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New Vizio TV? Better have a Walmart account

Rob Beschizza
Mar 30, 2026
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Image: Vizio Ads

If smart TVs inaugurating an age of pervasive advertising surveillance is tragedy, here comes farce in record time: if you buy a new Vizio TV set, you’ll need a Walmart account to go with it.

Without one, you won’t be able to complete setup and access smart features, Ars Technica’s Scharon Harding reports. Ars confirmed with the company t…

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