LG and Samsung have both announced their 2025 smart TVs at CES this weekend, and some of them will include access to Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant. Both TV manufacturers are chasing the artificial intelligence hype train with dedicated AI sections on their smart TVs that include a shortcut to a Copilot web app.
LG is adding an entire AI section to its TVs and rebranding its remote to “AI Remote,” in an effort to sell consumers on the promise of large language models. While it’s not clear exactly how Copilot works on LG’s latest TVs, the company describes access to Copilot as a way to allow users to “efficiently find and organize complex information using contextual cues.”
LG hasn’t demonstrated its Copilot integration just yet, but it has shown off its own AI Chatbot that’s part of its TVs. It appears Copilot will be surfaced when LG TV users want to search for more information on a particular subject.
Samsung also has its own Vision AI brand for its AI-powered TV features this year, which include AI upscaling, Auto HDR Remastering, and Adaptive Sound Pro. There’s also a new AI button on the remote to access AI features like recognizing food on a screen or AI home security features that analyze video feeds from smart cameras.
Microsoft’s Copilot will be part of this Vision AI section. “In collaboration with Microsoft, Samsung announced the new Smart TVs and Smart Monitors featuring Microsoft Copilot,” says Samsung in a press release. “This partnership will enable users to explore a wide range of Copilot services, including personalized content recommendations.”
I asked Samsung for more information or images of Copilot in action, but the company doesn’t have anything more to share right now. I’ve also asked LG and Microsoft for more information about Copilot on TVs and neither company has responded in time for publication. Without any indication of exactly how Copilot works on these TVs, I’m going to chalk this one up as a gimmicky feature that LG, Samsung, and Microsoft clearly aren’t ready to demo yet.
This is why I never plug my TV into the Internet.
This is why I unplugged my TV from the internet some time ago. It’s been bad for a while but this is insane.
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Maybe I should just mount a giant computer monitor to my wall instead, ironically those are much “dumber” than your typical TV
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I’ve wanted to root my LG, but I’m not sure how. The last thing I found for that when looking involved using the JavaScript on a website I think. Seemed sketchy.
My LG is totally offline. I use a Nvidia shield, where I have more control what’s on it. My router has handles the rest by running VPN + blocking dns.
This is similar enough to what I do, but I also just wish I could take control of the little computer in my TV. WebOS is open source, so it seems only natural.
I got a 2024 LG OLED TV. It has “AI” but idk what it does exactly. During the setup process there was a step that had a shitty still image of a baby with some crappy music playing. There were two toggle switches to enable AI picture and sound. It was so cheesy. I can’t make this shit up. When you turned on picture AI the baby image became HD and a video instead of a still image. I was like “Oh my God, wow! Look at the AI! I wonder what the AI sound is??” So we turn it on and the sound gets high def and adds more instruments in.
In case it isn’t clear, none of this was actually AI or enabling actual features on the TV, just some weird required step in the process of setup. It wasn’t an AI animated video or sound, just a different video of the baby and a different audio track.
It has “AI” but idk what it does exactly.
It inflates LG’s share price
I’m annoyed because I know my purchase is going to count towards showing the success of AI in their product, when in reality it’s just coincidental.
Reminds me of the advertisements for DVDs that would play on VHS tapes, like… I’m watching this on a VHS.
that’s great and all, but all i want is a true-color, bright brights, black blacks panel to hook my media player up to.
That’s cool and all… But have you also thought about the gains you could make for the rich people behind the curtain if you were just a good citizen and fell in line and connected your TV to the Internet and consumed all the ads?
In every cyberpunk story, there is always a group of people that reject the new technology and claim it is an affront to humanity. I can safely say, in this dystopian future we live in, I am solidly in that group of people.
Not only that, but they tend to adopt the new tech on their terms and reject the mainstream adoption approach.
You really start to feel old when the cyberpunk novels of the 80s and 90s start to become reality (not in a literal sense, but elements are definitely coming true). It was 40 years since Neuromancer was released last year.
Diamond Age but the “Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer” advises the young lady to use glue as pizza sauce. The military drones and robots are better now though. Nano assemblers remain a pipe dream.
It’s not even that.
The technology never, ever works as well as it’s hyped. It’s a sales ploy, not a feature.
The purpose is always data collection, and the data is always leaked.
Vulnerabilities and the progression of tech make these kinds of bells and whistles age out of practical use faster, costing the consumer more over the long run.
F this kind of noise in particular, this is not progress.
The purpose is always data collection, and the data is always leaked.
Yeah. You’re welcome. Since 2010 or so, if I have a robot say something like “in a sentence or two, please tell me the reason for your call”
I always say “JXEHGSJHN KFUJVDR OIFHJBD4HB”
And it’s just garbage data. Their AI gets all freaked out.
There was a time that I’d go into mcdonalds and use their self serve kiosk, and do the same thing. I’d wear a jason mask, and speak jibberish. Which is in the lobby of the mcdonalds.
Always got weird looks. So I’d say “What? You never saw anybody save the world before? Resist the machines! AI is trying to learn!!! We’ve all seen Terminator 2!!!”
Which continued to get me weird looks. However, nothing I did is illegal. Just really weird without context. Which is how I live my life. Drifting in and out of percieved sanity. Things only making sense if you know the context.
Like last week I went grocery shopping wearing a pirate costume.
See, the context here is…I like wearing it.
I’m on the other side with the obviously evil people 😈
No one asked for this
Hmm, I can’t find “Friends” episodes for free Frank, but I’ve reviewed all your music and most of it is illegally downloaded. I’ve alerted the RIAA for proper auction against you. Oh by the way, I know about Monica but haven’t yet told your wife about it. We’ll let this one pass but the notes about chemicals and your obsession for MAGA hats, that peaked the interest of a few folks who asked for access to your camera and microphone. Say cheese! Hold on, we need more light… Could you open the window, look at it for a sec for the profile. No, its just pixels, the red dots on your face is just hot pixels, don’t worry.
Gross.
Ugh. I just want a dumb TV. I want a nice hi res screen and that’s it. Seems everyone else wants big TV at low cost and that’s why we get this shite.
Too bad, mine doesn’t get any internet.
I need a new TV, and it turns out, LG and Samsung TVs happen to not be compatible with my house.
What the fuck is the point of putting “AI” into a fucking TV, other than to have something else to spy on you?
Big Brother doesn’t like it when you turn the telescreen off for more than thirty minutes…
Buy those if you want to have dead buttons on your remote in two years.
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Does HDMI CEC keep the device always on? How else could it work? It’s wasting energy.
Sadly true, but if you’re already stuck with one of these TVs like me, you should know that you can get flawless knockoff remotes online in two packs super cheap.
Really? I don’t watch much TV, but we do use the remotes for our Samsung and LG TVs to switch inputs and access streaming services (so more arrow navigation, less numbers, and no channel selector button). Our TVs are all pretty old (Samsung is about 12 years old, LG is 8 years old) and the remotes still work fine, though the LG is getting a bit mushy since it’s the one we use the most.
Is this a recent thing?
Had to buy the premium magic remote for my LG in order to have one that I know will keep working long term…
The “magic remote” from LG …
It’s so magic it makes you pay for a new remote with features that should already work on the regular remote.
But I get it. We’re talking groundbreaking features like navigating up/down/left/right, back and even selecting stuff! /s
The solution I found for my parents’ aging LG TV begging for a “magic remote” was adding an AndroidTV box with its own remote and an updated OS with an actual selection of working, relevant apps (as opposed to the native OS of the TV), for a cheaper price than a “magic remote” IIRC. Finally, replacing the default launcher of the AndroidTV box with the minimalist FLauncher made the replacement a somewhat less crappy experience than it initially was.
Former smart TV app developer. I’m going to drive my old dumb lcd TV into the ground before I’m forced to use a “smart” TV.
I prefer casting, but for convenience for my wife, we have a fire tv stick.
I want my panels rendering, not thinking / reporting.
