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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen OC_Formula for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, December 3 (Xinhua)-- Google today announced the release of Android 13 for TV, the latest version of the Android TV system, which brings further improvements in performance and accessibility to help developers build attractive applications for the next generation of TVs.

Here are some new things about Android 13 for TV.

Media and Power supply

The expected audio routing allows the application to identify the routed devices and supported formats before creating the AudioTrack.

Users can control the preferred resolution and refresh rate on supported HDMI source devices

Improve power management to achieve low power standby

Input control and assistance

The hardware mute switch status is reflected in the system privacy control.

Updated user control for assistant microphone access on the remote control

Global preferences for enabling audio descriptions across applications

New keyboard layout API allows you to choose different language layouts for external keyboards

HDMI and Tuner

Better handle HDMI state changes on HDMI source Devic

Improved language selection for HDMI source devices

Tuner HAL 2.0 features performance optimization, dual tuners and ISDB-T multilayer support

As an extension of TIF, the framework of interactive TV use cases

Here are some new development aspects of Android 13 for TV.

Performance and quality

Android 13 brings a new API to the big screen, helping developers provide a high-quality experience for users of different device types.

Improvements to AudioManager API enable developers to predict audio attribute support for active audio devices and choose the best 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.

Changes in the state of HDMI are now emerging in the MediaSession lifecycle, allowing TV rods and other HDMI source devices to save energy and pause content in response to changes in HDMI state.

Accessibility and input control

Android 13 brings new features to make interaction with TV more adaptable.

InputDevice API now supports different keyboard layouts. Game developers can also reference keys through physical locations to support different layouts of physical keyboards.

The newly created audio description API in AccessibilityManager allows applications to query new system-wide audio description preferences to help developers automatically provide audio descriptions that match user preferences.

Check out the Android TV OS developer website for the more versatile details of Android 13 on TV. CTOnews.com learned that the new version is now available for ADT-3 and Android TV simulators, and developers can choose to test it on the Google TV interface or the standard Android TV interface.

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