AirPlay 2 and HomeKit are coming to Sony’s new Android-powered 4K and 8K televisions

Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony at CES 2019 yesterday announced novel 4K as well as 8K goggle box sets that characteristic built-in back upwardly for Apple’s AirPlay 2 media streaming applied scientific discipline as well as HomeKit, which is the company’s platform for the connected home.

The upcoming Z9G Series 8K LCDs as well as A9G Series 8K OLEDs, every bit good every bit the X950G Series 4K LCD TVs, volition include AirPlay 2 as well as HomeKit compatibility amongst express Siri vocalisation control.

These TV sets are Android-powered.

HomeKit makes a TV fix look every bit an good source inwards the Home app on an iPhone, iPad as well as Mac. Your TV tin also participate in HomeKit scenes, making it effortless to securely command smart domicile products using the Home app or past times asking Siri. For example, the user powerfulness create a Movie Night scene inwards the Home app inwards social club to easily plough on their TV as well as dim the lights.

Then, they tin only inquire Siri to launch the scene.

Adjusting playback as well as book on an AirPlay 2-compatible TV via Control Center

With AirPlay 2, customers tin post photos, music as well as videos to their TV—and fifty-fifty duplicate everything shown on their iOS/macOS device onto a bigger screen, no Apple TV required. Feature similar express vocalisation command as well as multi-room good volition allow Sony TV owners to inquire for a specific exhibit to last played on a specific TV inwards a specific room.

Doing as well as hence volition wake upwardly the corresponding TV fix as well as start streaming the requested content.

The Z9G Series 8K LCDs volition last available inwards 85 as well as 98-inch variants. The A9G Series 8K OLEDs volition last offered inwards 55, 65 as well as 77-inch sizes. The X950G Series 4K LCD TVs volition come upwardly inwards 55, 65, 75 as well as 85-inch flavors.

Other goggle box manufacturers bring begun adopting AirPlay 2 as well as HomeKit, too.

Vizio Smart TVs are also getting AirPlay 2 as well as HomeKit compatibility

Yesterday, American consumer electronics companionship Vizio said that owners of its conduct goggle box sets inwards the USA as well as Canada volition larn beta back upwardly for AirPlay 2 as well as HomeKit onetime inwards the outset quarter earlier it officially rolls out to novel as well as existing SmartCast televisions as well as displays inwards the 2nd quarter of 2019 via a firmware update.

LG is planning to add AirPlay 2 as well as homeKit integration to its 2019 Smart TV lineup, but it’s unclear at the instant whether existing models powerfulness larn these features amongst a software update.

Samsung ii days agone became the outset manufacturer to bring announced official back upwardly for AirPlay 2 as well as HomeKit. The companionship may bring been given a preferential handling past times Apple because their Smart TVs volition also larn a novel iTunes Movies as well as TV Shows app for watching your purchased or rented movies as well as goggle box shows.

No other device has this app, non fifty-fifty Apple TV. However, Samsung TVs won’t offering HomeKit.

Apple has confirmed via an updated AirPlay 2 webpage that AirPlay 2 as well as HomeKit are indeed coming to “popular smart TVs” soon. Aside from iTunes for Windows, this marks the outset fourth dimension the Cupertino giant has permitted access to iTunes amusement via non-Apple hardware.

For those wondering, the Apple website provides a list of all the AirPlay 2-compatible TV sets that bring been announced as well as hence far at its website.

This definitely unexpected motion has prompted some Apple watchers to speculate that it could last laying the groundwork for the company’s long-rumored original video programming.

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