topic KD-43XG8396 End-of-Life? in Android TV

KD-43XG8396 End-of-Life?

davelolek — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 11:59:32 GMT

Hello all,

recently i bought an Android TV KD-43XG8396 is this one year old product end of life?

Will this TV gets android updates in the future?

Thanks

David

Rif.: KD-43XG8396 End-of-Life?

rooobb — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 13:02:06 GMT

The latest update was released on april 2020, so what do you mean by end of life?

https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/lcd-tvs-android-xg83xx_x85xxg-series-kd-43-49-/kd-43xg8396/downloads/00016668

Rif.: KD-43XG8396 End-of-Life?

davelolek — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 14:19:47 GMT

I mean if this TV will gets newer version of android in the future like AF9, ZF9, AG9, ZG9, XG85/XG87,XG95, etc..

because they have android 9.0 but XG8396 still 8.0 😞

Rif.: KD-43XG8396 End-of-Life?

rooobb — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 14:29:44 GMT

It's quite different even if an update to a major release could be expected (and should by Google agreement) it doesn't means that the tv won't be supported anymore. Sony didn't say anything about it (no denial nor acknowledge). Bear in mind that any other major vendor do not apply any major release upgrade year on year on any tv, if this could be a reason to change brand