I have tried to integrate In-app updates on a Android TV app but I get the following error:

com.google.android.play.core.install.InstallException: Install Error: -3

It isn't obvious what "-3" means... But after spending time looking I assume the "-3" means ERROR_API_NOT_AVAILABLE (from https://developer.android.com/reference/com/google/android/play/core/install/model/InstallErrorCode.html)

Does this mean the Google Play Services / Google Play Store on Android TV don't support "In-app Updates"?

The documentation "Support in-app updates" (https://developer.android.com/guide/app-bundle/in-app-updates) does not say anything about what kind of support Android TV has.

Am I doing something wrong?

=== Simple code snippet ===
The following is a small snippet of code that I put in an Android TV app (the above exception happens in the OnFailureListener):

private fun checkUpdate() {
val appUpdateManager = AppUpdateManagerFactory.create(this)
val appUpdateInfoTask = appUpdateManager.appUpdateInfo

appUpdateInfoTask.addOnFailureListener { exception -> Log.e("UPDATE", "Exception: $exception")}

appUpdateInfoTask.addOnSuccessListener { appUpdateInfo ->
if (appUpdateInfo.updateAvailability() == UpdateAvailability.UPDATE_AVAILABLE && appUpdateInfo.isUpdateTypeAllowed(AppUpdateType.IMMEDIATE)) {
Log.i("UPDATE", "Request the update")
}
}
}

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