Ahead of CES 2025 officially starting tomorrow, Google announced that Gemini is coming to Google TV.
In bringing “Gemini models” to this new form factor, Google wants to “make interacting with your TV more intuitive and helpful.” This joins Gemini on phones, tablets, and headphones, while we reported today that Gemini is coming to Wear OS smartwatches.
Specifically, Google says this “will make searching through your media easier than ever, and you will be able to ask questions about travel, health, space, history and more, with videos in the results for added context.”
This very much sounds like the Gemini-powered Google Assistant upgrade that’s currently being tested on the Nest Mini and Audio. The LLM can “provide more in-depth, AI-powered answers on general knowledge topics.” In addition to more natural voices, you can ask follow-up questions and interrupt responses to ask something new.
Meanwhile, other Gemini model-powered capabilities will let you “create customized artwork with the family, control your smart home devices while your TV is in ambient mode and even get an overview of the day’s news.”
Google introduced AI screensavers last year along with AI-generated summaries for movie and show listings.
Google is only providing a “preview” of what the “Gemini models” can do for televisions today, with a rollout beginning “later this year on select Google TV devices.”
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