Apple has recently announced they are bringing their AirPlay 2 technology to a number of Smart TVs. With a number of leading TV manufacturers already announcing the integration, including Samsung.
AirPlay 2 is built into Apple devices such as Mac, iPhone, and more. It allows you to wirelessly share videos, photos, music, and more to Apple TV, speakers – and now smart TVs. For example, you can play a song in Apple Music from your iPhone, but the audio is wirelessly playing from your Smart Speaker with an AirPlay2-Enabled Speaker.
Compatible TVs
Recently, a number of TV manufacturers have announced AirPlay 2 in their new and previous TV models. Therefore, Apple has created a list of AirPlay 2-Enabled Smart TVs as follows:
LG
LG will be bringing AirPlay 2 to selected new 2019-model Smart TVs.
- LG OLED (2019)
- LG NanoCell SM9X series (2019)
- LG NanoCell SM8X series (2019)
- LG UHD UM7X series (2019)
Samsung
Samsung will be bringing AirPlay 2 to selected new 2019-model and previous 2018-model Smart TVs.
- Samsung QLED Series (2019 and 2018)
- Samsung 8 Series (2019 and 2018)
- Samsung 7 Series (2019 and 2018)
- Samsung 6 Series (2019 and 2018)
- Samsung 5 Series (2019 and 2018)
- Samsung 4 Series (2019 and 2018)
Sony
Sony will be bringing AirPlay 2 to selected new 2019-model Smart TVs.
- Sony Z9G Series (2019)
- Sony A9G Series (2019)
- Sony X950G Series (2019)
- Sony X850G Series (2019 85″, 75″, 65″ and 55″ models)
Vizio
Vizio will be bringing AirPlay 2 to selected new 2019-model and previous 2018 and 2017-model Smart TVs.
- Vizio P-Series Quantum (2019 and 2018)
- Vizio P-Series (2019, 2018 and 2017)
- Vizio M-Series (2019, 2018 and 2017)
- Vizio E-Series (2019, 2018 and 2017)
- Vizio D-series (2019, 2018 and 2017)
It is worth mentioning models released prior to 2019 will need to have a firmware/software update pushed out by the TV manufacture. This will vary, but should occur from early 2019. Separately to this, Samsung and Apple have also recently announced the iTunes Movies & TV Shows app is arriving to a selection of Samsung’s Smart TVs.
