Gemini is coming to Google TV in 2025

Abner Li | Jan 6 2025 - 8:30 am PT

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.” Results to your queries — like “What are the best places to visit in Asia for vacation in the summer?” — can include YouTube videos.

Notably, you will still be interacting with “Google Assistant” on TVs.

This is very like the Gemini-powered 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.

On Google TV, you will be able to search for movies, shows, and YouTube videos in a more conversational manner, like “What are the latest movies from Disney.” You can also search Google Photos this way: “Show me photos from my trip to Italy.”

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.

On the hardware front, upcoming Google TV models will have far-field microphones for voice commands without a remote. Similarly, Google is adding support for an ambient mode that shows an “on-screen hub” when you’re near the TV thanks to proximity sensors. When you approach the screen, personalized widgets for the weather, News brief, your morning commute, and more will appear.

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.” TCL and Hisense were named as partners today.