Sony doesn't need to update any apps, the developer will and upload it to the Play Store.
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Sony doesn't need to update any apps, the developer will and upload it to the Play Store.
Eventually the hardware becomes outdated and wont support updates...I have a Sony bravia...happened to amazon prime and Youtube
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That's applies to all hardware. I'm not surprised Prime quit being certified for your TV, but YouTube is surprising.
I said what the issue with using Sony apps ...I have old roku's that kept getting updates far longer than my Sony tv has
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I have an original firetv that still gets updates...the roku's are planned obsolete by roku...so you buy new ones...but a $2k tv should get updates for more than 5 years
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Actually, I've been told that the Apps will continue to be updated whenever a Sony Update comes along ... which has been quite regularly so far.
That could drop off at some point, but its no different than having them not get updated on the Roku or Fire Stick.
I have a Roku Premiere+ ... I'm guessing its 2-3 years old, but 2 sounds closer I think ...
My TV is the Sony A8 OLED, so I would imagine they will continue updating that for quite awhile ...
I know the operating system get updated from time to time, I would think the Apps would as well.
How do you know when you've lost support for them ?
Do they not work, or continue and you just don't know ?
They quit working, but before that happens there are plenty of popup warnings every time you use the app. Devices have to get really old for this to happen, like the very first generation Rokus and Vizio smart TVs just lost support, devices last sold around 2012.
Ok, thats good to know .... looks like I'll be fine for quite awhile yet ...
That is not true of all devices, though. Hopper Duo lost support for Hopper Arcade, YouTube, and YouTube Kids, all within less than a year after the Hopper Duo first came out, in 2018.
TVs should last a lot longer than a cheap streaming device. However, even a high-end smartTV is going to reach a point where the hardware just isn't going to be capable of dealing with the new CODECs, etc., let alone the new advertising and data collection platforms which keep getting bigger and heavier with each passing year. SmartTVs should be user upradable at a low cost. At least the parts that handle the streaming apps. Samsung offered this on their 2012 TVs, but the upgrades were a few hundred dollars, which was ridiculous given a $50 Roku at the time was 10x better to use.
Yep. The day that those apps disappeared was the exact same day that Dish lost HBO and Cinemax.
The user upgrade is, as you suggest, to just buy and connect a separate streaming device once the smart TV OS/apps become outdated.
Yes, but if that is going to be necessary anyway, then it makes me wonder what is the point of having the apps built into the TV in the first place? Why not just stick with separate streaming devices all of the time, and be done with it?
