George Hofmeister

I am not sure why you would need an SDK from Sony to build an app for the webOS platform. SDKs are usually produced by the platform manufacturer (in this case LG) so that people can build applications for said platform.

Well as soon as Synology get round to making one you will be golden.

The solution has been for many people to connect the TV to a smartphone via its hotspot and load the user agreement that way. Once done you can connect back to your regular network and your apps should work.

Most definitely. Time to upgrade from NetCast to webOS.

If you take a look around the forum you will find several other posts on the subject of a Disney+ app. It is coming, but this is a user-to-user forum and as such has no control over how long it takes for Disney & LG to roll out the app globally.

Hi @Adam Broda, The ROKU was only a suggestion, so the Nvidia TV would of course be a better option for you. I agree with you about the quality of LG screens, my sister & brother-in-law have a 47" that predates webOS and the picture is still marvellous.

Hi, Sadly you are not going to be able to upgrade the TV, a device such as a ROKU would be your best bet if you don't want to go to the expense of replacing the TV.

Unfortunately Flash is not support by the webOS browser, as it is also unsupported on Smart TV platforms such as Samsung. Due to the complexity of writing for Flash, the constant problems with it, high its high system overhead usage as well as the decision by Adobe to discontinue the product in 2020 LG and others have quite rightly decided not to programme/support for the plugin. Sonyliv needs to be asked by its consumers/customers to pull their finger out and join the web2.0 revolution and ditch Flash and start using modern technologies supported by all the common browsers.

Yes I have. Please do a search of the forum to see the other threads on the matter.

Hi, If the software version was the same thing as the webOS version then you might have a point, but it is not.

The 42LB5820-TB appears to be a unit powered by NetCast the predecessor to webOS, which is no longer supported and is not covered by this forum. Some NetCast sets did apparently get upgraded to early versions of webOS, but I am guessing that if your TV was one of those the early version of the OS is no longer supported by Amazon.

Hi Octavia, Unless zee5 have released a true cross platform app, which I doubt, the version on iOS is not going to be the same that is available for webOS as they are two completely different operating systems.

Possibly a lack of understanding of the platform, lack of competent programmer, or the possibility that updating their backend infrastructure would be too expensive. Or it could just be that HotStar are colluding with LG to sell more TVs.

Do Zee5 list the latest version pushed out to LG? If they do it is purely down to time, LG will have to do their due diligence before they push it out to TVs.

LG TVs tend to be sold by region and are not global devices so unfortunately you may not be able to change it.

Well if you can get Amazon to create one that would be marvellous, I have contacted them in the past, but they did not seem overly interested. Probably they just want to sell more Echo equipment.

Yeah, no one on the forum is going to fix anything I am afraid as this is a user-to-user forum. A member might have some advice they can impart, but if not you will have to contact LG technical support in your area.

A little more information on which TV, the webOS and firmware versions would go some way to forum members giving you help and advise. Also, you may to look at this thread: Some users have installed replacement modules, while others have disconnected and reconnected cables to get their WiFi working again.

Unfortunately webOS does not run the Chrome browser, websites may misinform you that it is but what they are actually detecting is that the browser is built on WebKit. WebKit is underlining architecture of many browsers, it is being misdirected as many websites do not yet support Smart TV browsers. If your TV is running the latest firmware there is no way to update just the browser, the only thing I am afraid you can do is contact any website that does not work and make a constructive complaint about supporting Smart TVs.

Excellent, if you receive any feedback would you let the other forum users know please.

It is down to content providers to produce an app for the platform as LG would not have access to APIs, server settings etc. Of course you can contact LG directly using the suggesting form link elsewhere on the forum to voice your desire for a Disney app.

Please use the form mentioned at the head of the page to make the suggestion straight to LG.

I believe that your television runs NetCast which predates webOS.

As Facebook have not created an app that would be there reason there is not one. It is unlikely that anyone on the forum can provide as this is an end user forum. Sorry to hear your dying, do not do that live.