--- title: YouTube Device Partner Summit 2026 | daily.dev description: Collabora is attending the YouTube Device Partner Summit in Tokyo, showcasing their work on the YouTube TV app for the RDK platform. Key contributions include... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/youtube-device-partner-summit-2026-vnte2n22x twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: YouTube Device Partner Summit 2026 | daily.dev og:description: Collabora is attending the YouTube Device Partner Summit in Tokyo, showcasing their work on the YouTube TV app for the RDK platform. Key contributions include... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/youtube-device-partner-summit-2026-vnte2n22x og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VntE2N22X.png og:image:alt: YouTube Device Partner Summit 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # YouTube Device Partner Summit 2026 **[Collabora Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/collabora)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Collabora is attending the YouTube Device Partner Summit in Tokyo, showcasing their work on the YouTube TV app for the RDK platform. Key contributions include helping YouTube create a standardized open source Starboard implementation for all RDK variants (previously each integrator built their own), integrating RDK as a core Cobalt development platform alongside Raspberry Pi, and adding RDK device tests to the Cobalt CI pipeline so every Cobalt commit is now tested on RDK hardware. Collabora also previously co-developed the Device Automation Bus (DAB), an open source protocol with Netflix and Amazon Prime Video for remote device testing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the Starboard porting layer in the Cobalt engine and how does it work with RDK? Starboard is Cobalt's platform abstraction layer that must be implemented separately for each target platform. Previously, every RDK integrator built their own nearly identical Starboard implementation. Collabora helped YouTube create a single standardized open source Starboard implementation covering all RDK variants, now published as part of the RDK community, eliminating duplicated effort across integrators. _Engineers porting Cobalt to new platforms track RDK and Starboard developments on daily.dev._ ### How is RDK integrated into the Cobalt CI pipeline? RDK is integrated as one of Cobalt's core development platforms alongside Raspberry Pi. RDK builds are part of the Cobalt CI system, with tests running on actual RDK devices, meaning every Cobalt commit is automatically tested on RDK hardware before merging. _Teams maintaining Cobalt-based TV apps keep up with CI and platform integration news on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Re-engineering YouTube for the Living Room: Bringing “Chrobalt” to RDK](https://daily.dev/posts/re-engineering-youtube-for-the-living-room-bringing-chrobalt-to-rdk-kjvgnfvwj) · Collabora Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [From AI video analytics to XR streaming at IBC 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/from-ai-video-analytics-to-xr-streaming-at-ibc-2026-k5jtnhrlg) · Collabora Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd), [#embedded](https://daily.dev/tags/embedded) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/youtube-device-partner-summit-2026-vnte2n22x) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"YouTube Device Partner Summit 2026","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/youtube-device-partner-summit-2026-vnte2n22x","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/youtube-device-partner-summit-2026-vnte2n22x"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:55:51.017Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:07:53.337Z","description":"Collabora is attending the YouTube Device Partner Summit in Tokyo, showcasing their work on the YouTube TV app for the RDK platform. 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