Build high-performance streaming apps for every screen
From smart TVs to mobile devices, we help you deliver consistent, high-quality streaming experiences across all major platforms using React Native and web technologies.
Why React Native is a great fit for streaming apps
React Native blends native and web technologies to deliver smooth, consistent experiences across all TV platforms—while keeping your product ready for the next screen that hits the market.
All major platforms supported
React Native powers native apps on tvOS and Android TV, while also running on web-based platforms like Tizen and webOS.
All major platforms supported
React Native powers native apps on tvOS and Android TV, while also running on web-based platforms like Tizen and webOS.
One codebase, all screens
Deliver your streaming experience across phones, tablets, smart TVs, and more—from a shared codebase that adapts to new platforms as they launch.
One codebase, all screens
Deliver your streaming experience across phones, tablets, smart TVs, and more—from a shared codebase that adapts to new platforms as they launch.
Launch on new platforms quickly
React Native gives your team the flexibility to adopt new devices quickly—so you’re ready when the next streaming platform goes live.
Launch on new platforms quickly
React Native gives your team the flexibility to adopt new devices quickly—so you’re ready when the next streaming platform goes live.
Achieving feature parity and high performance on Samsung TVs
Rebuilding a legacy Samsung TV app with React Native enabled a major streaming provider to achieve feature parity, improve performance across key UX metrics, and extend their shared codebase to a new web-based TV platform—all without growing their engineering team.
28.6%
lower TTI after rewrite
Streaming app that works on every screen
A cross-platform application tuned for real-world streaming—native look and feel, fast startup, and smooth playback across all major TV platforms.
Optimized video playback
Best practices for buffering, controls, fullscreen, and resolution switching—tailored to each platform.
Intuitive focus management
Consistent navigation across remotes, screens, and components—so users stay in control and never get stuck.
Smooth UX
Fast startup, fluid transitions, and efficient state handling—designed to deliver a smooth, performant interface across platforms.
Platform-specific enhancements
Includes native features like Apple TV top shelf, Android TV recommendations, and voice search—enabled where supported.
Reusable logic
A single codebase for authentication, content browsing, watch history, and more—while adapting the UI to fit each platform.
Production-grade CI/CD
Automated pipelines, device testing, and store submission—so your app ships reliably on every screen.
Mastering the Big Screen: React Native for TVs
Authored in collaboration with experts from Callstack and Amazon, "Mastering The Big Screen: React Native for TV" offers practical insights into leveraging your existing React skills to build scalable and performant apps that work across smart TVs, set-top boxes, streaming sticks, and gaming consoles.
- Discover the must-have features for high-quality TV apps
- Create flexible designs for all major TV systems
- Enhance user experience with holistic optimization strategies
Hire experts to build and scale your streaming app
Build a streaming app for mobile, TV, and more
Design and deliver a cross-platform experience for iOS, Android, tvOS, Tizen, and more—featuring intuitive navigation and reliable playback.
Improve media performance and UX
Fine-tune media rendering, focus management, and UI transitions for a fast, reliable experience on every screen.
Bring full feature parity across platforms
Align playback, navigation, and feature sets—so users get a consistent, high-quality experience no matter where they watch.
Integrate platform-specific features
Support deep links, recommendations, and TV app store compliance—handling platform quirks so your team doesn’t have to.
Why leading companies work with Callstack
Meta Official Partners
We are official Meta partner for React Native, co-organizers of React Conf and hosts of React Universe Conf.
Working at scale
We know how to make React Native work at enterprise scale, both technically and organizationally.
React Native Core Contributors
We don’t just use React Native to build cross-platform apps, we help shape it for millions of developers.
Team at scale
We’re a team of 200+ engineers ready to start fast and scale with your needs.
Enterprise-friendly
We hold ISO certifications and follow strict security standards to make onboarding smooth and compliant.
Wide range of services
As a partner for your full application lifecycle, we offer a full range of services around React and React Native.
FAQs
Launching a streaming app across TV, mobile, and web is a different challenge than standard app development. Here’s what teams usually ask us before we get started.
We support all major streaming platforms, including tvOS, Android TV, Tizen, webOS, and mobile platforms like iOS and Android—using React Native and web technologies.
Yes. We structure your app so core logic and components are shared, with platform-specific tweaks where needed—no separate apps to maintain.
We map platform requirements early—navigation, guidelines, metadata, and store rules—and build features like remote handling and deep links to meet platform expectations and deliver a smooth user experience.
Yes. We test on a range of devices and optimize for memory usage, load times, and rendering speed—especially on slower smart TVs or older Android boxes.
Definitely. We often join as a dedicated extension to your team—focusing on cross-platform delivery, streaming tech, and platform quirks, while your team handles product and feature logic.
Need a partner to deliver your streaming app across platforms?
We work with product and engineering teams to build high-quality streaming apps that meet platform standards, deliver smooth performance, and scale across tvOS, Android TV, Tizen, webOS, and beyond.
