Sony announces new Bravia TV line with AirPlay and HomeKit support
Ahead of CES 2021, Sony has announced its latest TVs with "human intelligence," HomeKit support, and AirPlay.
Sony's latest TVs work with HomeKit and AirPlay
The Sony Bravia XR lineup have several headlining features which include its unique Cognitive Processor XR. They boast industry leading machine learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to provide the best picture and sound for any given scene.
Apple users will rejoice as HomeKit and AirPlay is available across all three new TV series. Sony says users will need to be running iOS 12.3 or later or macOS 10.14.5 or later to utilize these features.
Sony officially announced three TVs under the Bravia XR brand including the Master Series Z9J 8K LED, Master Series A90J/A80J OLED, and Master Series X95J/X90J 4K LED. The primary feature involves the Cognitive Processor XR performing active audio and video analysis to provide best-in-class entertainment.
Other features include Google TV with "Hey Google" functionality, HDMI 2.1 compatibility, and specialized calibration modes for Netflix and IMAX video. Retail price and availability will be announced in spring 2021.
Sony's latest TVs work with HomeKit and AirPlay
The Sony Bravia XR lineup have several headlining features which include its unique Cognitive Processor XR. They boast industry leading machine learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to provide the best picture and sound for any given scene.
Apple users will rejoice as HomeKit and AirPlay is available across all three new TV series. Sony says users will need to be running iOS 12.3 or later or macOS 10.14.5 or later to utilize these features.
Sony officially announced three TVs under the Bravia XR brand including the Master Series Z9J 8K LED, Master Series A90J/A80J OLED, and Master Series X95J/X90J 4K LED. The primary feature involves the Cognitive Processor XR performing active audio and video analysis to provide best-in-class entertainment.
Other features include Google TV with "Hey Google" functionality, HDMI 2.1 compatibility, and specialized calibration modes for Netflix and IMAX video. Retail price and availability will be announced in spring 2021.
Sony TVs with HomeKit and AirPlay Support
2019 models
- Z9F
- A9F
- Z9G
- A9G
- X950G
- X850G (85-inch, 75-inch, 65-inch, and 55-inch)
2020 models
- Z8H
- A9S
- A8H
- X950H
- X900H
2021 models
- Z9J
- A90J
- A80J
- X95J
- X90J
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Similarly, I’d expect to set up automations to automatically direct camera feeds to a Picture in Picture window on the HomeKit enabled TV if a camera’s object/person detection algorithm is triggered, a video doorbell button is pressed, or a proximity sensor detects the presence of an object and throws a notification on the TV screen.
A big screen TV would also be a great place to display a dashboard of various data, stats, and calculated metrics available via interactions with HomeKit devices over time, including playing back camera historical snapshots and stream captures, heating/cooling profiles from your HVAC system, energy consumption history from your utilities, water usage, battery charge levels and profiles on everything from HomeKit devices to your car and home (if you have solar or wind power with storage).
In other words, what does it mean to be a HomeKit enabled television?
What to you mean "we"? First, realistically, who decides what the perfect picture is on a Samsung TV? Most if not all of the revered video sites say that every TV needs a proper deep setup out of the box for whatever constitutes a perfect picture by their standard. Is there some kind of hash code provided so that a tuner-person knows what the director wanted? How do you know what the director wanted?
I (being the most important person in the room) what the picture that looks best to me in the environment it's in. The big box store POW! POP! IN YOUR FACE adjustments are generally too much but maybe I just LIKE a little more vivid than the director.
That said, we don't know anything about this AI in the set yet. My guess is it has an Off button so you don't have to feel emasculated. At least until the TV becomes self-aware. If I could set a picture to my liking, and AI then did the same for any content that came down the cable, that might make me really, really happy. There have been several times where I've adjusted the TV because the source material wasn't to my liking, say from a bad transfer from an LD. (I still have a lot of those and a great player).
But, if the AI was like Apple's HomePod AI where Apple provides the same EQ no matter what, then I'd be less enthused.
This is exactly my question. Using Siri for voice control doesn't seem too likely given how hobbled I believe it/her/him to be. Turn the set on/off? Work with the ATV remote (I wouldn't think HomeKit would be needed for that)?