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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 for a full list of all of the
changes included in Android 16. Note that not all those features apply to TV.
Here are some of the highlights of what's new in Android 16 for TV:
MediaQualityManager allows developers to take control
over selecting picture profiles.
Platform Eclipsa Audio codec support allows creators to use
the IAMF spatial audio format. For ExoPlayer support that includes previous
platform versions, see ExoPlayer's IAMF decoder module.
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 to validate your application for
platform compatibility and try out the new user interface capabilities and APIs.
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Last updated 2025-05-20 UTC.
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