Google's Shalini Govil-Pai on Gemini and smart TVs

🎬 Streaming wars aren’t just about content anymore — they’re about experience. When a user presses play, they don’t care about your infrastructure. They care about smooth playback, crisp quality, and ads that don’t ruin the flow. Behind the scenes, though, it’s a battlefield of devices: smart TVs, set-top boxes, CTVs, mobiles, and even older models still in circulation. This is where real-time device intelligence becomes the game-changer. With DeviceAtlas, streaming platforms can: ✅ Detect and classify any device instantly (yes, even the obscure ones) ✅ Power adaptive streaming by aligning quality with real capabilities ✅ Standardize device data to feed monitoring, analytics, and monetization ✅ Reduce buffering, errors, and wasted ad impressions Because in streaming, every second counts. 👉 The real question: is your platform truly device-aware? #Streaming #OTT #CTV #AdTech #DeviceIntelligence

[4DGS STREAMING] Can you stream volumetric video feed (3DGS) onto mobile devices in real-time? The LiveGS project, which I have seen at SIGGRAPH 2025 Emerging Technologies proves it is possible. LiveGS benchmarks: ✅ Over 30 FPS on iPhone 15 ✅ Bitrates under 20 Mbps ✅ Latency under one second (see the video) This free-viewpoint video (FVV) live-broadcasting system solves the bottleneck challenges in streaming 3D Gaussian Splatting content to mobile devices. For creators, educators, and professionals working with spatial media, research like this opens new possibilities for live volumetric broadcasts accessible on everyday devices in not so distant future. Check out the paper link in the comment. Contributors: Yuzhong Chen ByteDance Inc., Beijing, China; Yuqin Liang ByteDance Inc., Shanghai, China; Zihao Wang ByteDance Inc., Hangzhou, China; Danying Wang ByteDance Inc., Shanghai, China; Cong Xie ByteDance Inc., Hangzhou, China; Shaohui Jiao ByteDance Inc., Beiijing, China; Li Zhang ByteDance Inc., San Diego, USA. 

🚀 The Future of TV Measurement Is  Verified For years, Connected TV (CTV) and OTT have been built on modeled audiences, not measured ones. At Vuer, we’re changing that. 📱 Where there’s a phone, there’s a person. Nine out of ten viewers watch TV with a mobile device nearby — and those devices hold the key to true audience verification. 🔍 Our patent-pending technology combines Bluetooth and motion sensor data to detect active TVs and real human presence — without cameras, downloads, or behavioral changes. ✅ What this means: Verified impressions labeled in real time through SSP integrations Co-viewing insights (how many people are in the room) Privacy-safe measurement using hashed IDs and one-time Bluetooth consent Immediate scale through popular mobile apps and global reach 🎯 Real impressions. Real time. Vuer delivers verified co-viewing data that extends reach, refines frequency, and powers fairer pricing for everyone in the TV ecosystem. 🌍 Launching Q1 2026 with a major Canadian telco. If you’re a broadcaster, advertiser, or SSP ready to turn modeled reach into measured reality, let’s connect. 👉 Learn more: www.vuer.co #CTV #Streaming #AdTech #AudienceMeasurement #Data #Innovation #Vuer #CoViewing #PrivacySafe #AI

🚀 The Future of TV Measurement Is  Verified For years, Connected TV (CTV) and OTT have been built on modeled audiences, not measured ones. At Vuer, we’re changing that. 📱 Where there’s a phone, there’s a person. Nine out of ten viewers watch TV with a mobile device nearby — and those devices hold the key to true audience verification. 🔍 Our patent-pending technology combines Bluetooth and motion sensor data to detect active TVs and real human presence — without cameras, downloads, or behavioral changes. ✅ What this means: Verified impressions labeled in real time through SSP integrations Co-viewing insights (how many people are in the room) Privacy-safe measurement using hashed IDs and one-time Bluetooth consent Immediate scale through popular mobile apps and global reach 🎯 Real impressions. Real time. Vuer delivers verified co-viewing data that extends reach, refines frequency, and powers fairer pricing for everyone in the TV ecosystem. 🌍 Launching Q1 2026 with a major Canadian telco. If you’re a broadcaster, advertiser, or SSP ready to turn modeled reach into measured reality, let’s connect. 👉 Learn more: www.vuer.co #CTV #Streaming #AdTech #AudienceMeasurement #Data #Innovation #Vuer #CoViewing #PrivacySafe #AI

🚀 The Future of TV Measurement Is  Verified For years, Connected TV (CTV) and OTT have been built on modeled audiences, not measured ones. At Vuer, we’re changing that. 📱 Where there’s a phone, there’s a person. Nine out of ten viewers watch TV with a mobile device nearby — and those devices hold the key to true audience verification. 🔍 Our patent-pending technology combines Bluetooth and motion sensor data to detect active TVs and real human presence — without cameras, downloads, or behavioral changes. ✅ What this means: Verified impressions labeled in real time through SSP integrations Co-viewing insights (how many people are in the room) Privacy-safe measurement using hashed IDs and one-time Bluetooth consent Immediate scale through popular mobile apps and global reach 🎯 Real impressions. Real time. Vuer delivers verified co-viewing data that extends reach, refines frequency, and powers fairer pricing for everyone in the TV ecosystem. 🌍 Launching Q1 2026 with a major Canadian telco. If you’re a broadcaster, advertiser, or SSP ready to turn modeled reach into measured reality, let’s connect. 👉 Learn more: www.vuer.co #CTV #Streaming #AdTech #AudienceMeasurement #Data #Innovation #Vuer #CoViewing #PrivacySafe #AI

🚀 The Future of TV Measurement Is  Verified For years, Connected TV (CTV) and OTT have been built on modeled audiences, not measured ones. At Vuer, we’re changing that. 📱 Where there’s a phone, there’s a person. Nine out of ten viewers watch TV with a mobile device nearby — and those devices hold the key to true audience verification. 🔍 Our patent-pending technology combines Bluetooth and motion sensor data to detect active TVs and real human presence — without cameras, downloads, or behavioral changes. ✅ What this means: Verified impressions labeled in real time through SSP integrations Co-viewing insights (how many people are in the room) Privacy-safe measurement using hashed IDs and one-time Bluetooth consent Immediate scale through popular mobile apps and global reach 🎯 Real impressions. Real time. Vuer delivers verified co-viewing data that extends reach, refines frequency, and powers fairer pricing for everyone in the TV ecosystem. 🌍 Launching Q1 2026 with a major Canadian telco. If you’re a broadcaster, advertiser, or SSP ready to turn modeled reach into measured reality, let’s connect. 👉 Learn more: www.vuer.co #CTV #Streaming #AdTech #AudienceMeasurement #Data #Innovation #Vuer #CoViewing #PrivacySafe #AI

Google is hoping to bring Gemini to most of its Android TV sets and devices by next year; Gemini and Google Assistant will live side-by-side on smart TVs and streaming hardware, with the former handling complex tasks using conversational language. https://lnkd.in/g2abCxZp

Meta, Vodafone, and Google have released a new 27-page white paper detailing 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗩𝟭 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗰 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘄- 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝗱-𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀. Meta and YouTube call out the improved user experience while Vodafone highlights the benefits to "optimize network capacity." A combined team of ten employees from Meta, Vodafone, and Google contributed to the paper. Link to whitepaper here: https://lnkd.in/eQZCpaZ7 #streamingmedia #codecs #encoding #AV1 #infrastructure #SVOD #AVOD #transcoding #videoworkflow

Today, Meta, Vodafone, and Google released a white paper, “Video Streaming with the AV1 Video Codec in Mobile Devices,” detailing the benefits of the AV1 codec, an advanced video compression technique, to enhance the streaming video experience on mobile devices. https://lnkd.in/ejN8WC3a

Amazon is bringing Alexa+ to its Fire TV devices, enhancing them with AI-powered conversations. With Alexa+, users can ask more complex questions, get tailored recommendations, and find specific scenes in movies using natural language. The new Fire TV lineup includes the Fire TV 2-Series, 4-Series, Omni QLED TVs, and the Fire TV 4K Select streaming stick, all featuring the Alexa+ upgrade. Aidan Marcuss, VP of Fire TV, mentioned that Amazon has launched 250 TVs in 2025, with nearly 300 million Fire TV devices sold globally. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gZ6BfQ7r 📰 Subscribe to the Daily AI Brief: https://lnkd.in/epHYTU3i #ai #artificialintelligence #ainews