Panasonic Z85A (2024, UK)

Year: 2024
Software: Fire TV
Screen: OLED
Sizes: 55 and 65 inches
Region: UK
Model numbers in the sources: TV-65Z85AEB, TV-55Z85AEB

Built-in far-field microphone

No TV mic

This model has no built-in far-field microphone — voice control goes through the remote.

Panasonic's UK specifications for the TV-55 and TV-65Z85AEB give Alexa as "Y (with Remote)", which points to a microphone in the remote only. But the product information sheets for both sizes say "Voice recognition sensor available: Yes". Where the maker's own specifications and the EU product information sheet differ, this site follows the maker's specifications.

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Security vulnerabilities in Fire TV

Supported

This model is still receiving firmware/platform updates.

What that actually means for your TV →

Panasonic's UK and Ireland firmware page for its 2024 Fire TV models names the TV-55 and TV-65Z85AEB and lists RS8180/3745, dated 2 October 2026. Its product information sheets also promise software and firmware updates for at least 8 years after the model stops being sold.

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Automatic content recognition (ACR), including over HDMI

Unverified

Whether this model runs ACR hasn't been confirmed from a citable source yet.

What ACR is and how to turn it off →

This model runs Fire TV. Amazon documents its content recognition setting on US help pages only. Its UK privacy page says smart TVs with Fire TV can send Amazon information about broadcast TV watched through the aerial inputs, with an opt-out under Settings > Preferences > Privacy Settings. Checked 19 Oct 2026.

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Looks for other devices on your home network

Unverified

Whether this model looks for other devices on your home network hasn't been confirmed from a citable source yet.

How to put a TV on its own network →

No Panasonic or Amazon source describes this model scanning other devices on the local network.

Settings for Fire TV

ACR settings: Automatic Content Recognition, Device Usage Data, Collect App Usage Data and Broadcast Live TV Data (UK).

Fire TV shows ads in its own menus. They can't be turned off, but there are settings that change how they're personalised. Source ↗

Fire TV settings guide: ACR and ads on every brand's Fire TV models → It lists them once for every model with this software. Software updates can reset these settings, so check again after an update.

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