US EditionMicrosoft Copilot Quietly Shows up on LG TVs, and You Can’t Remove It
The app is pinned to LG smart TV home screens and cannot be deleted without disconnecting from the internet, offering a web-based AI assistant for content queries.
- Following a recent webOS update, Microsoft Copilot quietly appeared on LG webOS smart TVs, with a Reddit user showing a Copilot tile pinned to the home screen appearing at startup.
- The companies' CES announcements earlier this year included LG and Samsung revealing Copilot integrations, with LG positioning AI-driven features as key benefits for its OLED models.
- Tom's Hardware found that the Copilot tile acts as a shortcut to a web-based interface accessed via the remote microphone button, and unlike Live Plus, it cannot be disabled.
- LG TV owners report limited control as the app cannot be deleted and only hidden or avoided, while LG Electronics has not announced the app or responded to requests, Reddit posts confirm.
- Across the industry, manufacturers are embedding assistants as Samsung installed Copilot and TCL integrated Google's Gemini, while LG's AI Picture Pro and AI Sound Pro reflect a broader AI push.
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Microsoft Copilot quietly shows up on LG TVs, and you can’t remove it
LG TV owners are discovering Microsoft Copilot on their home screens following a software update. The AI assistant installs automatically and cannot be removed, highlighting how AI features are increasingly becoming permanent parts of smart TV platforms.
LG quietly added an unremovable Microsoft Copilot app to TVs
Microsoft made a big punt this year with Copilot. The company put its AI chatbot into a special line of laptops and has also tried to integrate it into other tech products. The latest place you may find Copilot is on your LG smart television, whether you want it or not. Several LG smart TV owners have taken to Reddit over the past few days to complain that they suddenly have a Copilot app on the device and cannot uninstall it. Two Engadget staff…
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