RobOS on your Smart TV

flowchart LR
  subgraph HOST["RobOS Host / Appliance VM (LAN IP e.g. 192.168.1.100)"]
    STUDIO["RobOS Smart TV Studio
packages/robos-tv (:19206)"]
    PORTAL["10-Foot Spatial Nav Portal
http://192.168.1.100:19210"]
    BUILDER["Native Sideload Builder
robos-lib/tv-engine.js"]
    CAST["Google Cast & Kokoro TTS
packages/home-speaker & audio-player"]
    SUN["Sunshine 4K 120Hz Host
H.265 / AV1 + Gamepad"]

    STUDIO --> PORTAL
    STUDIO --> BUILDER
    STUDIO --> CAST
    STUDIO --> SUN
  end

  subgraph LAN["Local Network Protocols (Zero Cloud)"]
    WEBOS["LG webOS Dev Mode
ares-install (:9991) + ares-extend-dev (1000h)"]
    TIZEN["Samsung Tizen SDB
tizen install RobOSTV.wgt (:26101)"]
    ADB["Google TV / Android TV / Fire TV
ADB Leanback (:5555) + Cast (:8009)"]
    ROKU["Roku OS
ECP (:8060) + SceneGraph ZIP"]
    MOON["Moonlight Stream
4K 60/120fps Low-Latency"]

    BUILDER --> WEBOS
    BUILDER --> TIZEN
    BUILDER --> ADB
    BUILDER --> ROKU
    SUN --> MOON
  end

  subgraph TV["Living Room & Office Wall Smart TVs"]
    LAUNCHER["Native 'RobOS TV' Home Row Icon
Opens http://192.168.1.100:19210"]
    DPAD["TV Remote D-Pad + Bluetooth Gamepad
Arrow Keys / OK / Back / Play-Pause"]
    APPS["8 Big-Screen Experiences
Godot 4 Games · Virtual DJ Jukebox · Intercom · PR Theater · POS Board"]

    WEBOS --> LAUNCHER
    TIZEN --> LAUNCHER
    ADB --> LAUNCHER
    ROKU --> LAUNCHER
    MOON --> APPS
    LAUNCHER --> DPAD
    DPAD --> APPS
  end
      

Step-by-Step: Enable Developer Mode & Add RobOS to Your TV

Open RobOS Smart TV Studio from the RobOS App Launcher (or click 📺 Smart TV Studio inside RobOS Home Speaker), switch to the Developer Mode Sideloader tab, and select your TV brand:

1. Google TV / Android TV / Amazon Fire TV (Sony, TCL, Hisense, NVIDIA Shield, Chromecast with Google TV):
   • On your TV, go to Settings → System → About and press OK/Select on Android TV OS Build 7 times until "You are now a developer!" appears.
   • Go to Settings → System → Developer Options and enable Network Debugging (or Wireless ADB on port 5555).
   • In RobOS Smart TV Studio, select Google TV / Android TV, enter your TV IP, and click Generate TV Sideload Package. RobOS writes AndroidManifest.xml (with android.intent.category.LEANBACK_LAUNCHER), assets/index.html, and sideload-android-tv.sh, which connects via adb connect <TV-IP>:5555, installs the Leanback launcher, and opens the 10-Foot Portal on screen.
2. LG webOS Smart TVs (LG OLED C/G/B Series, QNED, UHD):
   • Open the LG Content Store on your TV, search for Developer Mode, and install the official LG Developer Mode app.
   • Log in with a free LG Developer account, turn Dev Mode Status to ON (your TV will reboot), then open the app again and turn on Key Server.
   • In RobOS Smart TV Studio, enter your TV's IP address and the 6-character Passphrase shown on the TV screen, then click Generate TV Sideload Package.
   • RobOS generates appinfo.json (com.robos.tv), index.html, and sideload-webos.sh (ares-package + ares-novacom --getkey + ares-install + ares-launch).
   • Automatic 1,000-Hour Timer Renewal: LG resets Developer Mode if it isn't renewed before the 1,000-hour countdown expires. RobOS Smart TV Studio includes a one-click Renew LG webOS 1,000h Timer button (and background renewal via ares-extend-dev) so your sideloaded RobOS app stays installed permanently.
3. Samsung Tizen Smart TVs (Neo QLED, Samsung OLED, The Frame, Crystal UHD):
   • Open the Apps panel on your Samsung TV, press 1-2-3-4-5 on your remote, toggle Developer Mode to ON, and type your RobOS Host LAN IP address.
   • Hold the TV power button for 5 seconds until the TV reboots.
   • In RobOS Smart TV Studio, select Samsung Tizen Smart TV and click Generate TV Sideload Package. RobOS outputs config.xml (including http://tizen.org/privilege/tv.inputdevice for remote D-Pad keys), index.html, and sideload-tizen.sh (sdb connect <TV-IP>:26101 + tizen package -t wgt + tizen install -n RobOSTV.wgt).
4. Roku OS TVs & Streaming Players:
   • On your Roku remote, press Home (3x), Up (2x), Right, Left, Right, Left, Right to enable the Developer Application Installer.
   • RobOS generates a complete Roku SceneGraph channel bundle (manifest, source/Main.brs, components/MainScene.xml, and sideload-roku.sh) and also controls any Roku on your LAN with zero configuration via the Roku External Control Protocol (http://<TV-IP>:8060/keypress/*).
5. Moonlight + Sunshine (4K 120Hz Full Desktop & Godot 4 Game Streaming):
   • For heavy 3D/2D gaming with a controller on the couch, install Moonlight on your TV (available natively on Google TV, Fire TV, Apple TV, and via LG webOS Dev Mode / Homebrew) and pair it with the Sunshine host in RobOS.

The 10-Foot Big-Screen Portal (:19210)

Desktop UIs with small 13px fonts and mouse menus are unreadable from a couch 10 feet away. When your TV opens the sideloaded RobOS TV app, it connects to the built-in RobOS 10-Foot Portal on port 19210:

• TV Remote D-Pad Spatial Navigation: Every tile responds to ArrowUp, ArrowDown, ArrowLeft, ArrowRight, Enter/OK, and Back/Return with high-contrast cyan focus rings and 28px+ typography.
• HTML5 Gamepad API Integration: Plug in or pair an Xbox, DualSense, or 8BitDo controller—the portal automatically detects the controller and lets you launch directly into Godot 4 games.
• Two-Way Virtual Remote: From your workstation or phone, use the TV D-Pad Remote & Instant App Launch panel inside RobOS Smart TV Studio to switch what is playing on any TV in the house.

First-Class TV Apps Across the RobOS Ecosystem

Adding RobOS Smart TV Studio ties together six existing RobOS suites on the big screen:

1. Godot 4 Living-Room Games (/games/): Play Realm of Heroes cRPG, Quest: Warrior Dragon (2D JRPG playable with just a TV remote D-Pad!), Tabletop RPG for board-game nights, and Starfall Command RTS.
2. RobOS Audio Player & Virtual DJ (packages/audio-player): Turn your TV into a 100,000-song living-room jukebox with full-screen synchronized lyrics, AI Playlists, and Kokoro TTS Virtual DJ intros streamed over Google Cast.
3. RobOS Home Speaker (packages/home-speaker): Includes a dedicated 📺 Smart TV Studio button in the header and streams neural TTS announcements, walkie-talkie voice notes, and ambient rain/focus soundscapes to any Cast-enabled TV (such as Basement TV).
4. PR Review Theater (packages/pr-review): Watch autonomous 1080p narrated agent proof-of-work walkthrough videos and semantic KGraph blast-radius diffs from the couch or in a team conference room.
5. Point of Sale Digital Menu & Order Prep Board (packages/point-of-sale): Mount any affordable Smart TV on a café, bar, or retail wall and sideload RobOS TV to display live barista/kitchen prep queues and digital menu boards.