BREAKING
Sharp & TCL Add AI to New TVs
Two Contrasting AI Approaches
Sharp AQUOS AI
Proprietary
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Talk, recommendations, help
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Life-sized character Daiki or Ayumi
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Emotional conversation
TCL Google TV
Gemini
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Natural-language search
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Recommendations and Q&A
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Practical free assistant
0
new AQUOS models
0
th
AQUOS anniversary
0
M
cumulative shipments
AQUOS AI Pricing Tiers
Free
50
Normal 495 yen
400
Gold 1980 yen
1600
TCL Gemini Rollout
1
Google partnership
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2
Free standard feature
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3
2026 models, some excluded
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4
Summer 2026 launch
Can TVs Become AI Partners?
AI NEWS BLITZ
On May 14, 2026, Sharp and TCL announced conversational AI features for their new TV models.