{"id":144107,"date":"2019-07-24T00:57:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T21:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/lg-smart-tv-homekit-and-airplay-2-support-arriving-next-week\/"},"modified":"2019-07-24T00:57:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T21:57:58","slug":"lg-smart-tv-homekit-and-airplay-2-support-arriving-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/lg-smart-tv-homekit-and-airplay-2-support-arriving-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"LG smart TV HomeKit and AirPlay 2 support arriving next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- font size selector, BEGIN --><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"cfix\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gray small byline\">\n\t\t\tBy <a href=\"http:\/\/appleinsider.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#89e4e8e5eae6e5e4c9e8f9f9e5ece0e7fae0edecfba7eae6e4\">Malcolm Owen<\/a>\t\t\t<br \/><span class=\"gray\">Tuesday, July 23, 2019, 04:51 am PT (07:51 am ET)<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span><span class=\"article-leader\">LG could be bringing AirPlay 2 and HomeKit support to its smart televisions within the next week, bringing the South Korean electronics giant alongside Samsung in having its products supporting Apple&#8217;s smart home platform. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"article-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos5.appleinsider.com\/v9\/images\/1x1-white.jpg\" alt=\"LG HomeKit television 2019\" height=\"368\" class=\"lazy\" data-original=\"https:\/\/photos5.appleinsider.com\/gallery\/32073-54532-lg-homekit-tv-2019-header-l.jpg\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos5.appleinsider.com\/gallery\/32073-54532-lg-homekit-tv-2019-header-l.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"minor2 small gray\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p>LG <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/01\/07\/lg-joins-tv-brands-promising-airplay-2-homekit\">initially announced<\/a> it would be adding AirPlay 2 and HomeKit compatibility to its 2019 smart TVs in January, alongside similar announcements by <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/01\/06\/itunes-airplay-2-coming-to-samsungs-2018-and-2019-smart-televisions\">Samsung<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/01\/07\/airplay-2-homekit-also-coming-to-2019-vizio-tv-lineup\">Vizio<\/a>. In March, LG narrowed down the timeline for the added support to sometime <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/03\/05\/lg-tv-support-for-homekit-and-airplay-2-to-launch-mid-2019\">&#8220;mid-year,&#8221;<\/a> but without advising exactly when it would occur. <\/p>\n<p>A pair of tweets from the manufacturer&#8217;s social media accounts indicates there to be mixed messages in the timing. One tweet, in response to a person querying about support for a specific model of smart TV, was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LGUS\/status\/1151955530753171458\">told support<\/a> &#8220;has been advertised as a mid-year release so it should be imminent.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Homekit is releasing in 1 week. Users require iOS 12.4 update to do Airplay2.<br \/>LGA<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LG Australia (@LG_Australia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LG_Australia\/status\/1153462381910974464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p>Another response from the LG Australia Twitter account on Tuesday is more specific, claiming &#8220;HomeKit is releasing in 1 week.&#8221; The tweet further advises &#8220;Users require <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/07\/22\/apple-issues-ios-124-public-release-for-iphone-and-ipad\">iOS 12.4<\/a> update to do AirPlay 2,&#8221; referencing the most-recent release of Apple&#8217;s iOS from Monday. <\/p>\n<p>The addition of <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/01\/13\/exploring-what-you-can-and-cant-do-with-homekit-for-tvs\">HomeKit support<\/a> as well as AirPlay 2 to LG TVs will offer many benefits to users, including limited Siri control of the televisions, streaming of content from mobile devices, and integration with HomeKit automations. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n\t\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n\t\t\t{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n\t\t\tif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n\t\t\tn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\t\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n\t\t\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\t\tfbq('init', '303691330110002');\n\t\t\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n\t\t\t<\/script><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/07\/23\/lg-smart-tv-homekit-and-airplay-2-support-arriving-next-week\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] \u00a0 By Malcolm Owen Tuesday, July 23, 2019, 04:51 am PT (07:51 am ET) LG could be bringing AirPlay 2 and HomeKit support to its smart televisions within the next week, bringing the South Korean electronics giant alongside Samsung in having its products supporting Apple&#8217;s smart home platform. 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