Shortly after Sony started rolling out Android version 6.0 for its TVs in Europe, the company had to suspend the update due to ”technical issues”. The roll-out will resume on April 19, the company has confirmed.
Android 6.0 for Sony TVs
Sony has not commented on why it had to suspend the major software update but according to forum posts the software ”bricked” some 43-inch models.
- "Since the Marshmallow OS update was temporarily suspended, our TV engineers have been working diligently to resolve the unexpected issues that have been found in the market," Sony wrote in March.
The problem has apparently been resolved so Sony will resume the roll-out of the Android Marshmallow software for its 2015 and 2016 Android TVs this week.
- "We're pleased to announce that the roll-out of the Android Marshmallow update will resume, as an automatic update and a USB download, on the 19th April," the company said. "We plan to gradually roll-out this firmware in waves, and will finish deploying the new firmware (version 3.865) to all Internet connected TVs by the end of May."
If you managed to sucessfully update your TV to version 6.0 in February and your TV is functional there is no need to worry, Sony informed owners. If you have yet to receive the update you can download it starting on April 19 via Sony’s support page and install it via USB or simply wait for the server to be ready to push it to your TV via the built-in over-the-air update function.
You can learn more about the new features in Android 6.0 here or check out the table below.
Compatible Sony TVs
2015 models: Sony X94C, X93C, X91C, X90C, S85C, S80C, X85C, X83C, X81C, X80C, W95C, W87C, W85C, W80C, W75C 2016 models: X94D (XD94), X93D (XD93), X85D (XD85), S85D (SD85), W9xxD, W8xxD |
Sony Android TV ver. 6.0.1 changes