YouTube for TVs is getting another dose of Gemini, but it could make sense for once

At I/O 2026 a few weeks ago, Google shared an unsurprising stat about its Search. In about a year since its launch, AI mode is already being used by a billion users every month, with the number of queries growing exponentially with each quarter. Naturally, that’s reason enough to bring conversational searches to other platforms, and YouTube is an easy choice given the sheer number of searches it handles. So, last month, Google also launched Ask YouTube, bringing an AI Mode-like conversation search experience to the video platform. While the feature was limited to the web version, it’s not being expanded to YouTube for TVs.

YouTube recently announced that its conversational search tool, Ask YouTube, is coming to the YouTube app on TV. The feature is not limited to a specific platform, such as Google TV, but is instead available on smart TVs, gaming consoles, and streaming devices.

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