Copilot will leave Samsung and LG TVs on 1 December 2026. Microsoft now gives this date in its support documentation. For the owners concerned, the stated consequence is specific: access to the assistant on the TV will be removed. This is not an announcement that the TV will stop working, nor that Copilot is disappearing from all devices.
This withdrawal highlights a difference that is often hard to see when making a purchase: a screen is a piece of hardware, but some of its functions depend on services managed remotely. To understand what is changing, it is necessary to look at the function concerned, how it is accessed and what the provider actually undertakes to maintain.
A date now confirmed
The ‘Copilot TV’ section of Microsoft’s support page on changes to Copilot sets the end of availability for Samsung and LG TVs as 1 December. It says users will still be able to interact with Copilot on the web, on computers and on mobile devices.
The distinction matters: this is the removal of access on certain platforms, not the general closure of the service. A message displayed on a TV should therefore be understood within that scope. It does not mean that all of the brand’s artificial intelligence functions are disappearing along with it.
The documentation consulted does not give a detailed explanation of the commercial reasons for this decision. Attributing it automatically to poor audience figures, excessive costs or a reaction to criticism would go beyond what has been established. The date and platforms are confirmed; the precise reasons are not given in this notice.
On LG, an icon did not mean a native app
In December 2025, LG clarified the matter to Tom’s Hardware, in a direct response from its North American public relations manager. The Copilot icon on webOS was described as a shortcut that opened Microsoft’s website in the TV’s browser, rather than an app integrated into the system.
LG also said that using the microphone required explicit consent in this interface. These explanations describe how the manufacturer said the feature worked at the time. They are not an independent privacy audit, and do not allow all Samsung implementations to be described in the same way.
The difference between a shortcut and an app is not merely a matter of terminology. The same icon can provide access to installed software or to a remote page. For the user, the initial action looks similar; for service availability, the dependencies may be different. Its presence on the home screen therefore does not, by itself, guarantee how long the feature will last.
Distinguishing a fault from the withdrawal of a service
When a feature stops responding, there are several possible causes: the connection, software, an account or a remote service. Here, an official deadline makes it possible to identify a planned withdrawal. This information helps avoid treating Copilot’s disappearance automatically as a hardware fault.
Nevertheless, it is important to be precise about what the announcement does not say. It does not establish a schedule for changes to every home screen, or the exact appearance of the message on each model. Instructions specific to the TV should still be checked with the manufacturer’s support service and against the installed system version.
Resetting a device in the hope of restoring a feature that has officially been withdrawn does not address the cause of the change. Before making a significant change, the right approach is to identify the exact feature, model and relevant announcement. Changing local settings does not determine whether an external service is maintained.
What this means for the value of a connected TV
This situation invites us to distinguish lasting criteria from those that depend on a provider. Screen size, physical connectors and hardware ergonomics are not in the same category as a remote feature. That does not make the latter useless; it changes how its place in a purchasing decision should be assessed.
Consider a hypothetical case: two screens meet a household’s audiovisual needs, but one gives greater prominence to an online assistant. To compare their merits, it is worth asking whether the assistant fits a regular use, what conditions come with it and what would remain useful if the service changed. The logo of an additional feature does not answer these questions.
The issue is not limited to artificial intelligence. More broadly, it concerns uses that depend on a third party. The right question is therefore not just ‘is it available today?’, but also ‘who does that availability depend on?’ This way of thinking helps prioritise features without turning every new development into a decisive argument.
Continuing to use the assistant, without a promise of an identical replacement
Microsoft is maintaining other ways to access Copilot. This does not mean that switching from the TV to a phone or computer will recreate exactly the same experience: the screen, input method and context of use all change. The options should be assessed on the platform actually chosen.
For occasional users, the disappearance of a shortcut may have little effect. For those who used it in their living room, it means taking a different route. There is no universal conclusion about the assistant’s usefulness: it depends on the task each person used it for.
The takeaway is simple and specific: 1 December 2026 marks the announced removal of Copilot from Samsung and LG TVs. For the rest of the equipment, the functions need to be considered separately. A connected TV is not a single block in which all services have the same period of availability.
Illustrative photograph: a remote control in a living room, with no specific model identified.
