The Android TV operating system helps you quickly cast photos, videos, music, and other favorite content from your favorite devices directly to your TV. Android TV is a smart TV platform from Google built around the Android OS, particularly unique to streamers. Yesterday, Google unveiled the latest Android 13 stable update for Android TV, along with a new Application Programming Interface (API).
Android Developers Blog reports that the Android 13 for TV is now available to download. Now, this latest Android OS brings further improvements in performance and accessibility to create engaging apps for next-generation TVs.
As per the information, the latest Android 13 update is now available for the developers of both ADT-3 and Android TV emulators and will be available soon after testing for more users. Now, developers can choose to test on either the Google TV interface or the standard Android TV interface via the link below.
Download Link:
- ADT-3 (Android TV): Android 13
- ADT-3 (Google TV): Android 13
Android 13 For TV What’s New:
The latest update improves the AudioManager API, which allows developers to infer audio attribute support for an active audio device and select the optimal format without starting playback. Now, users can change the default resolution and refresh rate on the supported HDMI source device for a more suitable playback experience.
Moreover, with the Android 13 update, Input Device API now supports different keyboard layouts to improve the gaming experience. It adds further optimizations to improve user experience and enhance compatibility with TV devices. For more information, check the full changelog.
Changelog:
- Performance and Quality
Android 13 brings new APIs to the big screen that helps developers deliver high-quality experiences to users across different device types.
- Improvements to the AudioManager API allow developers to anticipate audio attribute support for the active audio device and select the optimal format without starting playback.
- Users can now change the default resolution and refresh rate on supported HDMI source devices for a more reliable playback experience.
- HDMI state changes are now surfaced to the MediaSession lifecycle, allowing TV dongles and other HDMI source devices to save power and pause content in reaction to HDMI state changes.
Accessibility and Input Controls
Android 13 brings new features to make interacting with TV more adaptable.
- The InputDevice API now supports different keyboard layouts. Game developers can also reference keys by their physical location to support different layouts of physical keyboards.
- A newly created audio descriptions API in AccessibilityManager allows your app to query the new system-wide audio description preference setting, helping developers provide audio descriptions in line with a user’s preference automatically.
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