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The LG G6 is the first phone to support Dolby Vision which is also supported in a lot of other LG TV's like the LG B6 OLED 4K HDR Smart TV - 65" Class. Dolby Vision is Dolby Lab's version of HDR (High Dynamic Range) which provides a wider more consistent color space and significantly improves picture quality.

Unfortunately, LG is way ahead of the content providers actually making Dolby Vision content accessible to be viewed on the LG G6.

Looking first at Netflix which has produced several Dolby Vision enabled shows, we downloaded the Netflix App from the Google Play Store.

  

We then opened up the Netflix App and selected the "Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes" show.

 

Unlike viewing "Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes" on the LG B6 OLED 4K HDR Smart TV - 65" Class, the LG G6 only shows HD option for streaming.

Even when we downloaded the same show, there was no indication that Dolby Vision content was enabled.

  

We next looked at Vudu which advertises that it can stream content with Dolby Vision.

We downloaded Vudu from the Google Play Store and created a Vudu account.

  

  

Opening up the "Live by Night", there was no declaration of Dolby Vision support through the LG G6.

 

However, going through Vudu's website, we can see that the same show does support Dolby Vision on Dolby Vision enabled TV's.

We next looked at Amazon Video and selected Bosch which supports Dolby Vision through the LG B6 OLED 4K HDR Smart TV - 65" Class. If you have problems trying to install Amazon Video on your Android phone, click this review for help.

However, looking at the same show on the LG G6, there are no indications of Dolby Vision support during streaming.

  

Even after downloading the show, there was also no support of Dolby Vision.

  

The LG G6 is a bit ahead of its time with support of Dolby Vision but unfortunately if very few other smartphone players follow suit, there won't be a lot of incentive for content providers to make Dolby vision content easily accessible on mobile.