# Android TV Box as a Plex Media Server

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-tv-box-as-a-plex-media-server/172464>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [December 22, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-tv-box-as-a-plex-media-server/172464 "2016-12-22T14:19:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-tv-box-as-a-plex-media-server/172464/2 "2021-03-03T00:41:43Z")

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Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate

> [@\[Request\] Plex Media Server for Android TV](https://forums.plex.tv/t/request-plex-media-server-for-android-tv/122856):
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> I’m sure some of these newer Android TV devices are powerful enough to transcode and server video files. The Shield TV Pro specifically comes to mind - if it can emulate Wii games, I can only imagine it can transcode video - and these devices are just getting more powerful so I thought I’d bring it up as I wasn’t sure if people had talked about this possibility yet. slight_smile

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