topic Re: Ambient photos information display in Streaming

Ambient photos information display

Strings123 — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 17:17:29 GMT

I recently purchased a TCL Android powered tv with built in Chromecast.

The ambient photos stream fine and displays the correct time as per my presets.

The images are curated by Google as per presets.

My issue is that there is no info posted re location, title, photographer.

My previous tv had a Chromecast dangle attached to the HDMI port where this info was displayed.

Suggestions?

Re: Ambient photos information display

Byteguy — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 19:32:52 GMT

Google goes back and forth about supplying additional information in Ambient Mode.

Currently, they aren't posting that.

Also, the manufacturer of the TV with Chromecast Built-In can also change Ambient Mode. So, it's possible that your manufacturer did something.

Either way, it is not something you can control yourself.

Re: Ambient photos information display

Jeran — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:59:17 GMT

Hey there,

Did you have any more questions or need any additional help?

Thank you,
Jeran

Re: Ambient photos information display

Strings123 — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 06:08:29 GMT

Thanks for the question.

It looks like the option to view info about Google images is no longer available, based on the answer above.

I had hoped that there was an option in one of the setup screens I may have missed

but that does not seem to be the case.

I sure wish that in future that this option was available. Most art. Be it paintings or photographs carry some info about itself but that does not appear to be the case here, at least not at the moment.

Sure wish that someone changes their mind re this issue.

Re: Ambient photos information display

JenniferV — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 00:55:38 GMT

Hi Strings123,

Thanks for getting back to us and we appreciate you sharing your thoughts about this. You can try to send feedback about this using the Google Home app. Here's how.

In the meantime, do you have other questions and concerns?

Thanks,

Jennifer

Re: Ambient photos information display

JenniferV — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 01:08:23 GMT

Hey there,

It's me again. I wanted to check back in to see if you still need help. Feel free to let me know if you do.

Thanks,

Jennifer

Re: Ambient photos information display

JenniferV — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 01:15:00 GMT

Hi Strings123,

Just checking in to make sure that you've seen our response. Please let us know if you have other questions or concerns as we will be locking this in 24 hours if we won't hear back from you again. Feel free to start a new thread and we'll be happy to help.

Thanks,

Jennifer

Re: Ambient photos information display

Jeran — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 16:40:17 GMT

Hey there!

We haven't heard back from Strings123, and it's been a few days, so I'm locking the thread. As always, feel free to make a new thread if you have any more questions or concerns.

Thank you for your help, Byteguy and Jennifer!

Best regards,
Jeran