topic Re: Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED in Android TV

Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED

atselvan — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:21:44 GMT

Will there be a firmware update for the Sony AF9 for Airplay 2 support?

Re: Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED

Mick_D — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 19:07:24 GMT

Hi @atselvan, welcome to the Community.

We will need to wait and see I'm afraid; as yet there is no word regarding the availability or content of future updates.

Cheers

Mick

Re: Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED

Fuzyphil — Tue, 14 May 2019 21:12:01 GMT

Imo it will appear in a firmware update sooner rather than later. Apple have now released a firmware update ios 12.3 for aurplay2 and Homekit2 in the iphone and ipad and they will be keen to get there own streaming app on to as many methods of outlet as possible. The Airscreen app allows airstreaming and is very good at it so the AF9 is more than capable of doing apple airplay.

Re: Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED

Jecht_Sin — Thu, 16 May 2019 05:31:34 GMT

@Fuzyphil wrote:
Imo it will appear in a firmware update sooner rather than later. Apple have now released a firmware update ios 12.3 for aurplay2 and Homekit2 in the iphone and ipad and they will be keen to get there own streaming app on to as many methods of outlet as possible. The Airscreen app allows airstreaming and is very good at it so the AF9 is more than capable of doing apple airplay.

Keyword: Apple. Apple releases a new OS update (one for each family of devices) once every one or two months. Much faster in case of major bugs or glitches. Sony still has to fix the broken Oreo update of February, which is also temporarily (read: indefinitely) suspended..

Re: Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED

Kuschelmonschter — Thu, 16 May 2019 06:32:47 GMT

Everything that Sony announced in the past to be implemented in a future firmware version arrived with tremendous delay (like DVR, Dolby Vision, Marshmallow, Nougat, Oreo). So don't expect this feature soon.

Re: Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED

Tomtlap — Thu, 16 May 2019 13:27:23 GMT

So what now? I need a TV as we are moving. Should I buy AF9 and then believe that they will update the firmware or be 4 months without TV because they will release AG9 in September at the earliest? Will AG9 be available sooner?

Re: Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED

Kuschelmonschter — Thu, 16 May 2019 14:03:17 GMT

AG9 most probably won‘t have AirPlay 2 from the beginning either. Will arrive at the same time as AF9 I suppose.

Re: Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED

Tomtlap — Thu, 16 May 2019 15:01:05 GMT

Yep, but there is no hint whether AF9 will have the support at all. Or
there is?

Re: Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED

Kuschelmonschter — Thu, 16 May 2019 16:42:28 GMT

You are actually right. I just assumed they might do it for all MT5893 based BRAVIAs as they all have the same firmware image. I might be wrong though...

Re: Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED

Tomtlap — Thu, 16 May 2019 17:53:40 GMT

Do you think AG9 will be available in September? Or Earlier?

Re: Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED

atselvan — Sat, 18 May 2019 08:34:33 GMT

The AG9 would be available in the next 10 weeks according to local dealers in the Netherlands.

@Kuschelmonschter the AG9 will have Airplay support when it comes out for sure! That is a confirmed fact.

I also saw some other non-OLED 4k 2019 Models that already have Airplay support at the dealers.

Re: Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED

Fuzyphil — Thu, 30 May 2019 21:53:20 GMT

The Airstreem app was working perfectly - it still does but...

since latest version update of Airstreem the YouTube app won’t coexist. With Airstreem installed YouTube will not play any video streams. Uninstall Airstreem then YouTube works again. What a pain the butt !! I use both apps a lot so this situation is extremely annoying.

Re: Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED

tylerpeck — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 12:20:33 GMT

The AG9 and AF9 is exactly the same processor and panel wise, its just the design that has changed.

It would be incredibly lazy for Sony not to update this. I would be put off purchasing Sony TVs in the future is this is the case.

Re: Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED

Kuschelmonschter — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 12:53:46 GMT

@atselvan schrieb:
The AG9 would be available in the next 10 weeks according to local dealers in the Netherlands.

@Kuschelmonschter the AG9 will have Airplay support when it comes out for sure! That is a confirmed fact.
I also saw some other non-OLED 4k 2019 Models that already have Airplay support at the dealers.

AG9 tested by FlatpanelsHD did not include the feature...

Apple's TV app, AirPlay 2, and HomeKit will be added to A9G via a later software update. There is no beta program so we were unable to test the functionality.

Source

Re: Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED

PStebl — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:09:38 GMT

It’s the end of January 2020 and no firmware update. My guess is the third quarter of 2026.

Re: Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED

PStebl — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:08:53 GMT

I wouldn’t hold my breath about firmware updates for the Master series.

Re: Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED

PStebl — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:07:40 GMT

Within 10 weeks 🤣.... My dealer told me within a few days in January 2020 and I fell for it 😓. I suppose it is true what they say: ‘never purchase a product based on the promise of some future firmware update. Wait until it's come out and evaluate how the feature was implemented first.’

Re: Airplay support for Sony AF9 OLED

rooobb — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 13:36:41 GMT

What are you talking about? The firmware is available https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/oled-tvs-android-a9f_af9-series/kd-55af9/downloads/00016478