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It’s only the television that can’t access Google Photos, but other major platforms can. This is because it doesn’t offer a native Google Photos app for Google TV and this makes viewing your photos and videos on the big screen very frustrating. The good news is that Samsung will soon address the issue by integrating Google Photos directly into its TizenOS-powered TVs.
Samsung announced a partnership with Google to integrate Google Photos into its TVs. According to the report, it seems you will not be able to browse through your entire Photos library. Instead, Samsung TVs will show curated memories organised by people, places, and moments. The Memories will be unveiled in March next year and will remain strictly for Samsung TVs for the first six months.
Nano Banana will arrive on Google Photos for Samsung TVs via the “Create with AI” feature, later in 2026. This will enable you to generate themed templates, with the Remix tool helping you transform the style of your photos or videos on the big screen. Samsung notes that select AI templates will be exclusive to its TVs.
In the middle of next year, Samsung and Google plan to unveil personalised results to Google Photos on Samsung TVs. This enables viewing related photos as a slideshow based on topics or contents of memories, such as: ocean, hiking, Paris, etc. Google Photos integration into Samsung TVs is a step in the right direction, as it brings one of Google’s most-used services to the biggest screen, which enables a better experience.
At last, Google Photos is coming to the screen, and the integration will debut on Samsung TVs that launch next year. It will also roll out to select existing TVs through a software update later in the year. It’s expected that Google will unveil a similar Google Photos integration for Google TV and other TV platforms within the next year.
Author:Obiajulum Ndubuisi
Obiajulum is a tech enthusiast passionate about writing. When she isn’t writing about gadgets, she will probably be playing badminton, watching a movie, or surfing the internet.
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One day in December 2025, my AGM G2 Guardian rugged smartphone suddenly shut down. No warning. Nothing. It had not fallen down, been used in a fight, or been struck by lightning or by a truck. It was sitting on a desk. I picked it up to use it and found it switched off. And it never came back on after that, no matter how hard I tried. Eventually, I put it away in my phone archives.
Yesterday, I thought to have a look at it again and found that the back had cracked open and battery fluid seeped out. Apparently, the battery had burst open.
The phone was in very good physical shape at the time it died and also at the time I stored it away. In the photo above and the video below, it looks terrible because of the fluid from the swollen/broken battery seeping out through the cracked back cover.
This is a rugged smartphone that spent most of its 3-year lifespan on a side desk at home. It has not seen any rugged action since its arrival, yet it is dead. By way of comparison, I have non-rugged smartphones that lived much longer than that.
As you can imagine, this is rather disappointing. I liked the AGM G2 Guardian and I was looking forward to many years of usage. With the burst battery and leaking battery fluid (which is toxic), I can’t even keep it in my archives for reference. It has to be discarded.
It is a smartphone with a handful of advanced features that set it apart from the average rugged smartphone. As such, I was quite fond of it.
You can read my written review published in 2023, or watch my video review (or do both).
Author:Mister Mobility
Digital Skills and Communication Coach | Mobile Phone Connoisseur since 2001 | Tech Blogging since 2004
