Imagine walking into your living room andyour TVautomatically telling you the weather and your calendar for the day. If this is a future you can imagine, you’ll be pleased to hear thatGoogleis working on a new mode forGoogle TVthat does just that. Plus,Gemini will soonbe making its way to Google TV also.
AtCES 2025, Googleunveiled its upcomingAmbient Mode for Google TV devices. The new feature will display relevant information when a user’s presence is detected on a supported Google TV device. You’ll be able to see things like the weather, a news brief, your photos and your calendar displayed in Ambient Mode.
It’s important to note that Google isn’t using cameras to detect your presence. Instead, it uses radar-like technology that senses motion. So you don’t have to worry about your Google TV being able to spy on you.
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You’ll be able to ask Google TV more detailed questions
Google Assistant will soon be integrated with Gemini on Google TV, making conversations with the virtual assistant much more natural. You’ll be able to ask more advanced questions about content availability, and ask follow-up questions or change the topic without saying “Hey Google” multiple times.
Google TV will also provide recommended YouTube videos that may help answer your questions. For example, if you ask it the best place to get pizza in New York City, it will give you a list of YouTube videos you can check out. Additionally, Google is making interacting with your connected smart home devices much more effortless on Google TV. You can ask Google Assistant with Gemini, “Who’s at the front door?” and your front door camera will immediately appear on your TV screen.
Gemini integration with Google Assistant will be making its way to new and existing Google TV products later this year. New Google TV products with support for presence detection are expected to be released closer to the end of the year. Gemini seems to make Google TV much more straightforward to converse with, but it will be interesting to see if people find these new AI features on their TVs useful.
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