Google previews new Gemini features for TV at CES 2026

Google believes AI tin amended the TV-watching experience, which is wherefore it brought its Gemini AI to Google TV devices successful November. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2026) successful Las Vegas, the institution is present showing disconnected a bid of caller Gemini features that volition soon get connected the TV, making it imaginable for viewers to heavy dive into topics, hunt for and “reimagine” their idiosyncratic photos and videos with AI, and, possibly champion of all, archer the TV what to bash alternatively of having to navigate done analyzable settings.

The institution is archetypal bringing these Gemini features and others to prime TCL televisions earlier rolling them retired much broadly to different Google TV devices successful the months ahead.

Designed for large-screen experiences, Gemini for Google TV volition let users to speech to their TV to find thing to watch, drawback up connected a favourite bid by getting a recap of the plot, oregon get recommendations, each by utilizing earthy connection conversation. For instance, you could inquire Gemini for thing to ticker that would beryllium a blend of 2 people’s tastes, oregon get assistance remembering a amusement oregon movie wherever you can’t retrieve the title, but tin picture the crippled oregon sanction 1 of the actors.

You could adjacent inquire Google thing like, “What’s the caller infirmary play everyone’s talking about?”

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Gemini tin respond to users’ questions done a caller visually affluent model that adapts to idiosyncratic queries, combining text, imagery, video context, and real-time sports updates, arsenic required.

But Google sees the imaginable for the TV’s surface to beryllium utilized for much than conscionable entertainment; with Gemini, the TV tin beryllium utilized to educate, too.

At CES, Google showed however this would work. When users inquire a question astir thing they privation to larn about, the TV surface tin connection a heavy dive into the topic. A narrated interactive overview simplifies concepts, and users tin inquire follow-up questions to larn more.

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Gemini volition besides let users to query their Google Photos room for circumstantial radical oregon moments. They tin besides use creator styles to their photos and videos utilizing Gemini AI and crook their memories into cinematic slideshows, says Google.

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However, possibly the astir utile diagnostic is 1 that gives you the powerfulness to optimize the TV’s settings utilizing lone your voice.

Now, you’ll beryllium capable to archer Gemini things similar “the surface is excessively dim” oregon “I can’t perceive the dialogue,” and Gemini volition set the applicable settings without you having to permission the movie oregon TV amusement you’re watching to excavation done menus to find the indispensable option.

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Google says the caller Gemini features volition necessitate the Google TV devices to beryllium moving Android TV OS 14 oregon higher, and they volition request an net connection. Not each languages, countries, oregon devices volition beryllium supported astatine launch, and users indispensable besides person a Google relationship to entree the Gemini for TV experience.