TV privacy settings, checked per model
What does my Sony TV collect?
Sony's Bravia TVs run Google TV across the current US range. Sony has used Samba Interactive TV ACR on specifically listed older models, and the Texas Attorney General sued Sony in December 2025 over alleged wider ACR collection. That lawsuit is an allegation, not model-specific proof: current models stay marked "unverified" unless a source establishes their behaviour. Type your model in for sourced microphone and firmware findings too.
This page covers 23 Sony models from 2014 to 2026. A built-in microphone is confirmed on 18 and ruled out on 2; ACR is confirmed on 1 and ruled out on 3. See every model.
Sony TV settings guide: how to turn off ACR and ads, by software version →
Don't know your model number?
On the TV: Settings → System → About. Or check the sticker on the back of the set — Sony's current naming has a letter prefix before the size, like K65XR70M2 or KD65X77L.
Every Sony model on this site
Each row links to the model's page, with the source for every answer. Region shows when the entry is for one country's version of a model; a dash means the entry doesn't name one.
| Model | Year | Region | Built-in microphone | ACR | Looks for devices on your network | Still gets updates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAVIA 2 II | 2026 | UK | No | Unverified | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA 3 II | 2026 | — | Yes | Unverified | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA 3 II | 2026 | UK | Yes | Unverified | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA 6 | 2026 | — | Yes | Unverified | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA 7 II | 2026 | — | Yes | Unverified | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA 7 II | 2026 | UK | Yes | Unverified | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA 9 II | 2026 | — | Yes | Unverified | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA 9 II | 2026 | UK | Yes | Unverified | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA 2 II | 2025 | — | Unverified | Unverified | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA 3 | 2025 | UK | Yes | No | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA 5 | 2025 | — | Yes | Unverified | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA 5 | 2025 | UK | Yes | No | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA 8 II | 2025 | — | Yes | Unverified | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA 8 II | 2025 | UK | Yes | No | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA 3 | 2024 | — | Yes | Unverified | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA 7 | 2024 | — | Yes | Unverified | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA 8 | 2024 | — | Yes | Unverified | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA 9 | 2024 | — | Yes | Unverified | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA XR A95L | 2023 | — | Yes | Unverified | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA XR X90L | 2023 | — | Yes | Unverified | Unverified | Yes |
| X77L | 2023 | — | Unverified | Unverified | Unverified | Yes |
| BRAVIA W600B | 2014 | — | Unverified | Yes | Unverified | No longer |
| BRAVIA W605B | 2014 | UK | No | Unverified | Unverified | No longer |
Only 23 series verified so far. See About & sourcing for why coverage is intentionally incomplete rather than guessed.
TV guides
- What ACR is, and how to turn it off
- Can you turn off the ads on a smart TV?
- Is my TV listening? What a TV microphone does
- Do smart TVs have cameras?
- What losing security updates means
- Putting a smart TV on its own network
- Non-smart TVs, and using a smart TV without the internet
- Streaming sticks and boxes: ACR, microphones and ads