Google Pictures will lastly be accessible on TVs subsequent yr, beginning with an upcoming integration for Samsung TVs. Samsung announced that the deliberate integration will “seamlessly carry the pictures folks seize on their telephones to Samsung TVs, the place they’ll seem in a bigger, cinematic format,” and that it desires Google Pictures to be “deeply woven into the TV expertise.”
There at the moment isn’t a local TV app for Google Pictures, even on the corporate’s personal Google TV platform, although Samsung’s announcement doesn’t specify that this new integration shall be launching as a devoted app. Samsung says it’s first aiming to carry a Recollections function that showcases curated collections of pictures and movies to its Tizen OS-powered TVs in March 2026, which shall be unique to Samsung TVs for six months.
This launch shall be adopted by Google Pictures search and generative AI picture options within the second half of 2026. “Create with AI” will present themed templates built on Nano Banana, and AI image generation and editing features, together with Google’s Remix and Photo to Video instruments. “Personalised Outcomes” will enable customers to view a slideshow of their pictures primarily based on subjects or content material, reminiscent of “ocean,” “mountaineering,” or “Paris.”
Samsung expects that the combination shall be easy to arrange, requiring customers to register on their TV utilizing their Google account to mechanically show pictures saved to Google Pictures. Whereas Samsung is aiming to be the primary to launch these Google Pictures options, it’s possible that different TV suppliers will comply with as soon as the exclusivity settlement on Recollections expires.