{"id":323611,"date":"2025-12-18T23:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/323611\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T23:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:03:07","slug":"lg-forced-a-copilot-web-app-onto-its-tvs-but-will-let-you-delete-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/323611\/","title":{"rendered":"LG forced a Copilot web app onto its TVs but will let you delete it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">LG says it will let users delete the Microsoft Copilot shortcut it installed on newer TVs after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/software-apps\/microsoft-and-lg-are-forcing-copilot-onto-smart-tvs-and-you-cant-even-delete-it\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">several<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/televisions\/your-lg-tv-may-get-an-unremovable-microsoft-copilot-app-in-its-next-update-and-yes-users-are-annoyed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/service-providers\/tv-providers\/lg-tv-update-adds-non-removable-microsoft-copilot-app-to-webos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">highlighted<\/a> the unremovable icon. In a statement to The Verge, LG spokesperson Chris De Maria says the company \u201crespects consumer choice and will take steps to allow users to delete the shortcut icon if they wish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Last week, a user on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/mildlyinfuriating\/comments\/1plldqo\/my_lg_tvs_new_software_update_installed_microsoft\/?\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">r\/mildlyinfuriating subreddit<\/a> posted an image of the Microsoft Copilot icon in their lineup of apps on an LG TV, with no option to delete it. \u201cMy LG TV\u2019s new software update installed Microsoft Copilot, which cannot be deleted,\u201d the post says. The post garnered more than 36,000 upvotes as people grow more frustrated with AI popping up just about everywhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">De Maria adds that the icon is a \u201cshortcut\u201d to the Microsoft Copilot web app that opens in the TV\u2019s web browser, rather than \u201can application-based service embedded in the TV.\u201d He also adds that \u201cfeatures such as microphone input are activated only with the customer\u2019s explicit consent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Asked when LG will start letting users delete the Copilot icon, De Maria said there\u2019s no \u201cdefinitive timing\u201d yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Here\u2019s LG\u2019s full statement:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup ewrhy38 _1xwtict1\">Following recent coverage regarding the arrival of Microsoft Copilot on LG TVs, we\u2019re reaching out to provide an important clarification. Based on recent coverage regarding the arrival of Microsoft Copilot on LG TVs, we want to clarify that Microsoft Copilot is provided as a shortcut icon to enhance customer accessibility and convenience. It is not an application-based service embedded in the TV. When users select the Copilot shortcut, Microsoft\u2019s website opens through the TV\u2019s web browser, and features such as microphone input are activated only with the customer\u2019s explicit consent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Update, December 18th: Added more information from LG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LG says it will let users delete the Microsoft Copilot shortcut it installed on newer TVs after several&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[554,786,59,11997,696,50,227,86,33300,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-323611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-gadgets","10":"tag-gb","11":"tag-lg","12":"tag-microsoft","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-tech","15":"tag-technology","16":"tag-tvs","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}