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LG quietly installs Microsoft Copilot on its smart TVs—and you can't delete it

LG TV owners are not happy about the AI app showing up unannounced, becoming a permanent fixture on their homescreen.

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.
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Microsoft's Copilot AI is automatically installed on LG TVs and can't be removed

Microsoft Copilot is now part of LG's webOS interface for TVs and can't be removed. 'Live Plus' is also enabled, which records everything you watch.

LG TVs Get Unremovable Microsoft Copilot App

The latest example of the technology’s proliferation being forced down users’ throats, likely in the name of artificially inflating growth metrics, appears to be LG brand smart TVs. Tom’s Hardware spotted a number of owners taking to Reddit to complain about the fact that their TVs now have an apparently unremovable Microsoft Copilot app living on their homescreen.

Claims LG OLED && LED TVs Are Mass Surveillance Devices Used In A Deceptive Way To Spy On Consumers

Company who already has a questionable track record in Australia according to the ACCC secretly tracking analysing and then selling detailed information about what consumers watch inside their own homes.
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LG TV users baffled by unremovable Microsoft Copilot installation — surprise forced update shows app pinned to the home screen

LG smart TV owners are reporting that a recent webOS software update has added Microsoft Copilot to their TVs, with no apparent way to remove it.
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