Google TV / Android TV

[ccarmock]

So as not to clog the ITV-X thread with a related, but separate issue.....

I have a Sony KD49A9.   It got some sort of update to ITV-X via the Live TV update yesterday, but doesn't seem right yet - no HD content and the icon on the Sony Select bar has not updated.

Now Sony's note about ITV-X here: https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/articles/00287614

references the fact that for Google TV based devices the icon will change in a future software update but they do not say that for Android TV based devices.

I am actually wondering if their Android TVs will get any more updates.  Even though my TV was stil on sale in 2021 it is Android TV based and runs Android 9 (no longer receiving security updates from Google), any update now would require it to go to Android 10 or later, which would make it a Gogole TV based device.   They seem to like to keep the distinction between Android TV & Google TV devices so wondering if this TV which is not much over 18 months old is now stuck on an OS that will not get any more updates.

I asked via a support ticket.  They have told me my TV is already a Google TV device and that Android is just the OS it runs on. Partly true - yes it runs Android OS but as the KD-48A9 is still on Android 9 it actually runs Android TV not Google TV.

[SkyNet404]

At this point all you can do is keep checking the website till they release a new update, or a statement regarding an update.

[ccarmock]

While I haven't seen any UK or EU references yet - I have seen a couple of Sony Articles that state the US and LATAM versions of the KD-48A9 and related models from 2018-2020 are about to receive an update - first in 2 years and this will take them to Android 10

The firmware has apeared ont he US website already:-

https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/oled-tvs-android-a9_a9s-series/xbr-48a9s/software/00301764

So the question now is will this come to UK models of this TV and when?

[LightFoot]

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@ccarmock wrote:

So the question now is will this come to UK models of this TV and when?

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Hi @ccarmock   If past experience is anything to go by, it will never reach the European market. But you never know.

[rooobb]

https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1699797680

It was announced that it will be deployed also in Europe

[ccarmock]

We can but hope!

https://www.channelnews.com.au/sony-rolls-out-android-10-for-select-tv-models/

This is one of a few articles that seem to indicate it will come to Europe but it's a gradual roll out

[Bydandie]

I've created a specific thread about this, here's hoping we get an answer