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22 September 2025
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We first saw Gemini on Google TV way back in January during CES 2025 and have been patiently awaiting its public arrival ever since. The AI assistant is finally here, but Google’s very slow rollout of the feature won’t be widespread yet.
Google Assistant is going away, but not quite everywhere. Starting today (September 22), Gemini is live for Google TV but only on the expensive new TCL QM9K series of TVs, which promise a remoteless future.
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Gemini takes on all the features of Google Assistant, like searching for content, controlling playback, and looking up information. However, with Gemini, you get to use more natural language prompts via its AI capabilities.
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As an example, you can ask Gemini to look up your calendar or the weather. You can also use it to search for information like explaining the solar system to your kid.
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The new TCL TVs are great, and we walked away impressed from a brief hands-on with the QM9K. “The QM9K is a powerhouse, offering some incredible highlights and some of the best color depth I’ve seen in a TV yet,” Tom’s Guide TV writer Ryan Epps wrote.
These Mini LED sets feature a built-in mmWave sensor, which enables presence detection based on your proximity. As you can see in our video above, moving into range causes the TV to automatically turn on where it will display an informational screen.
With Gemini, TCL says that the QM9K can understand “conversational queries and follow-up questions based on the context.”
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However, these TVs aren’t cheap. The 65-inch model starts at $2,999 at Best Buy with prices going up from there up to 98 inches.
When is Gemini coming to other Google TV devices
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It’s surprising that Google’s own set-top box isn’t getting Gemini first, but the Google TV Streamer will be getting Gemini this year. But we know that more devices, including the TV Streamer, are meant to get Gemini this year.
According to Android Authority those include:
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Google confirmed during Google I/O that Gemini would arrive on Google TV “this fall.” The company has yet to provide a specific timeline for that arrival, but the AI assistant should show up between now and the end of the year.
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