{"id":145569,"date":"2025-10-14T19:58:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/directv-screensavers-will-show-ai-generated-ads-with-your-face-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T19:58:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:58:38","slug":"directv-screensavers-will-show-ai-generated-ads-with-your-face-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/directv-screensavers-will-show-ai-generated-ads-with-your-face-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>As if DirecTV doesn&#8217;t have enough trouble keeping customers, the satellite TV provider&#8217;s streaming devices will show AI-generated screensaver ads next year, according to an announcement today from partnering ads company Glance.<\/p>\n<p>People who use either of DirecTV\u2019s two Gemini streaming devices will start seeing the ads \u201cin early 2026,\u201d per the announcement. DirecTV\u2019s Gemini Air is an Android TV-powered USB device that people can plug into a TV for access to live TV channels, as well as streaming apps. Gemini Air doesn\u2019t require a DirecTV satellite connection, and DirecTV gives all of its Internet customers the device. DirecTV first started selling Gemini devices <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexttv.com\/news\/directv-introduces-new-gemini-cpe-gets-brian-cox-to-shill-for-it-in-new-ad-campaign\">in 2023<\/a>, when it launched a separate Gemini set-top box that connects through DirecTV satellite setups.<\/p>\n<p>DirecTV made an agreement with Glance to show AI-generated content and ads on Gemini devices&#8217; screensavers. Currently, Gemini devices show Google wallpapers as screensavers, which are on by default. When the new screensavers launch, Glance&#8217;s AI content will show if the TV is idle for 10 minutes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/798174\/directv-glance-ai-shoppable-screensavers\">The Verge <\/a>reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/10\/directv-screensavers-will-show-ai-generated-ads-with-your-face-in-2026\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/10\/directv-screensavers-will-show-ai-generated-ads-with-your-face-in-2026\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As if DirecTV doesn&#8217;t have enough trouble keeping customers, the satellite TV provider&#8217;s streaming devices will show AI-generated screensaver ads next year, according to an announcement today from partnering ads company Glance. People who use either of DirecTV\u2019s two Gemini streaming devices will start seeing the ads \u201cin early 2026,\u201d per the announcement. DirecTV\u2019s Gemini Air is an Android TV-powered USB device that people can plug into a TV for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","tve_updated_post":"","tve_custom_css":"","tve_user_custom_css":"","tve_globals":{},"tcb2_ready":0,"tcb_editor_enabled":0,"tve_landing_page":"","_tve_header":"","_tve_footer":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026 - UshopWell.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/directv-screensavers-will-show-ai-generated-ads-with-your-face-in-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026 - UshopWell.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As if DirecTV doesn&#8217;t have enough trouble keeping customers, the satellite TV provider&#8217;s streaming devices will show AI-generated screensaver ads next year, according to an announcement today from partnering ads company Glance. 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