Sony will bring Android 9 (Pie) to many of its previous TV models, including the A1, A8F (AF8) and A8G (AG8) OLED TVs as well as the X700D (XD70), X900E (XE90), and X900F (XF90) LCD TVs. The full list is included in the table at the bottom.
Android 9 includes mostly bug and performance fixes. There is a new Settings menu and some visual tweaks. In addition, Sony says that the firmware will combine the "Video, Album, and Music apps into the Media Player app" and that it will add "support for HEVC 100/120Hz in USB video playback", although it is not clear which models it will apply to.
The firmware update (
version 6.7115) is rolling out now in Latin America. Sony Europe confirms to FlatpanelsHD that it should be available in Europe before the end of 2020. We have not received specific confirmation regarding the US but it is worth noting that the TV models in the US are the same as in those in Latin America.