You can choose what displays on your TV screen when you're not watching anything.
Choose your screensaver
- From the Google TV home screen, select Settings
System
- Choose what you want to show:
- Google Photos: Choose photos or albums saved in your Google Photos account.
- Art gallery: Choose featured photos, fine art, and more.
- Custom AI Art: Use generative AI to create your own images.
System Create a screensaver from Google Photos
You can create a screensaver from your recent highlights, favorite photos, or any Google Photos album.
- From the Google TV home screen, select Settings
- From the list of screensavers, select Google Photos.
- Verify your identity. You can:
- Log into your Google Account.
- Use your Google Account PIN. Learn how to create or change your Google Account PIN.
- Select the albums you want to use.
- Select Confirm.
- On your phone, open Google Home
.
- Select your TV.
- At the top right, tap Settings
- Select the photos or albums you want to show on your TV.
.- From the Google TV home screen, select Settings
- Under "More settings," choose:
- Personal photo data: Show or hide the owner's name and album name.
- Portrait Google Photos: Choose if photos can show in portrait orientation.
- Personal photo curation: Choose which albums are included.
- Slideshow speed: Choose how long a photo stays on the screen.
Create a custom AI art screensaver
You can create your own screensaver with generative AI.
- From the Google TV home screen, select Settings
- From the list of screensavers, select Custom AI Art
- Choose how to create your custom AI art:
- Describe your idea: Describe what you want to create.
- To use the microphone, on your remote, press and hold the Microphone button.
- To type, use the on-screen keyboard.
- Inspire me: Let Google TV create an image for you with generative AI.
- Suggested templates: Use a suggested template to guide you through the creation process.
- Once you create a piece of custom AI art, you can:
- Use the up and down buttons on your remote to scroll through image variants.
- Save the image to your image library.
- Generate a new set of images with the same prompt.
- Start over with a new prompt.
- Once you’ve created your images, select Set all as screensaver.
- From the custom AI art page, select Manage images.
- Select the images you want to delete
- After you generate an image, select Feedback.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
- Explain why you want to report the AI-generated image. Learn how to send feedback on Google TV.
Show weather & time on your screen saver
- From the Google TV home screen, select Settings
- Under "More settings," choose:
- Weather: Choose °C, °F, or Both.
- Time: Choose to show or hide the time.
In the Google Home app, weather information is based on the home address you set. If you don't have an address set, the weather information is based on your IP address and might be different on other devices in your home.