AtCES 2025, Google announced some exciting new updates that will soon be available on Google TV, includingGemini integration and presence detection. Now, the tech giant has announced that it is beginning to test anAI-powered news featureforGoogle TV, which is rolling out for select users in the US.
The feature is calledNews Briefs, and it will use AI to present users with an overview of top news stories and YouTube videos related to them from “trusted news sources.” If you’ve been randomly selected to test News Briefs, it can be found by navigating to your For You page on Google TV.
“Using Gemini models and human evaluation, News Briefs presents overviews of the top news stories, and surfaces related YouTube videos from trusted news sources for you to learn more.“Google said. “Briefs are updated with top stories throughout the day so you can easily keep up with the latest news.”
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News Briefs is an experimental feature
Hopefully, it will avoid the fate of Apple Intelligence’s AI notification summaries
Google says that News Briefs is only an experiment in the US. This means the feature might not see a wider rollout after its initial testing period. I think News Briefs is a feature users will either love or hate. Some people might want to see news stories while browsing Google TV, while others might prefer to avoid it altogether.
According to Google, News Briefs uses “Gemini Models and human evaluation.” Hopefully, its human involvement will prevent it from encountering any of the problems Apple Intelligence’s AI notification news summaries ran into. TheBBC complainedabout Apple’s AI notification summaries after it generated misleading headlines. Apple recently decided tohalt AI news summarieswith iOS 18.3.
Google TV has a big year ahead. At CES 2025, Google unveiled a newAmbient modecoming to Google TV devices that will display relevant information on a TV when a user’s presence is detected. The feature uses radar-like technology to detect a user’s presence, not cameras, so Google TV won’t be spying on you. Additionally, Google Assistant will soon beintegrated with Gemini, allowing users to converse with it more naturally.
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Apple is disabling its AI Notification Summaries features for news and entertainment apps in iOS 18.3.
