Panasonic Z95B (2025, UK)

Year: 2025
Software: Fire TV
Screen: Primary RGB Tandem OLED
Sizes: 55, 65 and 77 inches
Region: UK

Built-in far-field microphone

Has mic

This model has a built-in far-field microphone, which is the hardware hands-free voice control uses.

Panasonic's UK launch announcement identifies the 55-, 65-, and 77-inch Z95B family and explicitly says it has far-field voice control for hands-free Alexa use from across the room.

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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 names all three Z95BEB models and lists RS8180/3745, dated 2 October 2026. No support end date is given. Checked 19 Oct 2026.

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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 Automatic Content Recognition setting on US help pages only; there's no UK version of that page. Amazon's UK privacy FAQ says smart TVs with Fire TV can send Amazon information on your use of broadcast live TV 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 →

Panasonic documents network connectivity and DLNA support for this family, but that does not establish the local-network device-scanning behaviour this field asks about.

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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