# Android 16 for TV

This platform update of Android TV OS brings the improvements from Android 16 to compatible consumer devices along with improvements of its own.

Refer to the[Android 16 documentation](https://developer.android.com/about/versions/16/summary)for a full list of all of the changes included in Android 16. Note that not all those features apply to TV.
| **Note:** The following features are only available on Android TV hardware:`MediaQualityManager`, Platform Eclipsa Audio codec support, HDMI-CEC reliability, and performance optimizations for 64-bit kernels.

Here are some of the highlights of what's new in Android 16 for TV:

- [MediaQualityManager](https://developer.android.com/training/tv/playback/adjust-display-settings)allows developers to take control over selecting picture profiles.
- Platform[Eclipsa Audio codec](https://opensource.googleblog.com/2025/01/introducing-eclipsa-audio-immersive-audio-for-everyone.html)support allows creators to use the IAMF spatial audio format. For ExoPlayer support that includes previous platform versions, see ExoPlayer's[IAMF decoder module](https://github.com/androidx/media/tree/release/libraries/decoder_iamf).
- Various improvements to media playback speed, consistency and efficiency, as well as HDMI-CEC reliability and performance optimizations for 64-bit kernels.

## How to get started

Use the[Android Emulator for TV](https://developer.android.com/training/tv/start/start#run-on-a-virtual-device)to validate your application for platform compatibility and try out the new user interface capabilities and APIs.