Today My Smart TV caused me a complete shift of emotions. I’m ready to watch my favorite TV series before the end of the day, I saw a warning message on the screen that there was an operating system update. It wasn’t about starting the process…but what an illusion it was.

As for television, I know the version of the OS has nothing to do with what we see on mobile phones, updates also come much slower (to use a more brutal term). The truth is, my TV with Android 10 installed, He promised me an update that I postponed until the end of the episode.… and I carried the disappointment to the pillow.

Android 10 to… Android 10

In this respect, It is a TV with operating system Google TV. and although it was from the Sony brand like other models that went through the house, in this case the software that brought them to life was Android TV. And since man is the only animal to stumble upon the same stone twice, there can be no change in this situation.

If we are already preparing for the arrival of Android 14 on mobile phones, and a large part of what we find on the market is that manufacturers have launched, They already come with Android 13Many TVs with the big “G” operating system, at least those from the Japanese manufacturer, still have Android 10. I remember Android 13 was already a reality when it was released in 2022.

The fact is that on this model the update process has improved, I do not know if it is because of the presence of Google TV or because the manufacturer has optimized the process. The fact is that if done via OTA (I always used the flash drive mod and downloaded it from the official website) everything can be done in the background, and when it turns off, the television will be the one that loads. new version of the operating system in a very short time. So did I.

And when I turned on the TV again, reality hit my eyes again. The TV was still running an Android version from almost four years ago. and all the update did was update the security patch and fix some specific bugs.

Destiny represented by Sony and its upgrades for televisions kept winking at me and saying no. I forgot to see a decent version of Android on the TV comparable to what we can see on a phone.

And watch out because security patch included from January 2023 already at the gates of May. By that I mean even the TV is not protected against the latest threats.

Chromecast with Google TV on Android 12

The thing is, Google TV already has a version based on Android 12 in the market TVs that cost 40 times more, like the Chromecast with Google TV on these lines, continue to bet on a much older version. A loophole that leaves some features up in the air, in addition to the lack of security (I’m still waiting for the Apple TV app on my previous TV, which had models released a year later).

This is not about a tantrum or a tantrum, users manufacturers support their products beyond the possibility of having spare parts. Support in the form of up-to-date software to protect these always-connected devices against threats and meanwhile allow us to enjoy them longer as improvements arrive. But when it comes to televisions, at least in terms of functionality, it looks like it’s going to have a Fire TV and a Chromecast-style dongle for a while.

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