I recently purchased a Sony KD-43XH8505 and, on the whole, I'm very pleased with it - particularly the Android TV functionality and UI.

One thing I can't quite understand, though, is why certain apps (notably BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds) are not available in the Google Play Store but instead I have to install them via the 'Sony Select' app. This is not a huge problem but it does slightly compromise how things end up being laid out on the home page - as apps end up split between two locations.

Similarly I'm still a bit bemused as to why Disney+ works pretty seamlessly with the Android 'Play Next' channel, Prime Video half works with it (you can add things to the Play Next channel from the Prime channel, but not from inside the Prime app) and Netflix doesn't work with it at all (except, bizarrely, with any Netflix items that happen to be appearing on the Sony's promotional channel, which can be added to 'Watch Next').

Does anyone have a sense on whether these things are likely to change over time? Is the integration between Sony TVs and Android TV OS likely to become deeper over time, resulting in slightly rough edges like this being smoothed out?