ZWIFT on Android TV BOX

Android
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Hello,
I know that the minimum requirements for Android Hardware/Software is (from support zwift com)

  • Android® 9.0 or higher
  • Arm64-v8a ABI (Arm64 architecture)
  • At least 2 GB of RAM
  • At least 4 GB of free storage space
  • OpenGL ES 3.0 or higher
  • Bluetooth version 4.0 or higher

I have an android tv box with these specification

Android 12
ArmV8 Processor Rev 4 V8I
4GB of RAM
23GB of free storage
OpenGL ES 3.2 v1…
Bluetooth 4.x

but I’m not able to install Zwift.

Could you please tell me what’s wrong in my tv box? there’s some specific way to install it?

Kind Regards,
Luigi

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Zwift is not supported on Android TV. If you search the forum you will find several discussions about it. Years ago the company said it was coming but they never released it. Some people have sideloaded the APK but I haven’t heard any success stories recently.

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Hi @Luigi_Paracchini welcome to Zwift forums.

Shuji from Zwift HQ here. We do not support Android TV, nor do we have plans to develop for this platform. We do however, support Android on smartphones and tablets.

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Hi,
thank you for your time, it’s a real shame.
it’s really inconvenient to mirror your phone, it would be so simple to have the app directly in the android box.
I reluctantly acknowledge it.
Kind regards,
Luigi

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I’m afraid the market share of the Android TV doesn’t warrant the time and effort required to make Zwift compatible.

But like Linux. Niche market.

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That’s definitely not the case. The Google TV/android TV market share is around 4x the size of Apple TV.

It’s yet another misconception that the world revolves around the Apple ecosphere. Globally, android dwarfs ios at almost 3x the size.

It’s either laziness on the developers part, or a blinkered approach to what the user base actually want. You can’t seriously believe that Google TV is minor player when almost every new TV and projector comes with Android TV built in, all the Android based streaming sticks, and so on.

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But those devices you talk about do not have the processing power to be able to run Zwift.

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as far as I’m concerned, it’s no longer a problem for me, I changed platform, also thanks to the latest fee increase that happened