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LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems (arstechnica.com)
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Even with LG’s concession, it may become more difficult to avoid chatbots on TVs.

LG says it will let people delete the Copilot icon from their TVs soon, but it still has plans to weave the service throughout webOS. The Copilot web app rollout seems to have been a taste of LG’s bigger plans to add Copilot to some of its 2025 OLED TVs. In a January announcement, LG said Copilot will help users find stuff to watch by “allowing users to efficiently find and organize complex information using contextual cues.” LG also said Copilot would “proactively” identify potential user problems and offer “timely, effective solutions.”

Some TVs from LG’s biggest rival, Samsung, have included Copilot since August. Owners of supporting 2025 TVs can speak to Copilot using their remote’s microphone. They can also access Copilot via the Tizen OS homescreen’s Apps tab or through the TVs’ Click to Search feature, which lets users press a dedicated remote button to search for content while watching live TV or Samsung TV Plus. Users can also ask the TV to make AI-generated wallpapers or provide real-time subtitle translations.

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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

The problem is, you can never trust companies whose products can update over the air. (like "smart TVs"). The company can promise all kinds of things they won't do and then sneak something awful into a future update. I will spend a little more on "non-smart / no WiFi" TVs in the future.

[–] PedanticPanda@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just don't connect the TV to wifi?

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The problem is, the TV won't let you. The Visio TV won't let you do anything with it at all until you set up your WiFi connection first. So you can't even use it as a dumb monitor.

And if you disable WiFi later, the TV will nag you to turn it back on every time the TV starts up. I'm sure this design is intentional.

[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 1 points 9 hours ago

Could you connect it to wifi, but then block the tv on your router from Internet access?

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How exactly?

They don't make no Wifi TVs. You can choose to not give it your Wifi Password.

And please don't say digital signage. That costs 10x what a TV does and the picture is significantly worse.

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Here's a 32" one on Amazon. Found it in just a few seconds.

https://a.co/d/aYmShxr

[–] Tinks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

A 32" TV is not what most people are looking for. In fact I don't know anyone with a main TV that small these days. The problem is that 40"+ dumb TVs are hard to find. I'm not saying they don't exist, but very few manufacturers are making them, and the few that are have garbage screens in them.

[–] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Specs seem bad. Only 720p from the looks of it no mention of latency which makes it questionable for gamers. Better off getting a gaming monitor at that point over it.

I don't think this is even worth buying and seems the type of junk TV that would be sold on black Friday as a deal.