diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/apple/RNGestureHandlerButton.h b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/apple/RNGestureHandlerButton.h
index 32e81191c0..8b9c0c7f45 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/apple/RNGestureHandlerButton.h
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/apple/RNGestureHandlerButton.h
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@
  */
 - (void)applyStartAnimationState;
 
+#if TARGET_OS_TV
+- (void)handleAnimatePressIn;
+- (void)handleAnimatePressOut;
+#endif // TARGET_OS_TV
+
 /**
  * Resets all transient press/animation state so the button can be safely reused
  * by Fabric view recycling. Cancels pending press-out blocks, removes in-flight
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.mm
index af27a5a3d0..468576db7c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.mm
@@ -68,6 +68,44 @@ - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
   return self;
 }
 
+#if TARGET_OS_TV
+- (void)emitPressInEvent
+{
+  if (!_buttonView.userEnabled) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  [_buttonView sendActionsForControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
+}
+
+- (void)emitPressOutEvent
+{
+  if (!_buttonView.userEnabled) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  [_buttonView sendActionsForControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
+}
+
+- (void)animatePressIn
+{
+  if (!_buttonView.userEnabled) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  [_buttonView handleAnimatePressIn];
+}
+
+- (void)animatePressOut
+{
+  if (!_buttonView.userEnabled) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  [_buttonView handleAnimatePressOut];
+}
+#endif // TARGET_OS_TV
+
 - (void)prepareForRecycle
 {
   [self.layer removeAnimationForKey:@"transform"];
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/components/utils.ts b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/components/utils.ts
index 21e59d020a..4b64015b86 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/components/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/components/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
+import { Platform } from 'react-native';
+
 import type { BaseGesture, GestureRef } from '../handlers/gestures/gesture';
 
+type TVProps = {
+  focusable?: boolean | undefined;
+  isTVSelectable?: boolean | undefined;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Gesture Handler buttons render the native button component directly, bypassing RN's `<View>` —
+ * the only place the `focusable` prop is translated into `isTVSelectable`, which actually drives
+ * tvOS focusability.
+ */
+export function getTVProps(props: TVProps): TVProps {
+  if (!Platform.isTV) {
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  return {
+    isTVSelectable: props.focusable ?? props.isTVSelectable ?? true,
+  };
+}
+
 export type RelationPropName =
   | 'simultaneousWithExternalGesture'
   | 'requireExternalGestureToFail'
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/components/GestureButtons.tsx b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/components/GestureButtons.tsx
index 4e61917ff2..e07cd9df60 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/components/GestureButtons.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/components/GestureButtons.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React, { useRef } from 'react';
 import { Animated, Platform, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
 
 import GestureHandlerButton from '../../components/GestureHandlerButton';
+import { getTVProps } from '../../components/utils';
 import createNativeWrapper from '../createNativeWrapper';
 import type { NativeHandlerData } from '../hooks/gestures/native/NativeTypes';
 import type { GestureEndEvent, GestureEvent } from '../types';
@@ -95,10 +96,13 @@ export const BaseButton = (props: BaseButtonProps) => {
     props.onFinalize?.(e);
   };
 
+  const tvProps = getTVProps(rest);
+
   return (
     <RawButton
       style={[style, Platform.OS === 'ios' && { cursor: undefined }]}
       {...rest}
+      {...tvProps}
       onBegin={onBegin}
       onActivate={onActivate}
       onDeactivate={onDeactivate}
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/components/Pressable.tsx b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/components/Pressable.tsx
index 375255e86f..fd9d267316 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/components/Pressable.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/components/Pressable.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   numberAsInset,
   viewCenterToPressableEvent,
 } from '../../components/Pressable/utils';
+import { getTVProps } from '../../components/utils';
 import { PressabilityDebugView } from '../../handlers/PressabilityDebugView';
 import { useIsScreenReaderEnabled } from '../../useIsScreenReaderEnabled';
 import { INT32_MAX, isTestEnv } from '../../utils';
@@ -152,8 +153,9 @@ const Pressable = (props: PressableProps) => {
   }, [cancelDelayedPress, cancelLongPress]);
 
   const handlePressIn = useCallback(
-    (event: PressableEvent) => {
+    (event: PressableEvent, skipBoundsCheck = false) => {
       if (
+        !skipBoundsCheck &&
         !isTouchWithinInset(
           dimensions.current,
           normalizedHitSlop,
@@ -306,6 +308,14 @@ const Pressable = (props: PressableProps) => {
       }
     },
     onBegin: () => {
+      if (Platform.isTV) {
+        // tvOS drives this native gesture from the focus-engine Select press.
+        // The press state machine is touch-based and never
+        // receives LONG_PRESS_TOUCHES_DOWN here, so bypass it and drive the press handlers directly.
+        // A focus-driven press has no coordinates, so skip the hit-slop bounds check entirely.
+        handlePressIn(viewCenterToPressableEvent(dimensions.current), true);
+        return;
+      }
       if (Platform.OS === 'android' && isScreenReaderEnabled) {
         stateMachine.handleEvent(
           StateMachineEvent.NATIVE_BEGIN,
@@ -316,8 +326,7 @@ const Pressable = (props: PressableProps) => {
       stateMachine.handleEvent(StateMachineEvent.NATIVE_BEGIN);
     },
     onActivate: () => {
-      if (Platform.OS !== 'android') {
-        // Native.onActivate is broken with Android + hitSlop
+      if (!Platform.isTV && Platform.OS !== 'android') {
         stateMachine.handleEvent(StateMachineEvent.NATIVE_START);
       }
     },
@@ -327,6 +336,16 @@ const Pressable = (props: PressableProps) => {
       if (Platform.OS === 'web') {
         return;
       }
+
+      if (Platform.isTV) {
+        handlePressOut(
+          viewCenterToPressableEvent(dimensions.current),
+          !event.canceled
+        );
+        handleFinalize();
+        return;
+      }
+
       stateMachine.handleEvent(
         event.canceled ? StateMachineEvent.CANCEL : StateMachineEvent.FINALIZE
       );
@@ -373,10 +392,13 @@ const Pressable = (props: PressableProps) => {
     [onLayout]
   );
 
+  const tvProps = getTVProps(remainingProps);
+
   return (
     <GestureDetector gesture={gesture}>
       <PureNativeButton
         {...remainingProps}
+        {...tvProps}
         onLayout={setDimensions}
         accessible={accessible !== false}
         hitSlop={appliedHitSlop}
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/components/Touchable/Touchable.tsx b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/components/Touchable/Touchable.tsx
index 898de4b3bb..bd5e19e9cd 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/components/Touchable/Touchable.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/components/Touchable/Touchable.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React, { useCallback, useRef } from 'react';
 import { Platform } from 'react-native';
 
 import GestureHandlerButton from '../../../components/GestureHandlerButton';
+import { getTVProps } from '../../../components/utils';
 import { NativeDetector } from '../../detectors/NativeDetector';
 import { useNativeGesture } from '../../hooks';
 import type {
@@ -208,10 +209,13 @@ export const Touchable = (props: TouchableProps) => {
       }
     : TRANSPARENT_RIPPLE;
 
+  const tvProps = getTVProps(rest);
+
   return (
     <NativeDetector gesture={nativeGesture}>
       <GestureHandlerButton
         {...rest}
+        {...tvProps}
         {...rippleProps}
         {...resolvedDurations}
         ref={ref ?? null}