If you've got an Android app or game, Android TV can bring it to your users in their living room. Android TV apps use the same architecture as those for phones and tablets. This approach means you can build new TV apps based on what you already know about building apps for Android, or extend your existing apps to also run on TV devices.
Documentation
- Design TV UI ⍈
- Get started with TV apps
- Build TV playback apps
- Help users find your content on TV
- Build TV games
- Build TV input services
- TV Apps checklist
- Android 12 for TV
- Android 13 for TV
- Android 14 for TV
- Accessibility best practices
- Supporting accessibility in custom views
- Adopting system caption settings in your app
- Distributing TV apps on Google Play
Additional resources
To learn more about Android TV, see the following additional resources.
Samples
Mir 2: Return of the King is a high-quality Legend IP mobile
game authorized by Actoz Soft and developed by HK ZHILI YAOAN LIMITED using the Unity game engine. This game not only perfectly recreates the feelings of Mir 2, a
representative of Korean Wuthering Waves is a high fidelity action RPG game developed by Kuro Games.
Optimizing the power consumption is very important to sustainably deliver a
premium user experience for long gaming sessions. Android Studio introduced the Power Profiler Godot Engine is a popular multiplatform open-source game engine
with robust support for Android. Godot can be used to create games of virtually
any genre and is capable of both 2D and 3D graphics. Godot version 4 introduced
a new rendering system Android Dynamic Performance Framework (ADPF) is a powerful tool from Google for
developers who want to optimize the performance of their applications. Through
its thermal APIs, ADPF provides real-time information about the thermal state
of the NCSoft Lineage W is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG)
developed by NCSoft. This game inherits the legacy of the original Lineage W
game and offers an environment where players from around the world can cooperate
and compete Improving performance and thermal management is essential for developing
successful games on Android. Traditionally, developers had to manage these
issues by decreasing game fidelity or by further optimizing the renderer.
These changes tend to be Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile is a first-person action game in
the popular Call of Duty franchise. The mobile realization of the hugely
popular console and PC game takes advantage of mobile low-level APIs to deliver a
great player experience. From a Summoners War: Chronicles is a mobile MMORPG from South Korean game developer Com2uS, released globally in March 2023. To date, Summoners War has earned over $2.7 billion with more than 180 million downloads worldwide. Set in a fantasy world whereMir 2 improves rendering performance by using the Frame Pacing library
Kuro Games reduces 9.68% power consumption through Android Studio Power Profiler and ODPM for Wuthering Waves
Godot Engine Vulkan optimization for Android
Getting started with Android Dynamic Performance Framework (ADPF) in Unreal Engine
NCSoft Lineage W improves sustained performance and prevents thermal throttling by using ADPF
MediaTek enhances dynamic performance of Android SoCs
Call of Duty Warzone Mobile uses Vulkan for better graphics
Com2uS - Google Play Games for PC
Codelabs
Mir 2: Return of the King is a high-quality Legend IP mobile
game authorized by Actoz Soft and developed by HK ZHILI YAOAN LIMITED using the Unity game engine. This game not only perfectly recreates the feelings of Mir 2, a
representative of Korean Wuthering Waves is a high fidelity action RPG game developed by Kuro Games.
Optimizing the power consumption is very important to sustainably deliver a
premium user experience for long gaming sessions. Android Studio introduced the Power Profiler Godot Engine is a popular multiplatform open-source game engine
with robust support for Android. Godot can be used to create games of virtually
any genre and is capable of both 2D and 3D graphics. Godot version 4 introduced
a new rendering system Android Dynamic Performance Framework (ADPF) is a powerful tool from Google for
developers who want to optimize the performance of their applications. Through
its thermal APIs, ADPF provides real-time information about the thermal state
of the NCSoft Lineage W is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG)
developed by NCSoft. This game inherits the legacy of the original Lineage W
game and offers an environment where players from around the world can cooperate
and compete Improving performance and thermal management is essential for developing
successful games on Android. Traditionally, developers had to manage these
issues by decreasing game fidelity or by further optimizing the renderer.
These changes tend to be Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile is a first-person action game in
the popular Call of Duty franchise. The mobile realization of the hugely
popular console and PC game takes advantage of mobile low-level APIs to deliver a
great player experience. From a Summoners War: Chronicles is a mobile MMORPG from South Korean game developer Com2uS, released globally in March 2023. To date, Summoners War has earned over $2.7 billion with more than 180 million downloads worldwide. Set in a fantasy world whereMir 2 improves rendering performance by using the Frame Pacing library
Kuro Games reduces 9.68% power consumption through Android Studio Power Profiler and ODPM for Wuthering Waves
Godot Engine Vulkan optimization for Android
Getting started with Android Dynamic Performance Framework (ADPF) in Unreal Engine
NCSoft Lineage W improves sustained performance and prevents thermal throttling by using ADPF
MediaTek enhances dynamic performance of Android SoCs
Call of Duty Warzone Mobile uses Vulkan for better graphics
Com2uS - Google Play Games for PC
Blogs
Updated February 6, 2025 Mir 2: Return of the King is a high-quality Legend IP mobile
game authorized by Actoz Soft and developed by HK ZHILI YAOAN LIMITED using the Unity game engine. This game not only perfectly recreates the feelings of Mir 2, a
representative of Korean Updated January 15, 2025 Wuthering Waves is a high fidelity action RPG game developed by Kuro Games.
Optimizing the power consumption is very important to sustainably deliver a
premium user experience for long gaming sessions. Android Studio introduced the Power Profiler Updated December 17, 2024 Godot Engine is a popular multiplatform open-source game engine
with robust support for Android. Godot can be used to create games of virtually
any genre and is capable of both 2D and 3D graphics. Godot version 4 introduced
a new rendering system Updated November 6, 2024 Android Dynamic Performance Framework (ADPF) is a powerful tool from Google for
developers who want to optimize the performance of their applications. Through
its thermal APIs, ADPF provides real-time information about the thermal state
of the Updated June 3, 2024 NCSoft Lineage W is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG)
developed by NCSoft. This game inherits the legacy of the original Lineage W
game and offers an environment where players from around the world can cooperate
and compete Updated March 19, 2024 Improving performance and thermal management is essential for developing
successful games on Android. Traditionally, developers had to manage these
issues by decreasing game fidelity or by further optimizing the renderer.
These changes tend to be Updated March 14, 2024 Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile is a first-person action game in
the popular Call of Duty franchise. The mobile realization of the hugely
popular console and PC game takes advantage of mobile low-level APIs to deliver a
great player experience. From a Updated February 7, 2024 Summoners War: Chronicles is a mobile MMORPG from South Korean game developer Com2uS, released globally in March 2023. To date, Summoners War has earned over $2.7 billion with more than 180 million downloads worldwide. Set in a fantasy world whereMir 2 improves rendering performance by using the Frame Pacing library
Kuro Games reduces 9.68% power consumption through Android Studio Power Profiler and ODPM for Wuthering Waves
Godot Engine Vulkan optimization for Android
Getting started with Android Dynamic Performance Framework (ADPF) in Unreal Engine
NCSoft Lineage W improves sustained performance and prevents thermal throttling by using ADPF
MediaTek enhances dynamic performance of Android SoCs
Call of Duty Warzone Mobile uses Vulkan for better graphics
Com2uS - Google Play Games for PC
Videos
Updated February 6, 2025 Updated December 17, 2024 Updated November 6, 2024 Updated March 19, 2024 Updated March 14, 2024 Updated February 7, 2024Mir 2 improves rendering performance by using the Frame Pacing library
Godot Engine Vulkan optimization for Android
Getting started with Android Dynamic Performance Framework (ADPF) in Unreal Engine
MediaTek enhances dynamic performance of Android SoCs
Call of Duty Warzone Mobile uses Vulkan for better graphics
Com2uS - Google Play Games for PC