Google is working even more Gemini features into Google TV at CES 2026. The company demoed how the AI assistant would work on its TV platform at last year’s show, and this time, it’s expanding the AI’s features to make it easier to do things like adjust your TV’s settings or edit photos.
The ability to view photos stored in Google Photos has long been a feature of Google TV, but as part of this new update, Gemini will be able to do a lot more with them, too. Google says Gemini will be able to search your Google Photos library for specific people and moments, and remix those photos into different styles or compile them into a custom slideshow. Using Google’s Veo and Nano Banana models, you’ll also be able to ask Gemini to create entirely new media from scratch.
Gemini can adjust TV settings as part of the new update. (Google)
When you don’t want to spend time digging through menus, Google says Gemini will also be able to adjust picture and sound settings for you based on a natural language request. Rather than asking for your brightness to be set to a specific level, simply telling Gemini that “the screen is too dim” will be enough to prompt the AI to adjust the image. Gemini’s ability to display information and answer questions through your TV is also expanding. The AI will now use a TV-friendly, “visually rich framework” to answer questions and explain topics, pulling on high-resolution images and video. When you need even more information, clicking on “Dive deeper” under a Gemini response will prompt the AI to create “narrated, interactive overviews” of whatever you want to learn more about.
Google only recently rolled out Gemini to its Google TV Streamer, and it sounds like it could be a bit before these new features are widely available. Google says the new Gemini update will arrive on TCL TVs running Google TV first, before rolling out to “other Google TV devices over the coming months.”
