topic Re: KD-49XF9005 no iPlayer in Android TV

KD-49XF9005 no iPlayer

StuBarnes — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 21:07:49 GMT

Hi, the BBC iPlayer app has been removed from my KD-49XF9005 running the latest 6.7140 firmware and is not available in the Google Play Store. Any ideas? I did see that iPlayer was removed from some 2014 and 2015 TVs in March 21 but this is a 2018 model.

while I’m here I also can’t get YouView to watch All4 or the ITVhub.

I have been disappointed with this tv which the Sony rep at my John Lewis store recommended as was also expecting Apple Airplay 2 and Apple TV app in an update in 2019 which never came. It crashes frequently and took a full factory reset and a manual update to get HDR working correctly on Disney+ Needless to say I won’t be buying another Sony TV!

Cheers,

Stu

Re: KD-49XF9005 no iPlayer

Joe_Dohn — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 12:30:13 GMT

I believe YouView was renamed to Live TV & Catchup in the last update. Do you have access to that?

Re: KD-49XF9005 no iPlayer

Burtchase — Tue, 11 May 2021 20:15:50 GMT

Not happy that BBC iplayer has been removed as part of latest firmware update, really not happy, Wont be purchasing another Sony device if this isnt sorted asap

Re: KD-49XF9005 no iPlayer

Joe_Dohn — Thu, 13 May 2021 13:02:38 GMT

What model TV and software update are you referring to? Could still be there and just be the new interface/naming for YouView.

Some TVs had it removed, but those are mostly older TVs from around 2013 or so I believe.