Creatives have been pushing back against the use of generative artificial intelligence in their work, going so far as to include disclosures indicating AI wasn’t used during a production. So Google is bypassing Hollywood entirely and bringing slop directly to consumers. The company announced this week that it will add its AI tool Gemini to Google TV devices, which will include the ability to use image and video generation models Nano Banana and Veo directly on the TV.
Per Google, Gemini integration into Google TV will bring along the AI model’s ability to search for information. Google says the tool will provide a “visually rich framework” to explore topics, sprinkling in images, visuals, and real-time information—evoking the company’s “visual interfaces” that it introduced with Gemini 3. It’ll also offer “Deep dives” that, according to Google, will provide “narrated, interactive overviews simplified for the whole family.” Seems the idea is to turn tumbling down an internet rabbit hole into a family affair.
Additionally, Gemini will bring some generative AI tools to the TV. Google says users will be able to pull up images from their Google Photos library and apply “artistic styles with Photo Remix or transform memories into cinematic immersive slideshows.” It’s unclear whether Google will just create effects around static images or if it’ll hop on the trend of animating still photos and turning them into “videos” with generative AI.
On top of giving users the ability to doll up their photos, Gemini will also bring with it Nano Banana, Google’s image generation AI model, and Veo, its video generation tool. Those will be available to users so they can “reimagine personal photos or create original media directly” on their TV. That’s probably a dream come true for the part of the Stranger Things fandom that insists there is a secret episode still to come. Now they are one step closer to being able to just generate their own personal ending and pretend they got what they wanted.
If there’s one functional feature that Gemini will introduce to Google TV, it’s the ability to change settings with natural language. Per Google, users should be able to issue voice commands like “the screen is too dim,” and the AI tool will adjust the picture without pausing what they are watching or navigating settings menus. Finally, you can tell your parents to just say “turn off motion smoothing” rather than having to do it for them every holiday.
Per Google, Gemini will roll out first to select TCL devices and will make its way to other Google TV devices over the coming months.
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