This year, the fireplace video you put on yourTVduring the holidays could beAI-generated, if you want it to be. AI is everywhere now; ourtablets, ourphones,our cars, and more. Now AI is starting to make its way to the big screen in your living room.
Recently,Samsung announcedthe launch of its generative wallpaper feature for its 2024 Neo QLED and QLED TV models running on Tizen OS. The feature lets users place AI-generated 4K images on their TV’s display.
“Generative wallpaper brings a new dimension of personalization to our customers’ screens, allowing them to customize their TVs in a way that truly reflects their style,” said Cheolgi Kim, Executive Vice President of the Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics in apress release.
The new feature will be available through Samsung’s ambient mode settings. Simply select the generative wallpaper feature and choose from the available themes. The feature will debut in North America, Europe and South Korea this month. Samsung says a global rollout of the feature is planned for 2025.
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Google and Amazon both offer a similar feature
AI-generated wallpapers will soon likely be a thing on every TV
Samsung isn’t the first tech company to place AI-generated wallpapers on its TVs, and it certainly won’t be the last. BothGoogle TVand Amazon’sFire TValready have this feature.
Google TV’s AI-generated wallpapers feature is similar to Samsung’s, and can also be accessed through its Ambient mode settings. From there, you can choose to either enter a prompt, select an art style, or use “Inspire Me” to generate a random AI wallpaper.
It’s currently unclear if Samsung’s generative wallpaper feature on TVs will let users enter a prompt to generate a wallpaper, or if they can just choose from available themes. Samsung does have agenerative AI wallpaper featureon its smartphones under the creative section when you go to change your wallpaper. That feature does let you enter a prompt when generating a wallpaper, so presumably Samsung’s TV feature could have this feature at launch or later down the line.
I can see how AI-generated wallpapers on TVs could be cool for setting up a certain vibe if you’re having a party or simply just having company over. However, whatever just happened to turning the TV off when you’re not using it?
For me personally, I think I’ll stick to just putting afireplace videoon the TV during the holidays instead of an AI-generated wallpaper.
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