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Between September 6-10, LG showcased its diverse range of AI-powered home solutions, opening a new chapter of intelligent home living at its IFA 2024 booth. Under the theme of Experience, Affectionate Intelligence (AI) Home, the company presented its unique, AI-inspired vision of future living to visitors from around the world.
Designed in collaboration with Korean science fiction author Kim Cho-yeop, the expansive booth featured diverse experience zones curated to demonstrate how the company’s AI can be embedded into home life to elevate lifestyles in intelligent and distinctive ways.
Upon entering Hall 18 of Messe Berlin, visitors were greeted by the AI Home Gate, a massive LED media wall displaying the journey of LG AI, from the birth of LG’s AI Agent, FURON, to how it communicates with the world and enriches daily life.
After gaining a solid understanding of what Affectionate Intelligence is all about, visitors could explore how it makes everyday life more simple and convenient. Divided into several distinct lifestyle spaces, LG’s booth showcased how natural conversations with
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The first lifestyle space, “Second Youth Home,” showcased a new and more active lifestyle for retirees. The digital signage on the wall visualized how ThinQ ON customizes and takes care of home appliances depending on the user. For example, after recognizing certain phrases like “tennis lesson” on the user’s calendar, ThinQ ON automatically sets the washer and dryer to its “Activewear course” via Smart Pairing.
, employs AI DD technology to intelligently minimize water and energy usage based on each load. It also features Easy Control technology, which automatically selects cycles according to usage patterns and user preferences for maximum convenience.
The second lifestyle space, named “Smart Green Home,” showcased the ideal abode for families passionate about the environment and energy conservation. Among the many power-saving solutions on display, LG’s AI-enhanced Energy Storage System (ESS) analyzes energy usage patterns and weather forecasts to adjust its mode according to various conditions. Another highlight was the . With these devices – both inside and outside the home, connected to ThinQ ON – LG AI optimizes household energy usage in real-time and reduces energy bills by intelligently managing the power consumption of every connected device.
The next lifestyle space was the “Affectionate Home,” designed with children and pets in mind. It featured the company’s Self-Driving AI Home Hub, which can move freely around the home and interact with children through conversation. Its multi-modal sensing combines voice, sound and image recognition to change its expression according to various emotions, allowing it to respond to different situations with appropriate etiquette. The hub can move from room to room and control connected appliances and IoT devices, constantly making sure the environment is optimized for the little ones.
Not just a hub for home appliances, LG AI is an Affectionate Intelligence storyteller that boasts a deep level of emotional depth and understanding, enabling it to communicate and interact with users effectively. Through generative AI, the Self-Driving AI Home Hub can develop stories based on images drawn by the user, ensuring a unique bedtime story every night.
The next room demonstrated how LG appliances optimize the environment for pets and their owners. Once temperature and humidity sensors detect indoor air conditions, the LG DUALCOOL air conditioner can achieve the perfect temperature with airflow customized to suit the environment and personal preferences.
This zone also featured the AeroCat, a purifier designed specifically for cats. As every cat owner knows, cats love to sleep on devices and appliances. With this in mind, LG AeroCat can detect when a pet sits on top of it, stopping operation to provide a quiet place for a nap. And since weight can be an important indicator of heath, the AeroCat’s built-in weight sensor tracks the pet’s weight and alerts owners of any unusual changes via the ThinQ app.
“Delightful Home,” the final lifestyle space on display, presented a perfect setting for inviting and entertaining family and friends through a shared love of food. This zone highlighted LG AI’s ability to make cooking easier and quicker, with ThinQ ON providing menu recommendations and step-by-step instructions for numerous delicious dishes. Visitors could even learn some new skills by watching the “AI Talking Cooking Show,” a live cooking demonstration by chef Kristof Mulack, a culinary master who knows the best ways to customize LG’s AI appliances.
To let visitors focus on the technology that makes all these lifestyle spaces possible, the company also set up the “LG Affectionate Intelligence” zone. This area effectively illustrated the connectivity and expandability of the Matter-certified LG ThinQ ON, engineered to help users manage their entire smart home with a single device.
LG also shined a light on its AI legacy with a special “AI to the Core” space. Using a transparent OLED display, the company explained how its Core Tech has evolved into LG AI core tech. This lineup includes revolutionary AI DD and AI DUAL Inverter, both of which employ AI to enhance performance and deliver more precise control, resulting in new and improved levels of customer care and user experiences.
The final zone by LG was none other than the “Sustainability Lounge,” which provided visitors with an overview of the company’s latest efforts to promote sustainable living. Here, visitors could relax while learning more about LG’s ESG activities, including its use of recycled plastics in select products.
LG’s booth at IFA 2024 successfully delivered an insightful window into the LG AI Home. Stay tuned to to explore how LG AI can enrich daily life in the new era of AI.
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Seamlessly Integrating Customer and Spatial Experiences, Company’s “Affectionate
Intelligence Home” Presents an AI Home Lifestyle of Curated Comfort and Convenience
SEOUL, Sep. 5, 2024 — LG Electronics (LG) is set to unveil its vision for future living at IFA 2024, showcasing a complete range of AI home solutions for every need and lifestyle under the theme of “Experience, Affectionate Intelligence (AI) Home.”
Central to LG’s Affectionate Intelligence Home is LG ThinQ ON, an advanced AI home hub designed to deliver comfort and convenience tailored to individual preferences. ThinQ ON seamlessly integrates with LG’s latest AI appliances, forming the core of the LG AI Home Solution. This system is driven by Affectionate Intelligence, LG’s empathetic and caring AI technology. As the AI Home Solution learns more about users’ routines, preferences and behaviors over time, it creates a personalized spatial experience, delivering unmatched customer value and bringing greater ease to everyday life.
The first thing visitors to the LG booth at IFA 2024 will encounter is the AI Home Gate, an immersive LED media wall that visually communicates how LG AI is deployed within the AI Home to elevate customer lifestyles.
Visitors will get to experience LG’s sophisticated generative AI technology through the ThinQ ON hub once they pass through the AI Home Gate. ThinQ ON understands natural language, allowing users to control a wide range of appliances, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and services with conversational voice commands. LG’s AI hub facilitates a truly personalized AI home lifestyle, managing everything from lifestyle services to helping kids get a good night’s sleep.
Intelligently Personalized AI Home Lifestyles for Every Generation, Family and Pet
The Second Youth Home exemplifies LG’s commitment to enhancing the lives of the elderly by easing household chores and enriching leisure activities. Powered by ThinQ ON, this space highlights how conversational voice-recognition and seamless coordination of home appliances – for example, automatically setting the dryer to “Activewear course” once the washing machine finishes a workload – simplify home management. The AI hub can also provide voice briefings to keep users informed of what’s going on, relieve stress by offering guidance for tasks such as booking a taxi, and estimate travel time to the selected destinations.
In the Affectionate Home zone, the focus is on AI solutions designed to help families care, especially for children and pets. The Self-Driving AI Home Hub, capable of controlling AI appliances and IoT sensors, adjusts device settings and environmental conditions to meet children’s needs. For example, it can activate Sleep Mode at bedtime, dimming lights and adding a starlight effect to help kids drift off to sleep. Additionally, the hub supports learning by using generative AI to create stories from children’s drawings.
For easier pet care, LG’s AI Home Solution manages connected appliances and devices to maintain fresh air and clean floors. Air-quality sensors intelligently control the LG PuriCare Alpha Pet Double air purifier, while temperature and humidity sensors manage the DUALCOOL air conditioner, automatically adjusting mode and air flow to suit current conditions. The robot vacuum autonomously cleans the floor once after pets leave, ensuring a more pleasant living space. Additionally, the Affectionate Home zone introduces a brand-new home appliance made especially for cats (and their owners). The innovative LG AeroCat combines a cat bed with an air purifier to offer a comfortable resting spot for cats and a fresher atmosphere for their human companions.
In the Delightful Home zone, ThinQ ON takes center stage in creating a more convenient culinary experience by engaging with visitors and providing personalized recipe recommendations as well as nutritional analysis. Visitors can also enjoy live cooking demonstrations, such as the “AI Talking Cooking Show,” savor the delicious dishes prepared by LG’s AI ovens with built-in cameras, and see how the InstaView with MoodUP refrigerator enhances the ambiance.
Next up is the Smart Green Home, a self-sustaining abode featuring high-efficiency appliances, including the advanced Therma V R290 Monobloc air-to-water heat pump and state-of-the-art heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. LG AI optimizes household energy usage in real time, adjusting device settings and schedules in accordance with users’ lifestyles and routines, while accounting for fluctuations in electricity rates. ThinQ ON also helps reduce household energy costs by intelligently managing the power consumption of all connected devices.
Innovating the AI Home Ecosystem and Key Technologies with LG AI
The LG Affectionate Intelligence zone showcases the scalability of LG’s Affectionate Intelligence with ThinQ ON at its core. Utilizing LG’s own generative AI technology and advanced security solutions, ThinQ ON acts as the central hub of diverse IoT ecosystems enhanced by a range of LG’s IoT sensors and devices. These include motion and light sensors, temperature and humidity sensors and smart buttons, all providing real-time spatial information for personalized, AI-driven home services.
The zone also highlights how LG’s open AI ecosystem integrates third-party services to enrich the customer experience and demonstrates the versatility of IoT sensors that can even connect non-AI appliances to the AI Home system. The exhibit underscores the scalability of LG’s AI solutions, giving visitors a real sense of the intelligent and responsive living environment LG is creating.
What’s more, the LG Affectionate Intelligence zone illustrates how ThinQ ON serves as the home’s central hub, working in complete harmony with LG’s ThinQ UP and ThinQ app, and a wide variety of services and solutions. This creates an exceptionally personalized experience and fosters a continuously-growing AI home ecosystem.
Finally, the AI to the Core zone highlights the cutting-edge innovation of LG’s AI Core-Tech, including the AI DD and the AI DUAL Inverter. The integration of LG’s latest AI solutions with industry-leading core technologies delivers more precise control, improved energy efficiency and enhanced personalization.
“Our Affectionate Intelligence Home solutions at IFA 2024 will enable customers to experience the ease of the Zero Labor Home, where they can enjoy a life free from mundane household chores,” said Lyu Jae-cheol, president of LG Electronics Home Appliance & Air Solution Company. “We will continue to lead the AI home era with our Affectionate Intelligence solutions and state-of-the-art core technologies.”
Visitors to LG’s booth (Hall 18, Messe Berlin) at IFA 2024 from September 6-10 can discover the unprecedented customizability and convenience of the company’s latest Affectionate Intelligence Home solutions.
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Company’s PAX West Booth Showcases webOS
Gaming Capabilities and Innovative Gaming Solutions
SEOUL, Sep. 3, 2024 — LG Electronics (LG) showcased its gaming technologies on its webOS platform at PAX West, the largest gaming event in the U.S. Visitors explored LG’s webOS Gaming capabilities on LG smart devices, including its critically acclaimed lineup of LG OLED TVs, at LG’s PAX West Booth (2301) at the Seattle Convention Center in the Arch Building.
Delivering unparalleled experiences to its users, LG is setting a new standard in gaming excellence with its innovative webOS Gaming technology. LG’s debut at PAX West marks the beginning of the company’s journey to establish itself as a leading gaming platform, dedicated to enhancing and elevating the gaming experience.
The experiences visitors were able to explore at the LG booth include:
webOS Gaming Zone: What Gamers Need, All in One Place
Supporting over 4,000 high-fidelity games through cloud gaming and over 500 casual games that offer fun and unique experiences – all playable with just LG’s Magic Remote – attendees watched webOS Gaming come to life with a preview of new and upcoming game titles.
AAA Gaming Zone: No Console, No PC
LG has teamed up with NVIDIA GeForce NOW, Blacknut and Amazon Luna to showcase how its webOS Gaming platform simplifies access to cloud gaming services and supports the latest and most popular AAA games. Booth visitors can enjoy popular titles such as Star Wars Outlaws, Cyberpunk 2077, Black Myth: Wukong, Cuphead and more.
Casual Gaming Zone: No Hassle, More Fun
Featuring fan-favorites like Overcooked! 2, plus Cut The Rope and Thief Puzzle in partnership with Famobi, the Casual Gaming Zone allowed PAX West attendees to play through a diverse selection of hyper-causal games designed for easy and fun gameplay. Visitors discovered webOS Gaming supports a variety of casual games on LG’s lifestyle devices like the StanbyME and StanbyME Go. Visitors could also find more on webOS Gaming’s support for touch-based casual games for automobiles with the capability of cross-device compatibility.
Developer’s Playground Zone: Your Games, Your Rules
Providing an environment that allows for the development of interactive games, the developer’s playground presented webOS Gaming as the all-in-one, go-to developer platform taking advantage of webRTC Camera, in-app advertising and purchasing methods, Motion and Voice API, plus highlighting its support for development software like FlutterTM and HTML5. With webOS Gaming, developers can connect to gaming peripherals such as gamepad, keyboard, mouse, haptic suit and more.
New gaming services are regularly launched on LG TVs, such as the upcoming NowCafe, a new genre of audience participation app from now.gg that will be available on LG TVs via cloud gaming.
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LG TV Owners Worldwide Gain Access to Exciting Offers, Including Discounts
and Free Trials from Global and Regional webOS Content Partners
SEOUL, Aug. 30, 2024 — LG Electronics (LG) is announcing the LG Streaming Week campaign in 44 countries, starting from September 9 and running through October 13,1 to celebrate a decade since the initial launch of webOS on the company’s LCD and OLED TVs. For owners of LG TVs above UHD released from 2018 onward (running webOS 4.0 and above), as well as StanbyME and StanbyME Go users, LG Streaming Week presents a variety of free and discounted subscriptions from service partners through its dedicated app, accessible from the Home Screen, Content Store or Apps.
Each promotional week will feature a different global and local partner line-up, with each partner limited offer accessible and redeemable solely on a weekly basis, from the LG Streaming Week app.2
LG Streaming Week boasts a range of enticing offers from content partners, such as free subscriptions of up to three months and up to 90 percent in discounts. Whether a fan of movies, sport, gaming, anime or cult classics, LG Streaming Week caters to a multitude of interests and preferences for a more captivating viewing experience.
Apple TV+3 is offering a three-month free trial, allowing LG TV owners to enjoy the latest premium Apple Originals, including the gripping psychological thriller Disclaimer, starring Academy Award-winners Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline and created and directed by five-time Academy Award-winner Alfonso Cuarón. Plus, new seasons of the Emmy Award-nominated and BAFTA-Award winning drama Slow Horses; enthralling post-apocalyptic series Silo; and the sweeping and deeply moving drama Pachinko. Moreover, LG is providing customers with a three-month free trial of Apple Music.4 The award-winning Apple Music offers one of the largest catalogs of music in the world with over 100 million songs as well as over 30,000 expertly curated playlists, artist interviews, Apple Music Radio and so much more. Apple Music subscribers also have access to exciting features like Apple Music Sing and time-synced lyrics as well as lossless audio, and immersive Spatial Audio.
Movie enthusiasts will be delighted with the chance to explore films and series from multiple content providers across genres. New and returning Paramount+5 subscribers can get a 50 percent discount on an annual subscription of high-stakes dramas including Tulsa King, critically acclaimed projects like Fellow Travelers (Paramount+ with Showtime plan only in US), next-gen franchises that build on fan favorites like Knuckles, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, along with an extensive library of even more hit series, blockbuster films, live sports and breaking news.
Mubi,6 a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema all over the world, is offering LG TV owners during LG Streaming Week a chance to discover the best of cinema, in the comfort of their home, with 70 percent off for six months.
For sports fans, DAZN7 – the only place to watch NFL Game Pass (excluding US and China) – will be offering new customers 25 percent off a NFL Game Pass Season Pro subscription and a NFL Weekly Pro subscription for USD 0.99 or local currency equivalent. This will give LG TV owners the opportunity to watch every NFL game from every team, including the Playoffs and Super Bowl, live and on-demand. Plus get NFL RedZone, NFL Network, NFL Originals and much more, including a full suite of archive content.
What’s more, for those who prefer gaming or anime, LG Streaming Week has appealing offers for users of different tastes and interests. LG TV owners can embark on an anime adventure with 30 days free trial of Crunchyroll, where fans unlock the largest dedicated anime streaming library of over 25,000 hours of content and fresh series arriving every season. For an interactive experience, especially for LG TV owners, Blacknut8 Cloud Gaming offers a 30-minute free play session for any of their 500+ premium games and a special USD 1/first month subscription offer for new subscribers. For kids and families, Baby Shark World for Kids by The Pinkfong Company is granting 1 month of free access to its vast library of songs and stories that engage children in stimulating learning experiences.
To provide those who do not yet own an LG TV with the opportunity to take advantage of LG Streaming Week, the company is presenting several promotions on TV products across the global market. LG aims to expand its presence with enticing occasions for users to experience all that webOS has to offer on LG TVs.
The decade-long journey of webOS is marked by continuous innovation, demonstrating LG’s commitment to delivering content with a user-friendly interface for convenience and ease of use. Over the years, webOS has undergone a home screen overhaul that enhances usability and leverages the latest AI technology to effortlessly direct viewers to their preferred content. What’s more, the company’s recent webOS Re:New program enables LG AI TV owners to receive TV upgrades for a period of five years, enriching the user experience for a wider audience.
LG webOS highlights LG’s dedication to optimizing content consumption, with support from over 4,000 partners in 180 countries and millions of active users. Since its launch, webOS has evolved over 10 years to transform the home entertainment experience for easy-to-use viewing pleasure. Now available across LG TVs and lifestyle screens such as StanbyME and StanbyME Go, webOS has recorded significantly increased usage time, with consumers gradually shifting access from traditional TV to webOS, reflecting its widespread appeal to users around the world.
For further details about free and discounted content available during LG Streaming Week, visit the dedicated page on each regional LG.com site. Information on LG product promotions can also be found at
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1 LG Streaming Week 1 starts September 9 and redemptions for Week 1 offers close September 15. Week 2 starts September 16 and redemptions for Week 2 close September 22. Week 3 starts September 23 and redemptions for Week 3 offers close September 29. Week 4 starts September 30 and redemptions for Week 4 offers close October 6. Week 5 starts October 7 and redemptions for Week 5 offers close October 13. Select partner offers may start at a different date than the beginning of the week.
2 Partner offer can only be redeemed once via LG Streaming Week app.
3 Apple TV+ offer is available via LG Streaming app from September 9 and can also be accessed directly from Apple TV app in over 90 markets until November 17. Offer ends November 17. Offer available on 2018-2024 LG 4K, 8K Smart TV models, StanbyME and StanbyME Go models in the Apple TV app. Valid only for new and qualified returning subscribers to Apple TV+ in your region. Limit one offer per TV and Apple ID. Plan automatically renews at your region’s price per month until cancelled. Requires Apple ID with payment method on file. Payment will be billed to payment method on file and can be cancelled anytime at least a day before each renewal date in your service account settings. Terms and Apple Privacy Policy apply; see the applicable terms at Must be the minimum age required in your country and in the country that matches the store front on which you are redeeming the offer. Compatible products and services required. Cannot be combined with other offers providing access to the same service. Apple TV+ is a service mark of Apple Inc.
4 Apple Music offer is available via LG Streaming app from September 9 in 44 markets and can also be accessed directly from Apple Music app in 137 markets until April 30, 2025. Apple Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos is available on LG OLED TV models launched from 2018 to 2024 and QNED TV models Q90T and above.
5 Paramount+ offer is available in 18 countries including US, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Republic of Ireland, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Panama, Guatemala and Ecuador, where LG Streaming Week promotion is available. The total cost of the annual plan is billed upfront and after the first year, auto-renews at the then regular annual price of the annual price selected. Paramount+ U.S: Total cost of annual plan billed upfront. Auto-renews at then regular annual price (currently, plan start at USD 59.99/year + tax, as applicable).
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