Philips’ 2016 TVs

In 2016, Philips will launch more 4K TVs than ever and start supporting HDR. The company continues to back Google’s efforts to establish Android TV as the TV operating system and Ambilight is integrated in most of the TVs. 3D and curved TVs are dead to Philips. FlatpanelsHD presents a full overview of Philips’ 2016 European TV line-up.
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Philips’ 2016 TVs
Philips will launch its first OLED TV in autumn 2016. That is big news for the company but before we get to that Philips will launch a range of new LCD TVs in sizes ranging from 32 to 75 inches. More than ten TV ranges in all price classes will be made available in Europe. Philips in the US is managed under a different company and the line-up is very different so we have not included the US line-up here.

If we start by looking at the major themes, Philips says that Android TV remains a top priority. Google launched its TV operating system in late 2014 in an effort to establish it as a cross-manufacturer platform. Philips was one of the first to embrace it and it will remain dedicated to Google in 2016. The majority of the new TVs will run Android TV.

Android TV continues to be one of the big themes for Philips

Philips is also prepared to make a big comeback. The company announced that it intends to return as the number one TV manufacturer in Europe. It has been almost a decade since Philips held that title. Back then, Philips TVs were produced by the Dutch Royal Philips company and even though the TV division has been sold to a Hong Kong-based company, the team believes that the Philips brand is so strong that it can help them recapture Europe.

The new TVs will obviously run Android 6.0 - also known as Marshmallow - but Philips explains to FlatpanelsHD that the TVs will launch with 5.1 and receive a software update for 6.0 later in the year. There is a growing catalog of apps and games in the Google Play store and although we still miss some important apps Philips and Google assure us that Android TV is on the right path. Until more apps are released, you can use the built-in Google Cast to push content wirelessly to the TV just like you would with a Chromecast.

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