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title: How to Enable ATV Developer Option?
slug: how-to-enable-atv-developer-option
description: Learn how to enable developer options on an Android TV with this step-by-step guide. Navigate through the settings menu, select "Device Preferences," choose "About," and find the "Android TV OS build" section. Click on it, press specific buttons on your r
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createdAt: 2023-02-16T05:57:10.000Z
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### Step 1: Dashboard

Navigate to the home screen of the ATV.  

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### Step 2: Settings

Choose the** "Settings" **icon located in the top right corner of your ATV screen, as indicated in the highlighted area.

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### Step 3: Device Preferences

Navigate to the** General Settings **menu and choose **"Devices Preferences"**.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/KZS2kSNB9nbOHl0Cfr4pZ/qkKbbxVAeY2_hvem2BKqI_image.png "Device Preferences")

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### Step 4: Select "About"

Choose the **"About"** option from the **Device Preferences **menu.

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### Step 5: Android TV OS Build

Scroll down to find the ATV build details, which can be located under the **"Android TV OS build" **section.

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## Instructions to enable the developer options:

To access the **Android TV OS Build**, click on it. 

Using the remote control, press the left button twice and the right button twice, then press the OK button on the remote control.

Next, press the **right button** once and press the **OK **button.


**Steps to perform on the remote control to enable the developer options:**

*LEFT-LEFT-RIGHT-RIGHT-OK-RIGHT-OK

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After following the aforementioned steps, a message will be displayed on the screen saying **"You are a developer!"**

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### Press the back button

Press the back button on the remote control to return to the Devices Preferences menu.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/KZS2kSNB9nbOHl0Cfr4pZ/qkKbbxVAeY2_hvem2BKqI_image.png "Settings")

Verify if the Developer Options are accessible within the Device Preferences menu.

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Check whether the **USB Debugging** option is available or not. 

To check we need to follow the below steps:

1. First, we need to select the **Developer Options**. 

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Scroll down and check whether the **USB Debugging** option is enabled or not. 

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The below image shows that the USB Debugging option is enabled. 

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