The company says users will be able to delete the Copilot tile after confusion over recent software updates.
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In a statement provided to Tom’s Hardware , Chris De Maria, Director of Public Relations at LG Electronics North America, said the Copilot presence on LG TVs is implemented as a shortcut icon designed to improve accessibility. When selected, the icon opens Microsoft’s Copilot website through the TV’s built-in web browser rather than launching a dedicated app.
This changes how Copilot interacts with the TV. LG says features such as microphone input are not enabled by default and are only activated after a user explicitly grants permission through the browser interface. In other words, the shortcut behaves in the same way as manually navigating to Microsoft’s site using the webOS browser, rather than operating with deeper access to the operating system.
LG TV users baffled by unremovable Microsoft Copilot
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