When CES 2026 kicks off on January 6, 2026, LG is going to be one of the biggest names people watch. The tech expo offers product reveals across the wide gamut of gadgetery and the Korean company is going to have reveals in the biggest areas, from TVs and monitors to speakers and home appliances.

Microsoft Copilot is now part of LG's webOS interface for TVs and can't be removed. 'Live Plus' is also enabled, which records everything you watch.

Company who already has a questionable track record in Australia according to the ACCC secretly tracking analysing and then selling detailed information about what consumers watch inside their own homes.

LG TV owners are discovering Microsoft Copilot on their home screens following a software update. The AI assistant installs automatically and cannot be removed, highlighting how AI features are increasingly becoming permanent parts of smart TV platforms.

With its latest webOS update, LG has begun automatically installing the Microsoft Copilot AI app on its smart TVs. The change was first spotted by a Reddit user, who noticed the app suddenly appear in their TV's app drawer after a software update. Making matters worse, the app can't be uninstalled.

LG smart TV owners are reporting that a recent webOS software update has added Microsoft Copilot to their TVs, with no apparent way to remove it.