Smart TV’s updated to AI: changes can make lifestyle?

The latest generation of dazzling televisions, showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, are evolving to become central to AI-driven lifestyles.

TV titans such as LG, Samsung and TCL are packing ever more AI into stunning, huge screens that are inching toward being digital assistants capable of chatting with users and other devices in homes, some with the help of Google or Microsoft.

South Korea-based LG touted the arrival of “Affectionate Intelligence” in which home appliances watch over people – from tracking how well they sleep to making sure they remember to take an umbrella when rain is in the forecast.

“At LG, we’re seamlessly integrating AI into physical living spaces around us,” chief executive William Cho said at a media event at CES.

“We see space not merely as a physical location but as an environment where holistic experiences come to life – across the Home, Mobility, Commercial and even Virtual spaces.”

LG is making advances with its digital assistant that employs generative AI and sensors in devices to understand what people are doing and coordinate devices in responses tailored to the context, according to the company.

LG announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to put Copilot AI to use in its consumer electronics.

“Our ultimate goal is simple yet profound – to leverage AI as a means of creating holistic customer value in each whatever space you are.”

Chinese TV titan TCL announced a new QM6K line of premium TVs starting at US$800, along with a partnership with Google to build the internet giant’s Gemini AI into some models.

“TV is already well positioned as a hub for entertainment and information,” Google vice-president of TV platforms Shalini Govil-Pai said during a TCL media event.

“With the Gemini model and new hardware capabilities like the proximity sensor and the far field microphones, we will be able to unlock whole new use cases that will evolve how you interact with your TV.”

Govil-Pai described Gemini-enhanced TVs as hubs for knowledge and managing connected devices in homes.

“Our upgraded voice assistant with Gemini capabilities can understand natural language.”

Gemini features will start rolling out later this year to Google TV devices and some TCL models, according to Govil-Pai.

China-based consumer electronics colossus Hisense announced it is working Google “Home” software into its line-up of products to enable “true home automation.”

Samsung Electronics, meanwhile, is at CES with an “AI for All” roadmap aimed at making AI an “every day, everywhere” experience.

Samsung executives said that its devices from sensor-packed wearables to televisions were increasing intuitive and collaborative interactions with the help of AI.