The deployment of Apple TV + on Sony televisions is being a real mess since this manufacturer has models with Android TV and without Android TV. Sony announced that certain TV models it launched in 2018 would be compatible with Apple TV, a very small number among models that are not managed by Android TV.
The guys at Sony have just released a new firmware update for their televisions (currently available only in Europe), an update that add Apple TV app that allows access to both the catalog available in Apple's streaming video service and the one available in iTunes and other payment platforms.
Last October, Sony released the Apple TV app for the XH90 (X900H) ensuring that this app would also be available on select models launched in both 2019 and 2018 in more than 100 countries.
It seems that finally that moment has arrived, according to the boys of flatpanelsh. Firmware v.6.4960 for Sony TVs available in Europe includes Apple app TV for all models launched in 2020, most of the models that arrived in 2019 (with exceptions) and two high-end models from 2018.
2018 Sony TV models compatible with the Apple TV app
- KD-65AF9
- KD-55AF9
- KD-75ZF9
- KD-65ZF9
2019 Sony TV models compatible with the Apple TV app
- KD-75XG9505
- KD-65XG9505
- KD-55XG9505
- KD-75XG8505
- KD-65XG8505
- KD-65XG8577
- KD-55XG8577
- KD-55XG8505
- KD-98ZG9
- KD-85XG9505
- KD-85ZG9
- KD-55AG9
- KD-65AG9
- KD-77AG9
- KD-85XG8596
- KD-55XG8588
- KD-55XG8599
- KD-55XG8596
- KD-65XG8588
- KD-65XG8599
- KD-65XG8596
- KD-75XG8588
- KD-75XG8599
- KD-75XG8596
- KD-75XG8796
- KD-65XG8796
- KD-55XG8796
2019 Sony TV models NOT compatible with the Apple TV app
- AG8
- XG83
- XG81
- XG80
If your Sony TV is managed by Android TV, for more than a month you have the application available in the Play Store, an application that can only be downloaded on Sony televisions.
