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Android TV
Big screen apps, games, and content

Recommend great content to users right on the home screen. Enable users to find movies through voice search. Engage users with fluid, immersive games.

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Reimagine Your App
Design your app to shine on the biggest screen in the house.
Android TV

Simple. Cinematic. Beautiful.

Smooth, fast interactions are key to a successful TV app. Keep navigation simple and light.
Bring your content forward to let users enjoy it with a minimum of effort.

Learn about design for TV

Build to Entertain
Android TV lets you engage your users in a new, shared environment.
Find out how to get your app ready for its big-screen debut.
TV layout components

Made for TV

Take advantage of pre-built fragments for browsing and interacting with media catalogs.

Learn pre-built fragments

Search

Get Found

Help users find your content quickly with in-app searching.

Learn about app search

Recommendations

Recommend

Suggest content from your app to keep your users coming back.

Learn about recommendations

Get Started with Android TV

Begin building TV apps right away using these developer resources:

L Developer Preview

Get all the tools you need to build and test TV apps. Download the preview and start creating your big-screen experience.

ADT-1 Developer Kit

Request an ADT-1 Developer Kit , a compact and powerful streaming media player and gamepad, ideal for developing and testing apps for TV.

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Request the ADT-1 Developer Kit