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AirPlay 2 and HomeKit Support Coming to New LG Smart TVs

Rob_2811 said:
Yes, if you bought your TV last week.
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Not happening. Putting the app on other platforms is the alternative option imo.
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I disagree. The app is going on modern TV's. The older TV's will be relegated to an actual expensive-for-what-it-is ATV or a less expensive dongle-like device imo. Remember, Apple is reportedly trying to launch a monthly TV subscription service. A less expensive dongle allows for a possible wider audience than an ATV would provide. I'd bet Apple wants as many people as possible signing up for their service... whether they have new equipment or not... an ATV or not.
 
69Mustang said:
I disagree. The app is going on modern TV's. The older TV's will be relegated to an actual expensive-for-what-it-is ATV or a less expensive dongle-like device imo. Remember, Apple is reportedly trying to launch a monthly TV subscription service. A less expensive dongle allows for a possible wider audience than an ATV would provide. I'd bet Apple wants as many people as possible signing up for their service... whether they have new equipment or not... an ATV or not.
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The more likely scenario in my opinion is that they write an Android App which could be supported on Fire Tv, Chromecast and Android TV and an app for Roku. Would be far easier than sourcing components and manufacturing a device specifically aimed at the low end. They already have developers maintaining Android Apps.

A couple of things with the Apple TV dongle..

In the case of the Fire Stick and Chromecast, Amazon and Google are practically selling those things at cost, there is no taking 30% + margins on those kind of devices, is Apple willing to do that?

How would it fit in to their product line up? They would have an Apple TV device which costs similar to a lightning cable.

Besides I think a streaming service is more likely to get traction if its available on the devices people already own, expecting people to go out and buy special hardware to stream it on is a stretch. Some will but most wont.
 
This is great, I've been holding off on buying a 65" LG OLED for a while now as I really wanted to wait for HDMI 2.1.

Now I get both HDMI 2.1 and Airplay+Homekit.

I hope for others they release updates for older LG TV's with this support.
 
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tennisproha said:
LG TVs suck including their OLEDs so this isn’t a big deal. Their customer service is also terrible so don’t hold your breath on getting any support.

I’d be wary of connecting any device to their OS since it’s got all the malware that logs data back to LG.

ATV 4K is the way to go.
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You clearly have no idea what you’re talking about if you really think their OLEDs suck.
 
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Unless Apple begins allowing 4K/HDR content to stream via AirPlay, you're going to want that Apple TV anyway if you have movies on iTunes so that you you don't watch your stuff in 1080 on your beautiful new 4K TV.
 
That’s not HomeKit. That’s patch work HomeKit but in an impressive advanced setup. I like IFTTT but most HomeKit users aren’t going going to be able to figure that out.

macduke said:
I assure you that when there is motion at my doorbell it turns on WeMo switches and also turns on the backyard Ring floodlight. You can use WeMo switches to crosstalk between HomeKit and non-Homekit devices by using them as triggers and then you can set things up using IFTTT and Stringify. You can also use dimmers and you have a 0-100 programmable button that can trigger all kinds of things. There are also solutions using raspberry pi and software called home bridge to communicate with various other devices.
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CanadianGuy said:
If LG doesn't offer a firmware update for their 2017/2018 TV's, I won't buy a 2019 either since it shows they don't support their own products.
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I think we should be kicking up a load fuss about this to them so they know they can't get away with it.
 
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tjtennispro said:
That’s not HomeKit. That’s patch work HomeKit but in an impressive advanced setup. I like IFTTT but most HomeKit users aren’t going going to be able to figure that out.
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I guess but that's what I originally said. I've got it connected to HomeKit devices in one way or another. Never said it was for anyone, or that it works for all the functionality just said that I did it and it can control some HomeKit things.
 
m11rphy said:
Due for people who are all in on HomeKit its a massive deal, Amazon and Google are not the same. If cheap Samsung and Vizio tvs can support HomeKit there is no reason the A9 chip in the 2018 OLEDs can't. LG made a massive deal about how great this chip was last year
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The alpha 9 is currently up there with the X1 Ultimate as the best TV processor. The dynamic tone mapping and upscaling are fantastic and it’s very noticeable in the speed of the internal apps. It also definitely has more than 2GB RAM since all of the movie images load up at once. There is no delay like on the older A8 Apple TV 4.

So if HomeKit is not added it’s not because the alpha 9 isn’t capable but just to promote the 2019 9 series. LG obviously is not going to add iTunes/HomeKit before those hit the market so if they’re going to hook up us 2018 OLED owners it won’t be before April/May at the earliest.
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spinedoc77 said:
Wondering this as well, I purchased 2x LG TV's last year.
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There’s no way to know. There’s no technical reason that they can’t add iTunes/HomeKit to the alpha 9 OLEDs. We’ll have to wait until the 9 series hits the market since they’re not going to give us iTunes before the new TVs get it if they’re going to at all.

If they do I’ll be very happy. If they don’t it’s not the end of the world. The 8 series are still some of the best TVs you can buy and not having iTunes built-in won’t change that.
 
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