Emby doesn't keep the TV up anymore

[Nimasa 14]

Emby Server: 4.9.3.0 on Windows 10 (Premier)

Emby Client: BRAVIA 8, Emby for Android 3.5.28

 

The issue:

Emby, while playing music, doesn't prevent the TV from sleeping after a period of time set in the TV. It wasn't happening before in earlier versions.

I didn't test while watching Live TV, or Movie. But when I'm working at home, and I play music on my TV as a background noise, the TV sleeps after some time, and I have to turn on the TV again, open the Emby app, and play again.

 

Emby server log is attached.

embyserver.txt

Edited February 14 by Nimasa

[crophoenix 0]

Same here.... music  playng on Emby isn't recognised as an 'awake event' on my Google TV Streamer who then starts a screensaver after predefined amount of time and turns off audio completely. After few minutes of running a screensaver, Streamer shuts down and turns off the TV... as if Emby app wasn't active at all.

The same, of course, does not happen while video content is playing. It's only audio playback on Emby that isn't detected as an ongoing activity on the device. 

[Luke 43544]

HI, we are looking into this. Thanks.

[irony 0]

Same with "Google Chromecast with Google TV"

Any update?

Edited August 12 by irony

[Nimasa 14]

Are all the bugs being tracked by the development team?

Is there an estimated timeline for fixing this issue?

This issue is still present in version 4.10.0.40 (Emby Android 3.5.55). The only workaround I found is using Emby for web on the TV.

 

Edited September 22 by Nimasa

[Luke 43544]

Hi, yes we are looking into it. Thanks.

[ebr 17031]

14 hours ago, Nimasa said:

The only workaround I found is using Emby for web on the TV

So the same problem is occurring in Emby for Android TV?

[Nimasa 14]

37 minutes ago, ebr said:

So the same problem is occurring in Emby for Android TV?

I've only noticed this issue in Emby for Android TV (tested with versions 3.5.28 and 3.5.55) while playing music.

The workaround I mentioned is to open Emby in a web browser on the TV. When using the browser, the TV doesn't turn off after some time.

[ebr 17031]

3 hours ago, Nimasa said:

I've only noticed this issue in Emby for Android TV (tested with versions 3.5.28 and 3.5.55)

Hi.  That's not Emby for Android TV.  That is Emby for Android.  Until this is addressed in that app, you could try installing "Emby for Android TV" from the store.

[Nimasa 14]

30 minutes ago, ebr said:

Hi.  That's not Emby for Android TV.  That is Emby for Android.  Until this is addressed in that app, you could try installing "Emby for Android TV" from the store.

You're right @ebr. It's "Emby for Android" on an Android TV.

[Luke 43544]

Hi, this is resolved in Emby for Android 3.5.75. Thanks.

[Nimasa 14]

 

8 hours ago, Luke said:

Hi, this is resolved in Emby for Android 3.5.75. Thanks.

Thanks for the update. 

I just manually updated the app on my Android TV using the installer in the following link, and it bumped the version to 3.5.74. Aftering a quick test, the issue was still present. I guess I have to wait for v3.5.75 to become publicly available before testing again.

 

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/raw/master/android/emby-android-google-armeabi-v7a-release.apk

 

Edited November 4 by Nimasa

[irony 0]

Thanks Luke, when I updated from the Play Store, I received 3.5.72.  Anyway to force 3.5.75?

[Luke 43544]

On 11/4/2026 at 5:01 PM, irony said:

Thanks Luke, when I updated from the Play Store, I received 3.5.72.  Anyway to force 3.5.75?

It's not published yet. Best thing to do is follow here:

Thanks.

[Nimasa 14]

On 11/3/2026 at 11:29 PM, Luke said:

Hi, this is resolved in Emby for Android 3.5.75. Thanks.

It works now with v.3.5.75. Thanks for addressing this issue.