LG is going to add HomeKit and AirPlay 2 to TVs from 2018 – Image and sound – News

The problem is, with things like homekit and airplay, new versions come out, and the old version disappears. There you are, with your 3000 € TV with built-in … Airplay1, some apps no longer works because there is AP2, and homekit is new, but all kinds of apps and platforms say “we drop our API, because now everything is possible easy via home kit “.

The whole world, so all apps, platforms and protocols, is constantly evolving, so that TV has to keep up.

If LG can’t deliver that on expensive TVs … Well, maybe they shouldn’t sell smart TVs, but regular dumb TVs, which 90% of the consumer will just be happy with?

I have no problem with a smoothly working dumb TV not getting updates. But if it is smart, then you have to keep functionality up to date, also by supporting new protocols.

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