diff --git a/custom_components/nvidia_shield/ha_adb_common/__init__.py b/custom_components/nvidia_shield/ha_adb_common/__init__.py
index 764829c..5bf9bf1 100644
--- a/custom_components/nvidia_shield/ha_adb_common/__init__.py
+++ b/custom_components/nvidia_shield/ha_adb_common/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Shared ADB utilities for Home Assistant custom integrations."""
 
 from .adb_client import AdbClientBase, parse_wakefulness
+from .app_label import parse_application_label
 from .const import (
     ATTR_MEDIA_DAG_JELLYFIN_ENTITY,
     ATTR_MEDIA_DAG_NOW_PLAYING,
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "PlaybackIntent",
     "ensure_adb_key",
     "parse_all_media_sessions",
+    "parse_application_label",
     "parse_audio_playback",
     "parse_foreground",
     "parse_wakefulness",
diff --git a/custom_components/nvidia_shield/ha_adb_common/app_label.py b/custom_components/nvidia_shield/ha_adb_common/app_label.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f31a2f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/custom_components/nvidia_shield/ha_adb_common/app_label.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+"""App friendly-name resolution from the package manifest (P5-1).
+
+Parses `pm dump <package>` output for the ``application-label`` line — the
+default-locale variant; localized suffixed variants
+(``application-label-<lang>:``) are skipped, and multi-label blocks across
+locales are tolerated (first default-locale label wins), mirroring the
+tolerant pattern of the androidtv-adb core helper.
+"""
+
+import re
+
+_APPLICATION_LABEL_RE = re.compile(r"application-label(?:-[A-Za-z_-]+)?:\s*'([^']*)'")
+
+
+def parse_application_label(dump: str) -> str | None:
+    """The package's default-locale application label, or None.
+
+    Returns None on empty/failed dumps too — callers fall through to the
+    next name tier.
+    """
+    if not dump:
+        return None
+    for match in _APPLICATION_LABEL_RE.finditer(dump):
+        label = (match.group(1) or "").strip()
+        if label and label not in ("null", ""):
+            return label
+    return None