At the beginning of the year, the manufacturers Samsung, LG, Sony and Vizio announced that throughout the year, some of their devices would be compatible with AirPlay 2. But in addition, some of them, too would offer HomeKit compatibility and / or they would add access to iTunes and Apple's streaming video service (whose final name was not known until now).
Both Samsung and LG and Vizio have added support on their televisions to AirPay 2 several months ago, with Sony being the company that has taken it more calmlyo and it was until a few hours ago, when it finally announced some of its 2018 and 2019 models have a firmware update available that adds both AirPlay 2 and HomeKit compatibility.
The models that are receiving this update are managed by Android TV and not only adds support for AirPlay 2 and HomeKit, but also includes support for Dolby Atmos.
- The Sony TV models released in 2018 that are compatible with this update are: XBRZ9F y XBRA9F.
- The Sony TV models that have been released throughout 2019 and that also have these features available through this update are: XBRZ9G, XBR-A9G, X950G y X850G.
Once we have updated our compatible television, we will be able to send the content of our device to the television. But unlike the Samsung model, who if offers both access to iTunes and Apple TV +In order to enjoy both services on these Sony models, we will have to send the content through AirPlay, since we cannot access it directly from the TV.
At the moment, Samsung is the only manufacturer that plans to offer access to both iTunes and Apple TV + natively through its own application.
