Four months after the publication of the Android 13 mobile platform, Google has formed an edition for smart TVs and set-top boxes Android TV 13. The platform is currently offered only for testing by application developers - ready-made builds are prepared for the Google ADT-3 set-top box and the Android Emulator for TV emulator. Publication of firmware updates for consumer devices such as the Google Chromecast is expected in 2023.
Key innovations specific to Android TV 13:
- Added support for different keyboard layouts to the InputDevice API and the ability to bind to a physical key layout to process keypresses regardless of the active layout. You can now use layouts for different languages ββon external keyboards.
- The AudioManager API has been extended with the ability to proactively determine the attributes of the active audio device and use them to select the optimal format without proceeding to playback. For example, the application can now determine the device through which the sound will be transmitted and the formats it supports at a stage before the creation of the AudioTrack object.
- The ability to change the resolution and refresh rate for transmitting devices connected via HDMI is provided.
- Improved language selection for HDMI transmitting devices.
- The MediaSession API provides HDMI state change handling, which can be used to save power consumption by TV Dongles and other HDMI transmitters, and to pause content in response to a state change.
- An API has been added to the AccessibilityManager to organize the issuance of audio descriptions to users with disabilities, in accordance with their preferences. Added system-wide settings for enabling audio descriptions in applications.
- Work has been done to improve power management during low power standby.
- The privacy settings reflect the state of the hardware mute switches.
- The interface for remote control of the microphone access assistant has been updated.
- A framework for interacting with TV tuners Tuner HAL 2.0 is proposed, in which performance optimizations are implemented, work with dual tuners is provided, and support for the ISDB-T Multi-Layer specification is added.
- A framework has been added for use in the field of interactive television, designed as an extension to TIF (Android TV Input Framework).
Source: opennet.ru