Netflix app to vanish from over 40 TVs next month – check full ‘kill list’ to see if you’ll lose access

NETFLIX is set to disappear from even more TVs than first thought.

Last week, the Netflix app was understood to be vanishing from 16 Sony TV models, and two generations of Apple TVs, in July.

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Now that number has risen to 60 in total.

The streaming giant is ending support for dozens of TVs - even if you pay for a subscription.

The affected TVs are roughly a decade old, and due to technical limitations, can no longer host the Netflix app.

Netflix can be found on most smart TVs.

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But as of next month, the app will be removed from another 42 Sony TV models, including:

S9 Series

• KD-65S9005B
• KD-75S9005B

W5 Series

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• KDL-48W585B

W6 Series

• KDL-40W605B
• KDL-48W605B
• KDL-60W605B

W7 Series

• KDL-32W705B
• KDL-32W706B
• KDL-42W705B
• KDL-42W706B
• KDL-50W705B
• KDL-50W706B

W70 Series

• KDL-32W705C
• KDL-40W705C
• KDL-48W705C

W8 Series

• KDL-42W805B
• KDL-42W815B
• KDL-42W817B
• KDL-42W828B
• KDL-42W829B
• KDL-50W805B
• KDL-50W815B
• KDL-50W817B
• KDL-50W828B
• KDL-50W829B
• KDL-55W805B
• KDL-55W815B
• KDL-55W817B
• KDL-55W828B
• KDL-55W829B

W85 Series

• KDL-60W855B

W95 Series

• KDL-55W955B
• KDL-65W955B

X85 Series

• KD-49X8505B
• KD-55X8505B
• KD-65X8505B
• KD-70X8505B

X9 Series

• KD-55X9005B   
• KD-65X9005B
• KD-79X9005B

X95 Series

• KD-65X9505B
• KD-85X9505B

The exact date the app will stop working is 24 July, 2024.

The day before, on 23 July, the Netflix app will also stop working on 16 other TV models, including:

• KDL-60W610B
• KDL-60W630B
• KDL-55X830B
• KDL-65X830B
• KDL-70X830B
• XBR-55X800B
• XBR-65X800B
• XBR-49X850B
• XBR-55X850B
• XBR-65X850B
• XBR-70X850B
• XBR-55X900B
• XBR-65X900B
• XBR-79X900B
• XBR-65X950B
• XBR-85X950B

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The streamer will also reportedly pull its app from second and third-generation Apple TVs on 31 July.

Netflix will be removed from the apps menu of all affected models, according to Sony.

Use Netflix on a computer or laptop? Try these useful shortcuts

Here are some handy keyboard shortcuts...

• Spacebar – toggle play / pause
• Enter – toggle play / pause
• F – full screen
• Esc – exit full screen
• Left Arrow – rewind 10 seconds
• Right Arrow – fast-forward 10 seconds
• Up arrow – volume up
• Down arrow – volume down
• M – mute toggle
• Shift-Alt-Left Click – adjust the streaming bitrate (to improve or reduce the quality of the video)