1st February. New Android Pie update installed onto my KD55AF9 OLED. The good: Dolby Atmos is very good and the Apple Airplay is working well. The bad: Android Pie new layout in operation is not so good. Having issues with pop up menus not behaving as expected.

For example Sky+HD. The main buttons on the remote such as pause play back work ok however when the TV button is mapped to the Sky box it brings a new pop up menu up on screen that is next to useless. None of the onscreen buttons work (and I do mean all) do anything at all. They are completely pointless. My Sky+HD box is the Amstrad DRX890-Z.

There is an option to specify the make and model of the Sky Box but it makes no difference. The onscreen functions still don’t work as expected. Additionally on the previous Android Oreo the Favourites buttons could be mapped to the box and would switch over to channels when selected. Under Android Pie the option to add anything external to the Favourites menu doesn’t exist. The attached photo is an example of the pop up buttons that suggest a lot but do absolutely nothing!! Another annoying issue the OK Google feature it works well but is not independently configurable to limit the volume. It’s about 10% louder that what you are watching on the television. A max volume feature would be good as the responses can be be unexpectedly loud.