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By News Reporter
The inspiring LG Objet Collection has gained a global fan base since its worldwide launch in 2021, and for good reason. Through its understated designs and diverse materials and colors, this sophisticated collection of premium appliances and devices extends the opportunity to curate living spaces that reflect unique lifestyles and preferences like no other.
To raise the bar even higher for the ‘smart home’ experience, LG Vietnam recently launched the ‘LG Objet House’ at Flamingo Dai Lai Resort. Just 45 kilometers north of Hanoi, this all-new brand space and resort is fully equipped with state-of-the-art appliances from the LG Objet Collection.
Within the elegant four walls of the LG Objet House, the harmony effortlessly created by LG Objet products blurs the line between modern home appliances and high-end furniture. Together, these stylish, innovative appliances complete a seamless living space that honors the distinctive style of the homeowner.
During their stay, visitors can experience what seamless living really means thanks to LG PuriCare Aero Furniture, an air purifier that doubles as a side table; LG OLED Objet Collection Posé, a lifestyle TV which transforms into a digital frame that expresses every brushstroke of a painting; LG Objet InstaView refrigerator with an edge-to-edge glass that delivers a 23-percent-wider viewing angle; and LG Objet Styler, a premium clothing care system wrapped in a stylish, modern design.
Since every LG Objet innovation has been designed to blend effortlessly into a wide array of living spaces, they are able to complement each room of the LG Objet House. The life-enriching capabilities of this exclusive space is what leaves a lasting impression on visitors. And it goes without saying that every LG device featured in LG Objet House can be monitored and controlled on the LG ThinQ app, a level of connectivity that introduces a new “smart home” standard to the nation.
Aligning with the company’s global strategy to enhance customer experiences, LG Objet House aspires to encourage greater user interaction. “Through the moments of relaxation felt at LG Objet House, we hope to demonstrate the elevated lifestyle our LG Objet Collection makes possible,” said Song Ik-hwan, president of LG Vietnam, during its launch event.
Striking the perfect balance between aesthetics and functionality, the LG Objet Collection has received high praise from around the world. In Vietnam specifically, one of its products was named the “Most Groundbreaking Product Design” of 2023 at Vietnam Design Week (VMARK 2023). These works of art are not only innovative and visually stunning, they also evoke positive emotions by delivering the next-level user experiences that make sure life is always good.
People can now spend their vacation at LG Objet House, the ideal destination for “smart home” advocates thanks to the level of connectivity offered by the LG Objet Collection, a harmonious selection of practical innovations that boast aesthetic appeal with their sophisticated colors, subtle designs and use of sustainable materials.
Contributed by LG Vietnam
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By News Reporter
Advanced technologies are making life smarter and more convenient. At home, our living spaces have been upgraded through an ever-expanding ecosystem of connected appliances, devices and technologies. However, despite the time-saving benefits of these impressive innovations, the daily chores we love to avoid haven’t gone away just quite yet. Dedicated to realizing the Zero Labor Home, LG recently brought ‘the complete liberation from housework’ a step closer with the introduction of its groundbreaking household companion, the LG Smart Home AI Agent.
Although small in stature, LG’s Smart Home AI Agent has outsized capabilities. Not only does it act as a hub seamlessly connecting and controlling a wide range of home appliances and Internet of Things (IoT) devices,1 it also independently navigates its way around the house thanks to a clever, two-legged wheel design and a raft of cutting-edge tech. Built-in cameras, microphones and various sensors enable LG’s little AI Agent to collect a variety of data from the surrounding environment, which it then leverages to effectively monitor and manage the home.
Captured through multi-modal sensing, the collected data is processed and analyzed by the LG home appliance AI platform. This makes it possible for the Smart Home AI Agent to comprehend users’ intentions such as voices and facial expressions, understand its surroundings and recommend specific courses of action (such as activating or changing the settings of a particular connected appliance or device) to create greater ease, simplicity and comfort from the burden of housework.
At KBIS 2024 in Las Vegas this February, LG’s versatile Smart Home AI Agent highlighted the progress the company is making toward achieving the Zero Labor Home. Beyond its many abilities as a butler, assistant and companion, the diminutive robot is also quite the dancer. Before an enthralled audience, a group of perfectly-in-sync Smart Home AI Agents showed off their skills on the dancefloor with an endearing and entertaining choreographed routine.
Live demonstrations and short videos focusing on real-life usage scenarios at LG’s booth revealed how the AI Agent can help at home, from answering user’s questions, to greeting visitors at the door, to delivering useful notifications from connected appliances and other smart home devices.
In the booth’s Laundry section, the robot assumed the duties of a personal butler, offering up useful information, such as when the washing has finished, and helpful suggestions, like the best way to care for one’s laundry. The Kitchen section introduced the AI Agent as a convenient mobile hub and home assistant, seamlessly connecting with LG’s advanced kitchen appliances and presenting delicious recipes based on available ingredients. Inside the Living section, the Agent showed how it can be a valuable companion, notifying users when a visitor has arrived, inspecting each room as an indoor security officer, and even turning off the smart lightings when everyone has gone to bed.
Through LG’s collaboration with Microsoft, the Smart Home AI Agent integrates both the Azure AI Speech Service, which is based on voice recognition and voice synthesis technology, and the Azure OpenAI Service. Microsoft’s advanced Azure AI solutions help to ensure accurate voice recognition and give the robot its aptitude for comprehending nuanced commands, even in noisy environments like the Las Vegas Convention Center – the venue for KBIS 2024.
What’s more, the AI Agent’s Large Language Model (LLM)-based generative AI conversation service enables a more sophisticated level of robot-human interaction. Users can enjoy having natural, two-way conversations on various topics and conveniently control their home appliances with casually-spoken voice commands. Additionally, utilizing voice and facial recognition technology, LG’s intelligent, little home agent can distinguish between different users. To show its own ‘personality’ and ‘emotions,’ the robot changes the expressions on its face display, and can also convey its reaction to events and user interactions through movements generated by its articulated leg joints.
With ThinQ integration and the expansion of its open platform ecosystem, LG aims to accelerate both the adoption of the Smart Home AI Agent and the realization of its goal to liberate customers from the burden of household chores. Much like ThinQ UP appliances, the AI Agent will be able to receive continuous upgrades via the ThinQ app,2 providing users with an evolving, personalized smart living platform and a smart home solution.
A genuine game-changer, the LG Smart Home AI Agent is set to transform the way we interact with our living spaces, bringing us that much nearer to the realization of the Zero Labor Home.
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1 Feature availability may vary depending on region and usage environment.
2 Feature and service availability of ThinQ UP may vary depending on region.
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By tomatowarden
Hey everyone, I've been using my LG WebOS TV for some time now, and there's a small but impactful change I'd love to see. Currently, when the TV is turned on without an HDMI input, it defaults to displaying a wallpaper. It's not aesthetically pleasing, it's a bit of an inconvenience for users like me who primarily use the TV's smart features.My suggestion is to include an option that allows the TV to boot directly into the Home screen, displaying all the available apps and streaming options right away. This would streamline the user experience, making it faster and easier to access the services we use most.Would love to hear the community's thoughts on this. Cheers!
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By News Reporter
Under the Theme of ‘Upgrade Your Lifestyle with LG’, the Company Showcases How
LG ThinQ and Its Technologies Offer Enhanced Customer Experience
SEOUL, Mar. 14, 2024 — LG Electronics (LG) is set to showcase its cutting-edge home appliances and related core technologies at the Appliance & Electronics World Expo (AWE) 2024, taking place in Shanghai, China, from March 14-17. In collaboration with Jingdong (JD), one of China’s biggest e-commerce companies, LG will present a range of premium home appliances that local consumers can purchase through JD’s online store, and host a live broadcast session on the opening day of the Expo.
Under the theme of ‘Upgrade Your Lifestyle with LG,’ the company is introducing the upgraded home lifestyle made possible by the company’s innovative appliances. The expansive exhibit includes the LG x JD Alliance zone, LG Innovation Tech zone, Upgrade Your Lifestyle zone, as well as the LG ThinQ Home, MoodUP Bridge, Air Solution Lounge and the Laundry Solution & Trendy Kitchen zone.
LG x JD Alliance zone highlights the groundbreaking appliances that will be available on JD, along with the advanced technologies that have helped LG become a major player in the global home appliance market. On day one of AWE, LG and JD will team up for live broadcasts showcasing home solutions, such as the latest WashTower, LG Styler, InstaView refrigerators, air conditioners, 77-inch and 83-inch OLED TVs.
In the Upgrade Your Lifestyle zone, LG will illustrate its harmonious ‘Fix & Max’ concept, with home appliances seamlessly integrated into realistic and stylishly appointed kitchen, study and living room environments. Visitors can also see for themselves how the company’s stunning home appliances realize the vision of making better life at home by curating a residential space with home appliances products, lifestyle screen products and IT products, including the kitchen, living room, home office, dressing room and balcony.
The LG ThinQ Home zone shows off the smart yet elegantly simple home appliance management experience enabled by the revolutionary LG ThinQ UP. Intuitive to use, the latest ThinQ UP platform makes it easier to control and manage appliances, whether it is turning appliances on and off or selecting one of the many specialized cycles available on the company’s intelligent appliances.
With its vibrant, dynamic colors, the MoodUP Bridge is sure to attract the attention of visitors to LG’s booth at AWE 2024. First introduced in 2023, LG refrigerators with MoodUP feature color-changeable LED door panels that can be managed using the LG ThinQ app.
Moving into the Seamless Air Solution Lounge, visitors can experience the full lineup of LG’s air care appliances including the PuriCare AeroTower, AeroFurniture and LG PuriCare Objet Collection HydroTower.
The LG Innovation Tech zone introducing Artificial Intelligence Direct Drive (AI DD) technology focuses on LG’s washers and dryers equipped with the latest Direct Drive Motor tech. Intelligently caring for users’ laundry, the AI DD senses the weight and fabric softness of each load and the types of fabrics being washed, then automatically determines the ideal cycle for enhanced cleansing performance and protection of your garments.* Meanwhile, visitors can see the history of LG Styler, as well as the improved clothing care solutions of new LG Styler.
The Laundry Solution & Trendy Kitchen zone is where visitors can find LG’s smart integrated clothing care solutions and high-performance kitchen appliances. Displayed in the Laundry Solution zone, visitors can see LG’s smart clothing care solution from washer, dryer, clothing care solution and ironing. The Trendy Kitchen zone features various lineup of InstaView refrigerators with understated, décor-friendly finishes, including Essence White and Matte Black.
Visitors can continue their tour of the company’s booth in the LG Objet Collection zone, which presents the unique and captivating aesthetics of the LG Objet Collection lineup.
To target young customers, the company set up unique zones where visitors could fully experience LG products in person. The IT Gaming Zone offered visitors the chance to play actual games on LG UltraGear OLED gaming monitors and LG gram Pro laptops. And, catching the eyes of younger visitors, the Camping & Relaxation Zone was an interactive outdoor life space featuring products, including the LG StanbyMe Go and LG CineBeam Q, which are being launched in China for the first time. Also, LG MAGNIT, a 163-inch Micro LED, not only captivates visitors with its high-quality image but also offers customizable large-scale screens to meet the needs of B2B customers.
“We are excited to introduce Chinese customers to an upgraded lifestyle with our innovative home appliances and technologies at AWE 2024,” said Lyu Jae-cheol, president of LG Electronics Home Appliance & Air Solution Company. “LG will continue to deliver smart life solutions capable of accommodating the unique tastes, preferences and needs of each and every customer.”
Visitors to AWE 2024 can explore the full portfolio of lifestyle-enhancing LG home appliances at the company’s booth (#1C51, W1 Hall, Shanghai New International Expo Center).
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* Tested by Intertek on comparing the results of AI Wash cycle to Cotton cycle with 3kg of load in LG washer model F4Y7RYW0W. AI sensing is not activated when the Steam option is selected. Results may differ depending on load composition and environmental factors.
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By News Reporter
Company’s Latest Appliances Embrace Built-in Design,
Energy Efficiency and Smart Home Solution
SEOUL, Feb. 27, 2024 — LG Electronics (LG) is unveiling an evolved, fully-integrated home experience at the 2024 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) in Las Vegas. LG’s exhibit highlights a range of advanced residential solutions for a better life at home, including an expanded lineup of premium built-ins, energy-efficient appliances and eco-friendly heat pumps that enable home electrification. Also making an appearance is the LG Smart Home AI Agent, a futuristic and friendly innovation designed for a ‘Zero Labor Home.’
Expanded Signature Kitchen Suite Lineup With New Transitional Series Built-in Kitchen Package
Upon entering LG’s booth, visitors will encounter the Signature Kitchen Suite zone, which boasts a stylish selection of the premium built-in brand’s latest kitchen appliances. Among them is the new Signature Kitchen Suite Transitional Series built-in kitchen package, developed in response to the growing popularity of both transitional and contemporary kitchen design.
With subtle aesthetics that help complete a luxurious kitchen look, the Transitional Series offers a sophisticated and velvety matte-stainless-steel panel option and introduces thin yet easy-to-grip handles. The showcased appliances from the Transitional Series include the wine column fridge, under-counter wine cellar, under-counter drawer fridge, 30-inch fridge, dishwasher, 36-inch insert hood, induction oven and wall oven. Visitors can also see sleek solutions from other Signature Kitchen Suite lineups, including the panel-ready Pro Series collection and the brand’s space-efficient compact-size packages.
To underscore the brand’s ‘True to Food’ philosophy, LG is hosting cooking demonstrations in the booth’s cooking experience area. Expert chefs Nick, Austin and Jordan will be showing how easy it is to prepare delicious fare using some of the Signature Kitchen Suite’s latest built-in appliances.
Colorful InstaView Refrigerators for a Differentiated Kitchen Experience
What’s more, the company is introducing a new feature with InstaView refrigerators. Making its debut at KBIS, the new LG InstaView refrigerator allows users to change the color of the InstaView LED light (using the ThinQ app) to suit their preference. In addition, LG is displaying two new refrigerators with MoodUP that employ stainless steel feel material on surface, and a bottom-freezer fridge – with color-changeable door panels that can be easily managed with the LG ThinQ app.
New Simple Design for Contemporary Living
In the LG STUDIO zone, attendees can explore the expanded LG STUDIO Essence White Series, which prioritizes simple, understated design and offers a selection of colors for customizing the appliances’ knobs and handles. The Essence White Series removes unnecessary design elements to reveal the true essence of each appliance, delivering a timeless and simple look that’s always in style. Complementing any kitchen décor or design theme with its soft matte-white finish, the lineup comprises a wall oven, dishwasher, induction oven, Styler, WashTower, hood, gas cooktop and over-the-range microwave.
Customized, Energy-Efficient Smart Home Solutions for All
Besides its premium built-in lineups and comprehensive packages, LG is presenting customized home solutions that are tailored to the needs of both multi- and single-family households and are suitable for a wide variety of spaces. Across several display areas, LG shows how its state-of-the-art appliances are able to fit in effortlessly in an array of different housing situations. Moreover, visitors can check out LG’s impressive, new bath solution leveraging the latest technologies and premium design for a more comfortable and convenient bathroom experience.
Meanwhile, in the Sustainable Home Solution Zone, the company is showcasing its comprehensive home energy solution, which includes the LG Energy Storage System (ESS). Ready to help U.S. customers take advantage of upcoming energy efficiency rebate programs,1 LG’s solution offers user-friendly energy management encompassing production, storage, usage and conservation.
The ESS is easily integrated not only with LG’s air-to-water heat pump and inverter water heater, but also with the company’s home appliances featuring the acclaimed Inverter Heat Pump. Powered by LG’s exclusive core components and motors, the laundry solutions from LG WashCombo with Inverter HeatPump and a dryer with DUAL Inverter Heat Pump save time while using less energy than a vented model,2 helping to achieve home electrification.
Smart Home Solution for a Zero Labor Home
Highlighting the company’s ‘Zero Labor Home’ vision, the Zero Labor Home zone centers on LG’s ThinQ UP 2.0-compatible appliances incorporating the LG AI Appliance Chipset and designated operating system and the groundbreaking LG Smart Home AI Agent. Visitors can experience the differentiated value and unique capabilities of the Smart Home AI Agent and ThinQ through a range of real-life usage scenarios with LG’s home appliances. In a short video focusing on dinner preparation, the Smart Home AI Agent connects with the InstaView fridge and wall oven with built-in high definition camera to check available ingredients, recommend menus and provide cooking steps.
Revealed at this year’s CES, LG’s Smart Home AI Agent uses cutting-edge robotic and multi-modal technologies that enable it to move, learn and comprehend in order to help free people from the burden of household chores. Thanks to LG’s collaboration with Microsoft Azure Open AI, the Smart Home AI Agent is capable of engaging in more complex conversations with users.
“As people’s lifestyles become more diverse and complex, the demand for ultra-personalized solutions will continue to rise,” said Lyu Jae-cheol, president of LG Electronics Home Appliance & Air Solution Company. “The advanced home appliances and cutting-edge technologies we’re presenting at KBIS 2024 are designed to meet the needs of any and all users. We will continue to deliver customized, energy-efficient housing solutions that offer a differentiated home experience.”
Visitors to LG’s booth (West Hall #2343, Las Vegas Convention Center) at KBIS 2024 from February 27 to 29 can discover the company’s diverse portfolio of sophisticated home solutions for a better life.
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1 The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which will come into effect in the United States, provides nearly USD 400 billion to support clean energy and address climate change and USD 8.9 billion for Home Energy Rebates. ( link hidden, please login to view)
2 More energy efficient drying – efficiency rating as compared to the requirements for ENERGY STAR® qualification for standard electric dryers. Based on (November 2023).
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As a former Apple Developer I have very clear ideas on what is needed to have a clean and efficient Home Media Theater.
The WebOs porting on LG TV's is brilliant, yet it has to develop it's full potential.
As a worklist, maybe while waiting to become a devoleper myself, I write down first the basic needs for the final user who has a collection of movies/tv shows/personal videos sotred on a home network, either on NAS or on shares on various computers.
- Organization of Media: the initial intuition of the DLNA protocol is still valid: Video, Photo and Audio are three distinct starting point. Either via DLNA or SMB or other protocols users should be allowed to browse they're media collection elegantly, either readings text list, or with thumbnails. Folder structure should be easy to access.
- For Video: Audio selection; one very basic and yet difficult to manage thing is the ability to choose and change on the fly the audio track in a movie
- For Video: Subtitle selection: as above
The actual SmartShare fails in every single step of this basic list: it does not allow you to choose display mode (list, thumbnails, maetadata, etc), it does not allow you to change audio (it works on USB, not on shares) and it does not allow you to show subtitles, not even the embedded ones.
I know there are fierce limitations in the DLNA protocol but.......
The final user experience in the Era of XBMC Gotham cannot be such as proposed today on LG top tv's.......
Do you need a hand in developing smart share? Any plan to upgrade it? Any plan to develop a non-DLNA client, maybe a SMB client or a PLEX client?
Why not get in touch with XBMC community? It could save years.......
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