CES 2025: LG & Samsung Unveil AI-Powered Smart TVs with Microsoft Copilot

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Buckle up tech enthusiasts and smart home aficionados! CES 2025 has kicked off with a splash, and leading the charge in the TV world are LG and Samsung, unveiling AI-powered smart TVs that integrate Microsoft's Copilot. These innovations promise to redefine TV capabilities, blending entertainment, AI utilities, and home integration in ways that are both exciting and—let’s admit it—a bit futuristic.

AI Meets TV: A Dynamic Duo

The new generations of LG and Samsung smart TVs are at the forefront of bridging artificial intelligence with traditional home entertainment. But there's far more under the hood than just sophisticated buzzwords. Let’s dig into the specifics.

LG's AI-Powered Features

LG's new lineup proudly wears its AI badge, heavily focusing on functionality and user-centric innovations:
  • AI Remote: Don’t be surprised if your remote gets smarter than you! The LG AI Remote, paired with their Copilot integration, uses AI to aggregate and simplify complex tasks. For instance, looking for movie recommendations? Or want information on restaurants? The remote allows users to access a refined web app where Copilot provides practical, contextual cues, streamlining everything from searches to managing your day.
  • AI-Specific Menu Section: LG blurred the line between a TV and an advanced computational assistant. With AI taking center stage in the available interface features, the focus rests on enabling users to "plan smartly" while being entertained.
However, there’s a caveat. As intriguing as these features sound, LG didn’t offer much in terms of live demonstrations. So, while the promise is there, the reality of interacting with this Copilot interface remains more mystery than magic… for now.

Samsung’s AI-Powered Vision

If LG went after functionality, Samsung targeted holistic entertainment with a pinch of lifestyle integration:
  • Vision AI Suite: Picture and sound quality are everything, and Samsung knows it. From AI Upscaling to Auto HDR Remastering and Adaptive Sound Pro, Samsung leverages AI to ensure colors pop, sound envelopes the listener, and everything you see feels as good as it looks.
  • AI Remote Button: Samsung’s spin on Copilot access lies in simplicity. A dedicated button on your remote taps into Copilot to offer personalized recommendations that could extend beyond TV—think letting Copilot tell you what dinner you're looking at or alerting you about home security issues.
While undeniably forward-thinking, similar concerns arise here—how deep is the integration with Copilot? As most features seem web-based rather than embedded AI systems, it’s not guaranteed that the AI magic will extend to offline interactions.

What Sets Samsung Apart

Samsung didn’t just stop at AI. They’re intertwining artistry with utility in ways that elevate TVs beyond mere media hubs.

The Frame Pro: A Canvas for Technology

Samsung builds on its earlier Frame TV concept to deliver a TV that isn’t just a TV but a statement piece:
  • Mini LED Tech & Dynamic Refresh Rates: By shifting to Mini LED technology, the Frame Pro ensures stunning brightness alongside dazzling contrast. For gamers, there’s support for up to 144Hz refresh rates, so your lightning-fast gaming moments meet equally smooth visuals.
  • Wireless Connectivity via One Connect Box: Say goodbye to tangled cables. This box transmits signals wirelessly, offering clutter-free installation and supporting ultra-modern Wi-Fi 7 for seamless 8K streaming.

But wait…it isn’t all perfect. If you're someone sniffing around for Dolby Vision HDR support, Samsung disappoints. Opting out leaves Dolby fans questioning whether style has come at the cost of HDR substance.​


Samsung’s 8K Neo QLED Series: The Apex of High-End Viewing

Samsung’s other major offering—QN990F and QN900F Neo QLED 8K TVs—pushes the high-end envelope hard:
  • Glare-Free Panels: Inspired by OLED refinements, these TVs dodge ambient light reflections without sacrificing vivid color vibrancy.
  • Enhanced Art Features: When not actively used as TVs, these Neo QLEDs morph into high-definition art showcases, leveraging Samsung’s Art Store ecosystem to turn your living room into MoMA.
  • AI Accessibility Tools: Whether it’s scene-optimizing picture room-by-room or real-time translation via Live Translate subtitles in over seven languages, Samsung isn’t just about image quality—it’s crafting global-friendly tech.
While jaw-dropping on paper, much of Samsung’s new 8K lineup depends on Wi-Fi 7 standards to deliver cutting-edge performance. If you don't have that next-gen network, you might wonder whether your home setup deserves such an OTT upgrade.

Going Beyond Pixels with Microsoft’s Copilot

A star feature connecting the two brands—LG and Samsung—is Microsoft’s Copilot. Initially storming into mainstream PCs and office tools, Copilot now makes its way into our lounge spaces.

What Exactly is Copilot AI?

Think of Copilot as your digital personal assistant, capable of contextual understanding. Integrated with TV platforms, its goal is to help users achieve more by automating mundane processes in effortless communication pipelines. That goes beyond entertainment—it’s productivity mingling within leisure contexts.
Imagine watching cooking tutorials and asking Copilot to immediately suggest Recipes Without Tomatoes "just like this"! This rare blend of recommendation engine + actionable utility defines Microsoft’s Copilot.
But here's the kicker—it’s largely web-based, not autonomous AI like Siri, raising questions about its responsiveness for users without blazing internet connections or heavy cloud reliance.

What’s Holding AI-Powered TVs Back?

For all the glamor, CES 2025 has shed light on unresolved practicalities:
  1. Connectivity Limits: Wi-Fi 7 is futureproof only if your existing router supports it. Otherwise, enjoy great TV "imperfectly optimized"!
  2. Price Tags in the Shadows: Neither LG nor Samsung revealed constellation-pricing ranges (and they surely will sting wallets), hinting reluctance transparency upfront leading markets.
  3. Web-Centric AI holding stagnant progress being AI-cloud separate world bounds! Microsoft faces reinvention enabling offline cognition events stronger autonomy future upgrades 필요 multiple cohorts speculated inadequacies scenarios!

Wrapping It All Together

The announcements of LG and Samsung integrating Microsoft Copilot into TVs reaffirm AI’s central role in shaping future living. Whether tiny demonstrations executes fluidity ambition won’t Remove price fluff-fancy premium elsewhere practical approachable Clone-Copy Draw. Users wonder unfolding layers ordinary flats reflect multi-use enablement? e

Source: Busy Body Tribune LG and Samsung Introduce AI-Powered TVs with Microsoft’s Copilot Integration
 


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