Android TV

Android TV
Android TV home screens
DeveloperGoogle
OS familyUnix-like (Linux)
Initial releaseJune 25, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-06-25)
Latest releaseAndroid TV 14[1] / May 15, 2024; 6 months ago (2024-05-15)[2]
Marketing targetSmart TVs, digital media players, set-top boxes, USB dongles
Available inMultilingual
Package managerAPK via Google Play
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux kernel)
Preceded byGoogle TV
Succeeded byGoogle TV (interface)
Official websiteandroid.com/tv/

Android TV is a smart TV operating system based on Android and developed by Google. It is available on television sets, soundbars, set-top boxes and digital media players. A successor to Google TV, it features a user interface designed around content discovery and voice search, content aggregation from various media apps and services, and integration with other recent Google technologies such as Assistant, Cast, and Knowledge Graph.

The platform was unveiled in June 2014, available first on the Nexus Player in October. The platform has been adopted as smart TV middleware by companies such as Sony, Panasonic, Philips, Sharp, Motorola, Nokia, Toshiba and TCL.

Android TV products have also been adopted as set-top boxes by a number of IPTV television providers. The "Operator Tier" certification allows operators to distribute their own custom devices based on the Android TV platform.

  1. ^ "Android 14 for TV". Archived from the original on May 15, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  2. ^ "Everything you need to know about Google TV and Android TV OS". Archived from the original on May 16, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024.