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|Unsolicited installation of Microsoft Copilot app on Smart TVs | |Unsolicited installation of Microsoft Copilot app on Smart TVs | ||
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|After an update of WebOS, a new Copilot icon showed up on the home screens of LG Smart TVs. It cannot be uninstalled by the user.<ref>{{Cite web |first=defjam16 |date=2025-12-13 |title=My LG TV’s new software update installed Microsoft Copilot, which cannot be deleted. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1plldqo/my_lg_tvs_new_software_update_installed_microsoft/ |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=Reddit}}</ref> | |After an update of WebOS, a new Copilot icon showed up on the home screens of LG Smart TVs. It cannot be uninstalled by the user.<ref>{{Cite web |first=defjam16 |date=2025-12-13 |title=My LG TV’s new software update installed Microsoft Copilot, which cannot be deleted. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1plldqo/my_lg_tvs_new_software_update_installed_microsoft/ |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=Reddit}}</ref>Following the online backlash, an LG spokesperson announced in an interview that it would be made possible to remove Copilot in the future, but did not respond when asked when this would be the case.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Washenko |first=Anna |date=2025-12-18 |title=LG will let you delete the previously unremovable Microsoft Copilot shortcut on its smart TVs |url=https://www.engadget.com/ai/lg-will-let-you-delete-the-previously-unremovable-microsoft-copilot-shortcut-on-its-smart-tvs-215352944.html |access-date=2025-12-20 |website=engadget}}</ref> | ||
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