Google wants to reinvent your TV remote with Gemini and pointer controls

Google is adding Gemini-powered features to Google TV for more conversational content discovery and search.

The company also announced support for pointer remotes, bringing cursor-style navigation to TV apps.

Developers are being asked to update apps with hover, scrolling, and cursor-click behaviors.

The changes aim to make TV browsing more flexible, but streaming apps will need to adapt to new interaction patterns.