Nontrivial is Now on Android TV and Apple TV
The Nontrivial TV app mirrors your quiz session onto any Android TV or Apple TV — questions, timer, and live leaderboard on the big screen. Here's how pairing works.
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Starting today, Nontrivial runs on Android TV and Apple TV. You can mirror your quiz session onto any supported TV and let everyone in the room see the questions, countdown timer, and live leaderboard — no projector, no HDMI cable, no wrestling with a laptop.
What the TV app does
The TV app is a second screen for your game. When you host a quiz, the TV displays what's happening in real time: the current question, a countdown, and between rounds, the leaderboard with player names and scores updating as they come in.
Players still join and answer on their own devices — phone, tablet, computer, whatever they have. The TV is purely for display. It turns a big screen into a shared view that the whole room can see at once.
This works well in your living room or a classroom where students are answering on their Chromebooks while the question is up on the smartboard. It's equally useful for a pub quiz with the screen behind the bar, or a company all-hands where you want 50 people watching the same leaderboard tick up between questions.
How to pair your TV
Pairing takes about a minute.
- Download Nontrivial from the Google Play Store (Android TV) or the App Store (Apple TV) on your TV.
- Open the app. A short pairing code appears on screen.
- On any device — your phone, tablet, or computer — go to nontrivial.app and sign in to your account.
- From your dashboard, select Pair a TV and enter the code shown on your TV.
- The TV confirms the pairing and enters standby mode. The next time you host a game, it follows along automatically.
Once a TV is paired to your account, you don't need to do this again. It stays linked until you unpair it from your settings.
What shows on screen during a game
- The current question — text, plus any image if the question has one attached
- Answer tiles for multiple-choice questions — the colored A/B/C/D layout, without answer text shown (players read their options on their own screens)
- A live countdown timer
- Between questions: the leaderboard — top players, scores, and rank changes in real time
The TV does not reveal which answer each player picked while the timer is running. That's intentional — it keeps the room honest.
Supported devices
The Android TV app runs on any Android TV or Google TV device, including Chromecast with Google TV, NVIDIA Shield, and most smart TVs running Android TV.
The Apple TV app requires Apple TV HD (4th generation or later) or Apple TV 4K.
Both apps are free to download. No subscription needed.
If you run into a pairing issue or have questions, reach out here