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Samsung TV's voice assistant is suddenly in Russian, happening worldwide (it seems) (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/21327394

[email protected] removed my post, without any sort of notification, which is lame and annoying.

Here is the original text, copied verbatim:

Something is going on with Samsung TV's voice assistant

My TV has suddenly started to interpret voice commands as if I was speaking Russian. Users on Samsungs community forum are reporting the same issue. There are users on Reddit who are also reporting the same issue.

A quick google search shows that this is worldwide, and that it started somewhere between 3-5 days ago.

What the hell is going on, Samsung?

(I am not seeking tech support or advice, just raising awareness to what is hopefully a benign problem.)

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ever been an engineer who seriously fucked something up?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

A man read too much Russian, this is what happened to his brain.

For those curious, it’s because the video appears to be a ChubbyEmu video and his titles are always in the above format. He reads about medical issues.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This TV suddenly started spewing Russian subtitles, this is what happened to it’s hardware….

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

The owner brought the TV to the ER, where we are now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Самсунг теперь русская компания

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

That would be hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

☝️

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Bernard is a national treasure!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Pree-vee-yet droog!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Вы пробовали выключить и снова включить?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That’s hilarious, I JUST started watching The IT Crowd for the first time!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I hope the TVs make a recovery.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

проверьте настройки, возможно, там можно изменить язык

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Nothing fixes it. The language is still Russian. Changing it and changing it back doesn’t do anything. Factory resetting does not fix it either.

The links I provided show other users trying fixes, and nothing working.