Put a Google Slides Deck on a TV as Digital Signage
InfoSlides plays a Google Slides deck on a TV or screen in two ways: import it from Google Drive, or export it to PDF yourself and upload that file with no Google account linked. Either route turns each slide into a still image, so animations and transitions do not carry over.
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Two Ways to Get a Google Slides Deck In
Every other tool in this category makes you connect a Google account and publish the deck to a URL. InfoSlides offers that route and a second one with nothing to connect.
Import Straight From Google Drive
Pick the presentation in a Google Picker window; InfoSlides pulls it in and
renders it. The one-time Google consent grants access only to the single
file you pick (the drive.file scope), not your whole Drive.
Best when the deck is already in Drive and you don't mind one Google
consent screen. Google itself caps the exported PDF at 10 MB. A
very large or image-heavy deck may need the upload route instead.
Export to PDF, Then Upload
In Google Slides, use File → Download → PDF, then upload that file to InfoSlides the same way you'd upload a PowerPoint. No Google account is ever linked to InfoSlides. Best when you'd rather not grant any Drive access, the deck is over Google's 10 MB export cap, or someone else already emailed you the PDF.
Neither route keeps watching the source file. Both create the slideshow at the moment the import or upload finishes; edit the deck afterward and neither one updates on its own. Re-running the Picker on the same file is a few clicks with no export step; the upload route means repeating the manual export by hand.
What Doesn't Survive Either Route
Both routes hand InfoSlides a PDF, and a PDF page has no timeline: this is true of the format itself, not a limitation either Google's export or InfoSlides' rendering introduces.
Animations & Transitions
Entrance effects, motion and Google Slides' own transitions do not play back on either route. Each slide reaches the screen as one static image.
Embedded Video & Audio
A video or audio clip placed on a slide is rendered as a single still frame, silently. If a clip needs to play, add it as its own media item instead.
Slide Timing
How long each slide stays on screen is controlled by InfoSlides (a default you can override per slide), not any timing set in Google Slides, which a PDF cannot carry anyway.
What changes for you
Both Routes Work, and One Needs Nothing Connected
Most digital signage tools that mention Google Slides mean one thing: connect a Google account, publish the deck to a URL, and keep that URL alive. InfoSlides offers that convenience too: the Import button pulls a deck straight from Drive with one Google consent screen, scoped to the single file you pick. But if you'd rather not link a Google account at all, exporting the same deck to PDF and uploading it reaches the exact same screen, with nothing to connect and nothing to revoke later.
A side effect of arriving as a PDF either way: InfoSlides never runs its own font substitution on a Google Slides deck the way it can on a PowerPoint file, because rendering a PDF skips that conversion step entirely. Layout, text, images and the aspect ratio you built in Google Slides come through as Google itself laid them out.
Bringing in a PowerPoint deck instead? →One Google consent screen, scoped to the file you pick. Google caps the export at 10 MB.
Upload route
Export to PDF yourself, upload it: nothing ever connected to your Google account.
Technical details
- Routes
- Import from Google Drive in the browser, or upload a PDF you exported from Google Slides.
- Import size limit
- 10 MB. This is Google's own limit on exporting a presentation to PDF.
- Upload size limit
- 50 MB for a .pdf or .pptx file, with no Google account involved.
- Google access
- The import asks for the drive.file scope, which covers only the single file you pick in the Google Picker. The access is used once and not stored.
- Staying in sync
- Neither route watches the source deck. InfoSlides takes a snapshot when the import or upload finishes, so an edit needs a new import or upload.
- Not carried over
- Animations, transitions and embedded video or audio. Each slide is rendered as one still image.
- Plan required
- The PDF upload route is included on the free plan.
Google Slides Digital Signage: Common Questions
Do I need to connect my Google account to put Google Slides on a TV?
No. InfoSlides can import the deck from Google Drive, which needs a one-time consent screen scoped to the file you pick, or you can export the deck to PDF yourself and upload it with nothing connected. Both routes reach the same screen.
What is the difference between importing and uploading a Google Slides deck?
Importing pulls the presentation straight from Google Drive and is a browser-only feature. Google caps the exported PDF at 10 MB, so a larger deck needs the other route. Uploading means you export to PDF yourself (File, Download, PDF in Google Slides) and upload that file, which is bound only by InfoSlides' 50 MB upload limit.
Will Google Slides animations and transitions play on the TV?
No. Both routes hand InfoSlides a PDF, and a PDF page has no timeline, so animations and Google Slides' own transitions do not carry over. A slide with an embedded video or audio clip arrives as a single silent still frame, so add a clip that must play as its own media item.
Does importing give InfoSlides access to my whole Google Drive?
No. The InfoSlides import uses Google's drive.file scope, which grants access only to the single file you pick in the Google Picker window, not to your Drive as a whole.
What happens if I edit the Google Slides deck after bringing it in?
InfoSlides takes a snapshot when the import or upload finishes and does not keep watching the source file. To reflect an edit, run the Picker again on the same file or repeat the manual export and upload.
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