Pair your Bluetooth Headphones – With some 2017 models from the XE85 upwards, you can now pair up your Bluetooth Headphones with your Sony TV. This facility is only available on models: XE80, XE85, XE90, XE93, XE94 and A1 Seriesįuture-Proofing – Well, for a little while anyway! Next-generation 4K HDR entertainment is given a helping hand by supporting HDR Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) content from different input sources, including TV signals, HDMI and USB connections.Ĭhromecast (was Google Cast)– Now you can throw the content you are watching from your tablet or smartphone to the TV – in 4K quality! Easy! How do I access it? Press the ACTION MENU button >. Click on the correct one to watch.ĭialogue Mode – A new sound mode producing cleaner and more natural speaking voices. Maybe a film, a TV adaptation, YouTube video. For example ” Pride & Prejudice” and your TV will find anything relating to your request. Using the microphone in the top of the remote and pressing the microphone button or microphone icon in the search bar, speak what you wish to find.
Voice Search – The Opera Web browser now supports the voice search facility. Have your own Youtube account at your fingertips with your own playlists and searches – NOT Minecraft or Death Metal! How do I access it? Go into Settings, then accounts and add account. So useful for anyone with teenagers! Log in with your individual Google account and have all of your individual settings and logins to hand. How do I access it? Long press the button on your remote control. Now you can easily switch between all of your recently opened apps, or even swipe them away and close them. Task Switching – Easily toggle between apps.
Half Screen – Don’t miss out on that goal just to change your settings! Now when you select your settings, the menu slips in from the right hand side – no full screen menu takeover! How do I access it? Just select the Menu! How do I access it? Press the button > mode. You can be watching a TV programme, but at the same time, searching for that new content you want to watch later. You can only play one TV or HDMI video source at a time while browsing your TV menus. Picture in Picture is a handy feature, meaning you don’t have to miss out on anything. It disappeared for a while with technical difficulties due to HDMI and new flatscreen technology. Picture in Picture – This feature has waxed and waned over the years, and although introduced in the early 80s by Philips on their higher end sets, it became a popular selling feature for me in the 90s as it encompassed more mainstream TVs. With the 7 day scroll back TV Guide you can easily catch up on programmes through BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD and Demand 5. With Youview built into Sony’s sets, keeping up with your favourite programmes has become much easier.
Easier to use and search and visually more appealing, Android makes more time for you to watch, listen and play. Allowing you to use your TV like your smart phone, Android opens up a world of apps, photos, music, video and games. Those of us who will have kept a launch PS5 with the firmware it came with, will have a higher chance of getting a hack for their consoles.īut if you’re a gamer, or if the idea of waiting years to be able to use your console for hacks doesn’t seem enticing, this firmware update will probably be compulsory for you.Smart TVs became even smarter with the advent of Android. However, if/when a hack is released for the PS5, it is very likely it will only work on lower firmwares. There is no PS5 Jailbreak available at the moment, and having any chance of a hack for the console could take months or years. If you’re one of the few lucky owners of a PS5, but are hoping to get a PS5 Jailbreak one day, you’ll have a tough decision to make on whether to update your console or not.
Of course, this is most likely a coincidence, but since both the PS5 and PS4 browsers seem to be impacted by these vulnerabilities, it’s possible Sony have been patching a few holes here and there in the past few days. Speaking of vulnerabilities, this update comes a few days after a series of Webkit vulnerabilities have been discussed on the scene.