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TL;DR
- A new “Short Videos for You” line featuring YouTube Shorts will be coming to the US Google TV home screen this summer.
- Starting today, Nano Creation and VO AI features are rolling out to Gemini-enabled TCL Google TVs in the US, allowing custom image and video generation.
- New Gemini-based Google Photos features, like search, artistic remixing, and dynamic slideshows, are also coming to eligible devices, though Google hasn’t shared a timeline for them.
Whether you asked for it or not, the “phone experience” is officially taking over the largest screen in your home. After teasing a suite of Gemini AI-powered updates at CES 2026, Google is finally pulling the trigger on a major Google TV overhaul in the US. While the update brings sophisticated Gemini-powered tools like Nano Banana and VO to select TCL sets, the most polarizing change will soon be coming to your home screen: a dedicated row for YouTube Shorts. If you’ve ever felt like you were missing the ability to doomscroll through vertical video in your living room, your wait is almost over.
Short videos are coming to your Google TV home screen
If doomscrolling on your phone wasn’t enough, you’ll soon be able to doomscroll short videos straight from your Google TV home screen. Google TV will soon bring a brand new “Short Videos for You” row right to the home page. Users will be able to go into personalized feeds of short videos, starting with YouTube Shorts.
This new short video line will be available on Google TV devices in the US this summer.
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Gemini features available for Google TV devices in the US
Today, Google is announcing that the previously announced Nano Banana and VO features are finally becoming available for Gemini-enabled TCL Google TVs in the US. Users will now be able to generate custom images and videos directly on their TV if they wish.
Google also mentioned that the previously announced Gemini-based Google Photos search and Remix features are being released first to Gemini-enabled devices in the US.
Additionally, Google Photos dynamic slideshows will be available on eligible Google TV devices globally, as long as your device has at least 2GB of RAM. No timeline has been shared for this rollout.
With Gemini, users can search for specific moments in the Google Photos library on their TV using their voice. Remix feature lets users edit photos with artistic styles. Dynamic Slideshows turn any Google Photos album into a dynamic slideshow that plays as a screensaver on your Google TV.
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