Microsoft is ending Copilot support on smart TVs

<figure> <img alt="Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant shown running on a Samsung smart TV." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Microsoft" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/copilot.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nearly two years after <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24337033/lg-samsung-microsoft-copilot-smart-tvs-ces-2025">LG and Samsung announced at CES 2025</a> that their latest smart TVs would include access to Microsoft's Copilot, the company is ending support for the AI assistant's functionality on all TVs this year, <a href="https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-copilot/microsoft-is-killing-copilot-on-all-smart-tvs-after-backlash-and-strategy-shift-lg-confirms-support-will-end-before-2027">according to a report by <em>Windows Central</em></a>.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The news comes not from an official announcement from LG, Samsung, or Microsoft, but from an on-screen notification that appeared on <em>Windows Central'</em>s Zac Bowden's webOS-powered LG TV earlier today. "Microsoft has recently decided to end support for Copilot functionality on all TVs, including the Copilot-enabled feature available on our LG TVs. As a result, the Copilot-enabled feat …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1021143/microsoft-lg-samsung-copilot-ai-assistant-smart-tvs-ending">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>