The Google TV platform will soon show YouTube shorts videos directly on the home page

The Google TV platform will soon show YouTube shorts videos directly on the home page

The GoTV platform receives a number of new features via a software update. The biggest news here is probably a novel integration of YouTube Shorts. The platform will soon display a number of personalized shorts directly on the home page.

In other words, the short vertical video format continues to shift from mobile phones to larger screens. Disney+ has recently followed this trend with the introduction of an in-house vertical video platform. Google has apparently even left the door open to integrate other platforms, as the announcement states that this function “ begins with YouTube shorts”. Time will show if TikTok and Instagram reels land on Google TV-enabled devices.

The platform also adds some generative AI functions, because we write the year 2026 and no device is safe. The AI image generator Nano Banana is now available on the Google TV platform and allows users to “leach the room” by adding “turns” to each photo.

The company brings the video generation tool Veo to the platform. In this way, users can create videos via prompts. You know the exercise. As an example, Google calls a user who asks for a video in which his grandfather performs a dance in space.

This update also brings some smaller features. Google Gemini has been integrated into the Photos app and allows request-based queries. This app also received the AI processing suite Google Photos Remix.

The integration of YouTube shorts takes place only in summer, but everything else is already available. Most of these tools only work with Gemini-enabled devices.