Like I said before, neither LG nor Samsung has ever claimed that they will provide "major" (or generational if you will) updates to their sets, just the opposite, they have clearly stated that such updates would not be coming to given TV sets.
Sony on the other hand, not only has officially announced in the past that W805 would receive (i.e. 2015 models) the Android 8 update, but has also released it in certain regions only (again, pretty much everywhere except EU).
Like I said, my assumption is that Sony will:
1) Not release Android 8 for EU W800 series, most likely due to licensing issues (expenses)
2) Not make an official statement regarding the lack of EU W800 series lack of Android update, due to potential legal reasons or will somehow try to infer that due to end of support for 2015 models Android 8 update will not happen (irrelevant of the fact that Android 8 update HAS happened for other regions!).
3) At most keep trying to "calm" a few unruly forum users with "template" replies such as "feedback has been passed along..." until said forum users give up on the issue and the whole thing "blows over" and everyone forgets about the whole thing...
That's my 2 cents...I've made my peace with the current situation (see point 3 above) and have drawn my conclusions (i.e. have not bought another Sony TV set and most likely will not do so in future, let alone any other piece of hardware from them), at the end of the day, the "problem" is easily fixed with a Google Chromecast with Google TV dongle or another Android TV box from a decent manufacturer (i.e. one that supports its products)... but that fact that consumers are not treated equally and that misleading statements have been made leaves a nasty aftertaste that lingers.....
