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submitted 2 months ago by SayJess to c/technology@beehaw.org

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

!technology@lemmy.world 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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[-] aaron@lemm.ee 38 points 2 months ago

Ever been an engineer who seriously fucked something up?

[-] derbis@beehaw.org 5 points 2 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.

[-] Crikeste@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

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

[-] jhoward@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago

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

[-] lnxtx@feddit.nl 5 points 2 months ago
[-] SayJess 3 points 2 months ago

Bernard is a national treasure!

[-] Sorse@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago

Самсунг теперь русская компания

[-] SayJess 4 points 2 months ago

That would be hilarious.

[-] Zier@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

Pree-vee-yet droog!

[-] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

I hope the TVs make a recovery.

[-] drathvedro@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago
[-] SayJess 1 points 2 months ago

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

[-] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

проверьте настройки, возможно, там можно изменить язык

[-] SayJess 1 points 2 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.

this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2025
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