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LG Begins Rolling Out AirPlay 2 and HomeKit to 2018 Smart TVs
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OK, thanks. It's good to know it's possible, at least. Not sure why it's not working on mine.
OTA update in PT arrived yesterday for my LG OLED 65 B8 (OLED65B8PLA).
Screen mirroring to my LG via Airplay2 does not display all video content from my iPhone or iPad - seems to be a DRM issue - in these cases the LG shows black screen where the picture is supposed to be but the menu items (play, pause, etc) do show up on the LG screen
Anybody else experiencing this issue?
Screen mirroring that same content to my Apple TV works perfectly fine
Screen mirroring to my LG via Airplay2 does not display all video content from my iPhone or iPad - seems to be a DRM issue - in these cases the LG shows black screen where the picture is supposed to be but the menu items (play, pause, etc) do show up on the LG screen
Anybody else experiencing this issue?
Screen mirroring that same content to my Apple TV works perfectly fine
I’m having the same problem
Anyone got any idea how to resolve this, as I can airplay via my Apple TV box
Which content did you try? I tried YouTube and an iTunes movie I bought some time ago. Both where working fine.
Not all content has this issue - I tried NOSTV
I believe only content with DRM is blocked on my OLED LG - anyway airplaying to Apple TV always works fine
I believe only content with DRM is blocked on my OLED LG - anyway airplaying to Apple TV always works fine
I’m having the same problem
Seems to mirror with YouTube videos. So guess as others have said, probably doesn’t work with some protected videos?
Just rolled out to my 2018 LG TV over the weekend. Now I can ditch my AppleTV box completely.
Supports Siri turning on and off the TV, supports AirPlay for any app that could AirPlay to the AppleTV box, everything's great.
Supports Siri turning on and off the TV, supports AirPlay for any app that could AirPlay to the AppleTV box, everything's great.
Ditch AppleTV for this Airplay integration?
Don't even think about it
Apple TV can do so much more and does not have this DMR issue
Yes, AppleTV *can* do so much more; but I don't use 99% of it. I use streaming apps (which my LG TV has native versions of all the ones I care about, including AppleTV+,) and AirPlay to ad-hoc stream things from my phone or laptop screen (slideshows of photos, web pages for multiple people to see quicker than booting up the TV's web browser, streaming odd website video streams that don't have any native apps on any platform, etc.)
To use a car example, I'm about to ditch my mid '90s Ford F-250 for a Rivian R1T electric pickup. Yes, the F-250 has "more capability", but I never use any of it. All the capability I use can be easily replaced by the Rivian.
Just in case anyone is interested and/or helped by this...
I've been unable to power on my 43UK6200PUA with firmware 05.30.10. I emailed LG for advice and got back a response that said, in part:
They did promise to keep on this and get in touch once they have more information. But for now, it seems that the 2018 update, at least, is so new that even internally they're not sure what's going on.
In the meantime, I will continue to power on my TV with the remote...like an animal!
I've been unable to power on my 43UK6200PUA with firmware 05.30.10. I emailed LG for advice and got back a response that said, in part:
They did promise to keep on this and get in touch once they have more information. But for now, it seems that the 2018 update, at least, is so new that even internally they're not sure what's going on.
In the meantime, I will continue to power on my TV with the remote...like an animal!
How far away is your device from the TV when you try to turn it on? Some TV go off of Bluetooth when they’re turned off, rather than wifi.
My phone is no more than, say, six feet -- just from the TV to the couch. My HomePod mini is literally directly under the TV, on a shelf below the wall-mounted screen.