Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority
TL;DR Sony has begun updating a wide range of Bravia TV models directly to Android TV 14 with Google TV.
The rollout appears to target Sony TVs using Realtek chipsets.
Android TV 14 brings new features like new energy modes and performance improvements for low-RAM hardware.
Unlike Android on smartphones, the Android TV operating system follows a much longer product development cycle. It’s not uncommon for TV updates to arrive months after a major platform update is released (if at all they arrive). Case in point is Android TV 14, which launched in mid-2024, but has barely arrived on devices other than Google’s own streamers and some Onn 4K boxes. Sony is now massively expanding this list by updating a bunch of its TVs to Android TV 14 with Google TV, some jumping straight up from Android TV 10 and 11.
Reddit user Proshis_Saha_Swopna shared that Sony is rolling out Android TV 14 updated based on Google TV for the first batch of Sony Bravia TVs, namely TVs in the Bravia 2, X77L, X75L, X75K, X74L, X74K, X70L, X64L, W880K, W835, W830L, W830K, W825, W820K lineup.
More specifically, the following Sony TV models are getting the update:
K-43S20
K-43S20B
K-43S25
K-50S20
K-50S20B
K-50S25
K-55S25
K-55S25B
K-65S25
K-65S25B KD-32W825
KD-32W835
KD-32W830L
KD-43X64L
KD-43X70L
KD-43X75L
KD-50X64L
KD-50X70L
KD-50X75L
KD-55X74L KD-55X75L
KD-65X74L
KD-65X75L
KD-43X77L
KD-50X77L
KD-55X77L
KD-65X77L
KD-75X77L
KD-32W820K
KD-32W830K KD-43W880K
KD-43X74K
KD-43X75K
KD-50X74K
KD-50X75K
KD-55X74K
KD-55X75K
KD-65X74K
KD-65X75K
Reddit user FlickFreak notes that these are mostly TVs with a Realtek chipset. Sony TVs with a MediaTek chipset haven’t yet received the update. My Sony Bravia KD-43X8000H (which, to my knowledge, most likely has a MediaTek chipset) is still stuck on Android TV 10, even though the TV received a firmware update just last month.
It’s not immediately clear what new features are coming specifically with this update for Sony TVs. Android TV 14 as a platform includes features like new energy modes (Low Energy Mode, Optimized Energy Mode, and Increased Energy Mode), a new Picture-in-Picture mode, and performance upgrades that make the OS more responsive on devices with lower RAM. We’ll update this article with the changelog once we spot it.
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