I remember way all the way back to four or five years ago when TVs were rolling out social media apps, some able to operate side-by-side with the TV picture. Whoah, I should have been paying more attention! Scrolling down further, there are service termination and shutdown notices for Picassa, Twitter, the Disney Category in the LG 3D store, followed later by the whole LG 3D store, the Kids Land service, LG Cloud TV app service and the Facebook (that one happened way back in April 2015). It was “unpublished on LG WebOS devices from September 18th.” This is not Bigpond Movies, which is still there.Īre we starting to see a pattern here? The shedding of rarely used functions? So, Bigpond TV has also said that it is “closing … on Smart TV platforms”. Another one is called “Bigpond TV – End of Life”.
Skype wants to prioritize delivering the best possible experience to the platform users are asking for, which is why Skype had decided to focus efforts in other areas while supporting key functionality on Skype for TV for as long as possible. Over the years, users have changed the way they use Skype, with the majority accessing it from a mobile device – including when in the living room. I guess it turns out that people preferred to use their computers, phones and tablets for their Skype communications.Īs I scrolled down through the notifications I found an earlier one, foreshadowing the change, which contains an explanation:
Most brands of TV stopped putting cameras on their premium model TVs a couple of years ago, and while some offered USB webcams as optional extras, even those were hard to come by. I hope you don’t rely on your smart TV for Skype. Back in June, says the notification, Skype “closed its technical support for Smart TV applications” and “In the future, the Skype service will be removed from all TVs by Skype’s policy”. It turns out that Skype will not be supported on LG Smart TVs from December 2016. “Skype Service Close on LG Smart TV” the notification is headlined. So I had a look, and found some rather interesting information.įirst, Skype. Last evening I switched on the TV after quite a break, and it informed that there was a new notification. There was always a little oddity about it that had me puzzled: a “notifications” section which never seemed to have anything in it. My main TV in the office is a 2014 model LG Smart TV running webOS.
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