Fire
TV
and
Google
TV
aren’t
the
only
smart
TV
platforms
with
fancy
AI-generated
wallpapers;
Samsung
is
now
offering
them
too.
The
feature,
which
Samsung
calls
Generative
Wallpaper,
is
coming
this
month
to
2024
models
in
North
America,
Europe
and
South
Korea
before
rolling
out
worldwide
next
year.
It’s
unclear
whether
the
new
feature
will
require
you
to
install
a
software
update
or
if
it’ll
just
pop
up
when
you
access
your
TV’s
Ambient
Mode,
but
according
to
Samsung
it’s
going
to
be
really
easy
to
use:
go
to
Ambient
Mode,
select
the
Generative
Wallpaper
button
and
then
choose
a
theme.
The
examples
Samsung’s
using
are
“off
to
nature”,
“seize
your
day”,
“happy
holidays”,
“party
mood”,
“inspire
me”,
“deco”
and
“unspeakably
traumatizing
eldritch
horrors”.
Okay,
we
made
that
last
one
up.
Why
Generative
Wallpaper
may
look
familiar
We’ve
seen
Generative
Wallpaper
before:
it’s
on
many
Samsung
phones
under
the
Creative
section
of
the
Change
Wallpapers
page.
Here’s
our
guide
to
using
it
on
the
Samsung
Galaxy
S24.
If
the
TV
version
works
like
the
phone
one,
you’ll
select
a
broad
theme
first
and
then
personalize
it
with
your
own
keywords
to
generate
a
visual
that’s
uniquely
yours
and
that
you
can
save
for
future
viewing.
The
TV
version
is
coming
to
both
the
Neo
QLED
and
QLED
ranges,
both
of
which
run
Samsung’s
Tizen
OS.
However,
there
are
no
indications
of
whether
the
feature
will
also
be
rolled
out
to
older
Tizen
TVs.
Generative
wallpaper
in
its
various
flavors
is
the
latest
attempt
by
manufacturers
to
make
their
TVs
more
interesting
when
they’re
not
showing
movies
or
TV
shows;
Samsung’s
The
Frame
(and
similar
models
such
as
TCL’s
NXTFRAME)
take
things
further
still
by
showing
human-made
artworks.
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It’ll
be
interesting
to
see
if
AI
wallpaper
catches
on,
or
if
it’s
going
to
be
the
‘Live,
Laugh,
Love’
posters
of
2025.
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