The LG company, in addition to manufacturing smartphones and all kinds of household appliances, is one of the leading companies in the television market with its fantastic Smart TVs that have a very important place in many living rooms. However, until now they had a limitation, especially for those users who had an Apple ecosystem at home, since some of their Smart TVs were not compatible with AirPlay 2 and HomeKit, until now. Keep reading and we will tell you everything.
LG finally updates its 2018 televisions
In September, the LG company announced that the Apple TV application was available on its 2018 OLED Smart TV televisions, a luck that until then was only available on 2019 and 2020 televisions, however, compatibility with AirPlay 2 and HomeKit was still lacking. so that those users who enjoyed having an Apple ecosystem at home could choose to use these advantages provided by having several Apple devices at home. Of course, LG promised its users that this would arrive at the end of 2020.
That is just what has happened, 2018 OLED Smart TV users can now also enjoy AirPlay 2 and HomeKit technology. With AirPlay 2, users have the ability to stream songs, videos to the same television, or also share screen, all from the iPhone, iPad, Mac or other Apple device, functions that, in the past, could only be enjoyed with an Apple TV but that, little by little, more and more users can enjoy them if they need to purchase an Apple TV.
As for HomeKit, from now on these users will be able to control their Smart TV through the Home application that they have available on their iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or, also, through our assistant, Siri.
In this way, finally, all OLED Smart TVs of 2018 are added to the list of televisions compatible with AirPlay, something that seemed not to happen because LG’s initial plans were to grant this advantage only to those models. of 2019 and 2020, however, the company rectified and its promise we have seen it come true through a software update that LG has provided to these televisions, a move that some competitors in the sector had already made, such as Sony or Samsung .
Progressive update
According to MacRumors, these functions will become a reality progressively since LG is carrying out this software update in phases, therefore, if you are a user of a 2018 LG OLED Smart TV, be patient since, sooner or later you will be able to enjoy AirPlay 2 and HomeKit on your great TV, as there is no way, at least for now, to force your TV to do this update.