Android 14 is lastly about to hit these TCL TV fashions

When you personal a TCL TV, be looking out for a brand new replace. The corporate seems to be getting ready to launch a firmware replace that may take its newer Google TV fashions from Android 12 to Android 14.

Based on FlatPanelsHD, TCL is readying firmware model 590 (v313 within the US) for its Google TV fashions with a MediaTek Pentonic 700 chip sitting inside. This impacts the next fashions: C8K, QM8K, C7K, QM7K, C6K, QM6K, C855, C845, QM851G, C805, QM751G, and TCL NXTVISION. It seems that the firmware at present exists as a handbook replace file, however it is going to quickly be rolled out by way of the TVs’ built-in replace function.

This replace will improve TCL’s last-generation TVs from Android 12 to Android 14. Proper on time to get these fashions up-to-date earlier than the corporate launches its 2026 gadgets, which can have Android 14 pre-installed.

Person studies (1, 2, 3) declare that this replace brings extra than simply Android 14. It seems that we will anticipate a couple of new options, like assist for HDMI 2.1 fast media switching (QMS). When you’re unfamiliar with QMS, it improves the refresh fee switching between HDMI gadgets. This function may help you keep away from seeing a black display screen when an HDMI system adjusts its refresh fee to match the content material’s body fee.

Along with HDMI 2.1 QMS, the replace might deliver assist for “Tremendous Decision” upscaling. It is a function that makes use of AI-powered algorithms so as to add pixels and particulars to an image, making lower-resolution content material look higher. Android 14 additionally provides assist for power modes, picture-in-picture, efficiency boosts, and extra.

For the time being, TCL has not formally introduced the rollout of this firmware. The corporate has additionally not but printed the discharge notes for the replace.