Smart TV emulators
This is a list of smart TV emulators. This also includes Smart TV boxes, smart Blu-Ray players, and DVD, DVR, etc.
Contents
- 1 Android TV/Google TV
- 2 Roku
- 3 Tizen (Samsung TV 2015+)
- 4 webOS (LG TV 2015+)
- 5 Samsung Orsay (Samsung Smart TV 2011-2014, also some Blu-ray players) (Also known as Internet@TV for 2009-2010 models)
- 6 LG NetCast (LG Smart TV non-webOS, non-Android)
- 7 Yahoo Connected TV
- 8 Vizio SmartCast
- 9 Firmwares (non-smart TVs)
- 10 Other Platforms
- 11 ROMs
- 12 External Sources
Android TV/Google TV
| Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any | |||||
| Android Studio |   
|
5.1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
- Android Studio
- Has a emulator for Android TV and the new/old Google TV models.
Roku
| Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any | |||||
| Brightscript Emulator | 
|
v0.10.21 Beta | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Tizen (Samsung TV 2015+)
| Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any | |||||
| Tizen Studio |
|
5.1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
- Tizen Studio
- Has both a Tizen emulator (more accurate) and a Tizen simulator (more usable for slower computers).
webOS (LG TV 2015+)
| Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any | |||||
| webOS SDK emulator |
|
5.0 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| webOS SDK simulator |
|
6.0 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Samsung Orsay (Samsung Smart TV 2011-2014, also some Blu-ray players) (Also known as Internet@TV for 2009-2010 models)
Also known as Samsung Legacy Platform.
| Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any | |||||
| Samsung Legacy Platform SDK |
|
5.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
LG NetCast (LG Smart TV non-webOS, non-Android)
| Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any | |||||
| LG NetCast SDK |
|
5.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Yahoo Connected TV
| Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any | |||||
| Yahoo Connected TV SDK |
|
1.3 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
- Yahoo Connected TV
- An SDK that comes pre-installed with Linux, which allows to access it via VirtualBox or VMware .
Vizio SmartCast
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE. ANY YOUTUBE VIDEOS CLAIMING TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!
Firmwares (non-smart TVs)
Other Platforms
Vizio SmartCast, Foxconn, Opera TV(?), and Syabas OS are confirmed either to have all apps based on HTML5 or Flash, and therefore are applicable more for the likes of Flashpoint to preserve.
Vewd TV Emulator (requires forum and probably approval): https://www.vewd.com/products-services/vewd-tv-emulator/ Opera TV Emulator 3.4: https://foxxum.app.box.com/s/o51jrveuef4jdr0efwaumignfq98yh5t Opera TV Emulator 3.3: https://foxxum.app.box.com/s/iezxzvt0u4vf8nulnm2xel85vz0a8nsn
ROMs
- A few Samsung Orsay ROMs
- Provides links and includes a few RokuOS ROMs
- A huge Samsung Orsay ROM collection containing almost all Orsay apps called ULango UserAppStore intended as a secondary app store has existed, but has been taken down sometime in 2017-2019 due to the ACE taking down the main site due to it containing a pirate TV service. When contacted in late 2022 september, the owner said that the servers are in a court room waiting investigation and time is working for him, so he may or may not receive the severs, and even if he did the samsung apps may or may not have been deleted. He said that Tizen caused a lost in interest in the project. Update: All ROMs have been found on the original Samsung servers.
- Sample Roku Channel ROMs
- Foxcom "ROM" of the app store and apps (just a URL)
- Shows part of a JSON in SmartCast where lots of URLs of apps are
- Samsung Smart TV Orsay original ROMs: https://pastebin.com/raw/f1RdFECL https://web.archive.org/web/20200606114137im_/https://pastebin.com/raw/5YEq3wzR
External Sources
- PostmarketOS TVs Wiki - contains a ton of information on how to root TVs and extract firmwares of any model, any OS that can be rooted.
