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.

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    2 days ago

    And here I was thinking I should upgrade to a nice big OLED and get a PS5 when GTA VI comes out, as it’ll undoubtedly be another console exclusive. Of course, LG was at the forefront of consideration, they do make nice OLED panels and mostly everyone else using OLED also uses their panels.

    Now they’re out of consideration too, along with Samsung (which I currently own)

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        Mine doesn’t even have the weird UI ads people would always post on reddit, it just… sucks.

        If you’re going to run an OS other than Android or Linux with Plasma Bigscreen, at least make it not suck. Tizen on Samsung TVs just sucks.

        Unremovable buttons for Netflix, Prime and… WTF even is a Rakuten? on the remote which has a total of less than 15 buttons. Why… It was so minimalistic.

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          What annoys me is the buttons are not editable, I want plex not rakuten. I have only ever pressed that bu accident. Samsung suck