to find out that the AirPlay audio and video streaming functionality was available only on the iPod app and YouTube app and it was possible to only stream audio from third party iPhone apps including the Mobile Safari browser.

Steve Jobs in his response to a mail clarified that AirPlay will have all these features added in 2011, possibly via the next iOS 4.3 software update.

Q: Hi, I recently updated both my iPhone 4 and iPad to 4.2. I think my favorite feature is airplay. This is seriously amazing and makes sharing content seamless. I just purchased Apple TV and was wondering are you ever going to make airplay video work for videos in safari and 3rd party apps? I hope to get a response.

A: Yep, hope to add these features to Airplay in 2011.

We’ve heard rumors that Apple decided to drop the functionality for third-party apps due to stability issues. But that hasn’t stopped hackers from figuring out a way to enable it on third party apps using unpublished API and releasing jailbreak apps like AirVideoEnabler, which enables video streaming to Apple TV using AirPlay from any iOS app, including Mobile Safari.

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[Source: MacRumors]

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