# Free digital signage app for Android TV and Google TV > Canonical HTML: https://screenrig.ai/digital-signage/android-tv Your Android TV or Google TV can be a free digital signage screen. Install the screenRIG Player from Google Play, read the code it shows to your AI agent, and the TV plays what you ask for: menus, announcements, video, even a live camera. Updated October 27, 2026. > **You:** Put an analog clock on this TV with today's date, and label it Front desk. > > **Agent:** Done. The TV shows an analog clock with the time, the date and the label Front desk. It was on the screen about two seconds after I published it. ## What you need - A TV, stick or box with Android TV or Google TV, on Android 9 or later. Tablets and signage boxes on Android 9 or later run the same Player. - An AI agent with the screenRIG plugin. [Start](https://screenrig.ai/docs/start.md) installs it with one paste. Not sure which Android your device runs? On Google TV open Settings, then System, then About. On older Android TV open Settings, then Device Preferences, then About. ## Get the Player from Google Play On the TV, open Google Play, search for screenRIG and install the Player ([Google Play listing](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.screenrig.player)). Updates arrive through Google Play and keep your pairing. No Google Play on the device? The [sideload guide](https://screenrig.ai/guides/sideload-android-tv-apps.md) shows how to install the same Player another way. Pick one route per device: to move from Google Play to a sideload, remove the Play version first and pair again. ## It starts on its own and comes back after Home After a restart or a power cut, the Player starts by itself once the TV or stick is on. That is Start on boot, and it is on by default. Turn on Home screen in the Player's Settings and the Player also returns to the front within about two seconds whenever Home, Android settings or another app takes over the screen. On Android 10 and later, both ask you to allow Display over other apps once. The Player plays from the device's own storage, so a dropped network does not stop it. The [kiosk mode guide](https://screenrig.ai/guides/android-tv-kiosk-mode.md) walks through Start on boot, Home screen and the screen saver. ## Press OK for the Player's menu Once the screen is paired, press OK on the remote. A small menu opens over what is playing. Rename the screen, switch to another playlist, step to the next or previous page, and set brightness and volume. It closes by itself after a minute. ![The Player's menu over a playing clock page: the screen name Devices TV, a Playlist row, a highlighted Page row with arrows, Settings and Exit settings](https://screenrig.ai/static-resources/images/screenshots/landing/devices-android-tv-operator-menu-a35402de.webp) *The menu on a test screen. On Android, Settings also holds Start on boot and Home screen.* ## What an Android screen can show - **A live camera.** The Player opens your camera's address itself, over your own network, with no relay. The [camera guide](https://screenrig.ai/guides/rtsp-camera-on-tv.md) covers the camera side, and the [Amazon Signage Stick page](https://screenrig.ai/partners/amazon-signage-stick.md) walks through a full camera page. - **Video up to 4K.** The Player plays what the device can decode, so a 4K clip needs a device that handles 4K. ## Managed devices A device set up as device owner gives your agent more control: restart it, switch its backlight and read its CPU temperature. The [Player guide](https://screenrig.ai/docs/players.md#device-control) lists what every Player reports and switches. ## Next, a stick we tested Using a Walmart stick? See how an [onn. 4K Streaming Device](https://screenrig.ai/digital-signage/onn-google-tv.md) came through a three-minute network outage. ## Sources - [www.androidpolice.com/how-to-sideload-any-application-on-android-tv](https://www.androidpolice.com/how-to-sideload-any-application-on-android-tv/) - [www.benq.com/en-au/support/downloads-faq/faq/product/troubleshooting/projector-faq-kn-00091.html](https://www.benq.com/en-au/support/downloads-faq/faq/product/troubleshooting/projector-faq-kn-00091.html) ## Related - [onn. Google TV Digital Signage Player, Free](https://screenrig.ai/digital-signage/onn-google-tv.md): screenRIG is free. Pay only if you want more. A Walmart onn. Google TV stick runs your signage and keeps playing when the network drops. We tested it. - [Sony BRAVIA Digital Signage on Android TV, Free](https://screenrig.ai/digital-signage/sony-bravia.md): screenRIG is free. Pay only if you want more. Your Sony BRAVIA runs the Player from Google Play with no extra box, and your AI agent runs the screen. - [Android TV Kiosk Mode: Boot to Your Signage App](https://screenrig.ai/guides/android-tv-kiosk-mode.md): Make an Android TV or Google TV start on your signage after a power cut. Three settings, all on the remote. screenRIG is free. Pay only if you want more. - [How to Sideload Apps on Google TV and Android TV](https://screenrig.ai/guides/sideload-android-tv-apps.md): Sideload an app on Google TV with Downloader and your remote, after your AI agent checks the file. screenRIG is free. Pay only if you want more. - [Digital Signage Player Apps for Every Screen](https://screenrig.ai/downloads.md): screenRIG is free. Pay only if you want more. Player apps for Android TV, Amazon Signage Stick and Fire TV Sticks, Raspberry Pi, Windows, Mac and Linux. [Start free](https://screenrig.ai/docs/start.md). screenRIG is free. Pay only if you want more.