Google showed off software and hardware updates to its TVs at CES 2025. Upcoming changes include improved ambient experiences, Gemini AI integration, and new hardware like far-field microphones and proximity sensors to support new software features. opportunities.
Gemini comes to Google TV
Google TV — is a user interface designed on the basis of the Android operating system, specifically for smart TVs and set-top boxes. It provides an intuitive and personalized viewing experience, combining content from various streaming services in one place. If you have this platform on your device, then you may have already used Google Assistant and its voice command “Hey Google” to search for content, so as not to enter the name manually. But now the outdated voice assistant is becoming a thing of the past on all the company's devices, replacing it with a new service based on artificial intelligence called Gemini. TVs – are no exception, reports 24 Kanal with reference to Engadget.
Gemini AI – is an artificial intelligence model developed by Google that can understand voice commands and respond to them in a more conversational manner. This means that users can ask their TVs questions or give commands using everyday language, making the interaction less robotic and more like a conversation with a human.
Actually, it's the same as using Gemini or ChatGPT on your smartphone. Users will be able to interact with their Google TV using simpler and more casual phrases. For example, you can simply ask: “What are the latest Disney movies?” and the AI will understand your query and provide relevant results.
Since TVs are connected to the Internet and have their own built-in Gemini app, you can chat with it about anything, not just movies and TV shows. Want to know the latest news? Ask it to curate a selection of the latest popular titles for you. Interested in something specific in the field of science? Just ask.
- New Google TV devices, such as the Google TV Streamer, are equipped with long-range microphones, which will allow users to interact with the TV from across the room without using a remote control.
- These far-field microphones will work in tandem with proximity sensors (the same ones on your phone that turn off the screen when you hold the phone to your ear) to provide a new ambient experience. They will detect whether you are nearby and based on that, will display a screen saver, widgets, calendar, smart home controls and more, based on different scenarios that you can start to execute under certain conditions and where you are in the room.
- The TV will also show screensavers and illustrations created by artificial intelligence when it is idle, as part of a new always-on mode (always on display).
- Finally, Gemini will also significantly improve recommendations for content on Google TV because it can analyze users' preferences and habits much more deeply and thoroughly than any algorithm before. Using this data, it will suggest shows and movies that best match users' tastes.
Google says Gemini will launch later this year on select Google TV devices, including devices from Sony, Hisense, TCL, and others.