Have you updated its firmware? Looks like there’s a new update available as of September 2023, which I haven’t installed yet but I’ve installed a couple before this one.
I'm using LineageOS 19 (with microG) on my Sony XA2 :) Well supported.
Or do you mean Sony's latest device releases? The open firmware program is only for the midrange devices like the Xperia 10 and XA series before that, and of course it depends on having a maintainer. And new devices take time.
Ultimately the custom ROM support for Sony phones is pretty lacking due to their tiny marketshare. For instance there are no official LineageOS builds for any of their recent releases.
A story going in completely different direction --
I have a Sony Xperia phone from 2017. It has stopped receiving OS updates after Android 8, and I don't use it any more other than occasionally as a backup phone. A while ago, I discovered that people on xda are putting LineageOS (a custom ROM based on AOSP) with Android 14 on it, tried that myself, and it works! As slow as the phone is, it can run apps without any problem. This is truly amazing.
That's a great little table you've built there, highly useful for finding new phones with LineageOS in mind, bookmarked! I wish I would've found it a week ago...
Sorry maybe I'm missing something. A lot of the TVs are based on Android. LineageOS was able to remove the bloatware and create custom ROM for phones, what makes it so difficult to create similar custom ROMs for TV?
What's really a shame is that with each new version of LineageOS a lot of devices are dropped from being supported. I have some perfectly functioning devices (including a 2014 flagship device from Samsung), which will very likely stay stuck on LineageOS 14.1.
If you prefer Android devices, always seek out phones whose bootloader can be unlocked so that you can install another OS on it. This way, you can be assured of Android fork / ports being available for the phone even if the manufacturer stops releasing updates. I highly recommend Sony Open Devices - https://static.developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/get-s... ... Or checkout the list of supported devices that can run LineageOS (a popular fork of Android) - https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
I've always wanted to try LineageOS on one of my older devices. But I always end up getting a device that never has Lineage support. I have a Samsung Note 4, Note 8, and now Note 20 Ultra. Meanwhile, support is for Note 3, 9, and 10.
Not quite LineageOS for TVs but it’s something.
https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/lcd-tvs-android-xf9...
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