# How to display a Google Sheet on a TV and keep it current > Canonical HTML: https://screenrig.ai/guides/google-sheets-on-tv To show a Google Sheet on a TV, ask your AI agent. It reads the sheet with its own Google access and puts the rows on the screen as a clean table. Each update reaches the TV about two seconds after your agent sends it. No cast tab, no public link. Updated October 27, 2026. ## Live card previews - [Data table](https://screenrig.ai/docs/cards/table.md): Leaderboards, schedules and price lists in formatted columns, with ranks, a highlighted row and self-turning pages. ## Ask once, and the table is on the TV > **You:** The open orders are in the "Pickup" tab of our order sheet. Put them on the counter TV as a table: order, name, status and wait in minutes, lowest order number first. When I mark an order Ready, the TV should follow within seconds. > > **Agent:** The pickup list is on the counter TV: six open orders, lowest number first. The TV confirmed it had the table about two seconds after I sent it. I read your sheet with my own Google access, so the sheet stays private and only the rows on the screen go to the TV. The orders here are made up. They stand in for what your agent reads from your sheet. ![A dark table titled Order pickup with six rows from A-1041 Ready to A-1046 Queued, each with a name and a wait in minutes](https://screenrig.ai/static-resources/images/screenshots/landing/guides-sheets-pickup-table-4330fd69.webp) *The pickup table on the counter TV: six orders, each with a name, a status and a wait in minutes.* ## When the sheet changes > **You:** I just updated the sheet: A-1041 was collected, A-1042 is Ready, and A-1047 is new. Update the TV. > > **Agent:** Updated. A-1041 is off the list, A-1042 is Ready and at the top, and A-1047 is waiting in the queue. The TV showed the change a little over two seconds after I sent it, and there was nothing to republish. ![The same table after the change: A-1042 Tom B. is Ready at the top and A-1047 Lee K. is the last queued order](https://screenrig.ai/static-resources/images/screenshots/landing/guides-sheets-live-update-b1d5700a.webp) *Six seconds later: Tom B.'s order is Ready at the top, and Lee K.'s new order is last in the queue.* ## Who keeps it current You don't have to tell your agent about every edit. Ask once: "Check the Pickup tab every five minutes and keep the TV matching it." The schedule belongs to your agent. [Gemini Spark](https://screenrig.ai/docs/start/gemini-spark.md) can run a recurring task, and [ChatGPT dots](https://screenrig.ai/docs/start/dots.md) keep working between conversations, so either repeats the check without your computer. An agent on your own computer repeats it while that computer is on. - **Old rows don't linger.** Every update in this session carried a two-hour expiry. If the routine stops, the rows clear from the screen instead of staying up for days. - **Updates are cheap.** Each update is one agent request. An update every hour is about 720 requests a month, and Standard includes 10,000. [Pricing](https://screenrig.ai/pricing.md) lists the rest. A picture of the screen is free. ## Long sheets and tricky cells A table holds up to 50 rows and shows them a page at a time. With eight rows to a page, an 18-row sheet became three pages. They turn every eight seconds, and dots in the corner show where you are. ![The pickup table showing eight rows from A-1042 to A-1049, with three dots at the top right and the first one elongated](https://screenrig.ai/static-resources/images/screenshots/landing/guides-sheets-paged-table-b018c4df.webp) *Page one of three: eight rows, and dots at the top right showing where the table is.* - **A new column changes the layout too.** Cells and rows update live. A new, renamed or reordered column also changes the table's layout, so your agent sends the TV the layout again. Ask for the column and it appears. - **Send numbers as numbers.** Your agent sends 182500 and the table shows $182,500. A cell sent as text, like "7 min", is drawn as it is, with no number formatting and no sorting. - **Formulas stay in the sheet.** Your agent sends the values it reads. - **One number or a trend instead?** The [dashboard guide](https://screenrig.ai/guides/dashboard-on-tv.md) draws big numbers and charts. ## Why not just publish the sheet? Google has its own route: File > Share > Publish to web. It works, with trade-offs. A published sheet is open to anyone with the link, and Google's help says an update can take a few minutes. The TV then shows an ordinary web page that needs the internet the whole time. With your agent the sheet stays private. An update reaches the TV in seconds, and the table's text is sized to read across the room. screenRIG is free. Pay only if you want more. **Next:** want one big number or a chart from the same sheet? [Show a dashboard on a TV](https://screenrig.ai/guides/dashboard-on-tv.md) draws both. ## Sources - [support.google.com/docs/answer/183965](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/183965) ## Related - [Show a Dashboard on a TV Screen](https://screenrig.ai/guides/dashboard-on-tv.md): Ask your AI agent to put your key numbers on a TV. If a number stops updating, the screen drops it. screenRIG is free. Pay only if you want more. - [Google Slides Digital Signage on Any TV](https://screenrig.ai/guides/google-slides-on-tv.md): Ask your AI agent to put Google Slides on a TV. Slides replay offline and one changed slide updates fast. screenRIG is free. Pay only if you want more. - [200+ Digital Signage Apps for TV Screens](https://screenrig.ai/apps.md): screenRIG is free. Pay only if you want more. 200+ ready-made apps: menus, clocks, weather, queues and KPI dashboards your agent fills with live data. - [Digital Signage App Library: 200+ Built-in Cards](https://screenrig.ai/docs/cards.md): Add live components to a playlist: menus, clocks, queues, scores, weather and gauges. Choose a card, set its properties and publish. - [Supported Players and Setup](https://screenrig.ai/docs/players.md): Install the screenRIG Player on your screen, pair it with your agent, and compare content types, streams and device controls by platform. [Start free](https://screenrig.ai/docs/start.md). screenRIG is free. Pay only if you want more.