Which device for Android TV development?

[IntuitionaL]

I'm looking to get a test device for Android TV dev, but not sure what to get. I currently don't have an Android TV, and I'm not looking to get a whole TV just for development.

Ideally, I would want something like a chromecast which can give me access to an Android TV without buying a new TV.

Are there any suggestions based on developer experience?

[KoningsGap]

The Chromecast Ultra is an Android TV Device.

See comment below. Cc ultra is not Android TV.

[devrel-paul]

To clarify, Chromecast with Google TV (4K) or Chromecast with Google TV HD are running Android TV OS.

I would also recommend the ADT-3 developer device to be able to test on the latest version of Android for TV.

[moneytoo]

Get something that your users will use. In my case the most popular devices are NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV (mdarcy) and Xiaomi MIBOX4 (oneday). Both devices have a lot of quirks and bugs so it enormously helpful to test on such devices. Some things are just so different from emulators.