Some living-room devices run Bedrock: Android TV and Fire TV are the usual examples, and a few other television stores list the game when Mojang has shipped a build for them. A “smart” badge on the bezel is not itself a promise.
Try the TV store first
- Connect the TV to a network you trust.
- Open its app store and search for Minecraft.
- Install only a result that names Mojang as the publisher.
- Sign in with the Microsoft account that owns Bedrock.
- Pair a controller. A remote control is a poor pickaxe.
If the store has no listing
Stop. Do not sideload a phone APK onto the television. Use a console, a computer, or a phone instead.
Console editions on PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch are often the better big-screen Minecraft, because the controller support and local co-op were designed for that room. The console page covers those storefronts.