LG LAUNCHES THE GOOGLE ASSISTANT ON 2018 AI-ENABLED TVS

[Alex 57]

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. May 8, 2018 — LG Electronics USA announced the Google Assistant is launched on its 2018 AI TV line-up. This includes both LG OLED TVs and LG SUPER UHD TVs with ThinQ AI, which will deliver cutting-edge AI features operated directly through the TV’s remote control with no additional hardware required. As previewed at CES® 2018, the collaboration between Google and LG will add more convenience in consumers’ lives, and the synergistic effects expected from this technology partnership will particularly impact LG’s award-winning TVs. Full press release: http://www.lg.com/us/PDF/press-release/LG-TV-Google-Assistant-Launch-Release.pdf

 

LG brings Google Assistant to its 2018 ThinQ TVs powered by webOS

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[Matthieu Michaud 0]

and how about bringing the possibility to use alexa and google home  to control the tv   on late 2017 models  my tv has been manufacture dating  end of october   2017   they said web os  3.5 devices were to update to 4.0 but nothingin fact it didn t received an update  yet except on apps  and even lacks.of bluetooth  and magic remote  and the worst part is that same model as uj6500 which is now uk6500 has all of this    in a 2 month gap and we can t even turn on the tv with a google home. 

[Ta Lo 0]

Does it mean the tv is "Chromecast-able"?

[Matthieu Michaud 0]

10 hours ago, Ta Lo said:

Does it mean the tv is "Chromecast-able"?

well you can cast to most tvs  theses days well not trough the cast option in the phone settings  but trought the apps ..you tube for exemple  you can  press the cast icon and send it to pretty much any tv  with  wifi  that allows  a phone connection   works on lg samsung, roku tv , sony , sharp  .. to  name a few  well it work on the 2017 lg fine  but  now what it means is that the 2o18 series  have   the google  assistant integrated   into it so  it acts  like a google home smart speaker  and can perform most tasks and request requests i believe and unless they decide otherwise it is  still limited meaning you cannot shop  have access on  sensitive data such as bank statememts   set reminders  or ask for an alarm   well   this  might have changed but  as for me  on every third party video devices that has the google assistant integrated    thoses functions dont work but since you can put an alarm on a tv i guess it could  now work  but  to give you an awnser to your specific question  YES it has chromecast built in so no more chromecast stick  and  as a bonus  it is voice controlled  so  you  can ask  for stuff  instead of browsing   from your phone first  and it  can turn on  the lights    and  other things 

 

maybeping and 

[Sly Solo 0]

14 hours ago, Matthieu Michaud said:

and how about bringing the possibility to use alexa and google home  to control the tv   on late 2017 models  my tv has been manufacture dating  end of october   2017   they said web os  3.5 devices were to update to 4.0 but nothingin fact it didn t received an update  yet except on apps  and even lacks.of bluetooth  and magic remote  and the worst part is that same model as uj6500 which is now uk6500 has all of this    in a 2 month gap and we can t even turn on the tv with a google home. 

I bought a oled65B7P last december, not impressed and angry at LG not willing to upg to v4.0. The only way I figured to turn on this tv with Google Home and Alexa  was to buy a Logitech Harmony device. 

[Ta Lo 0]

Actually,  is it just an upgraded lg magic remote (same as "google assistant"  vs "Google Now") ?

 

Edited May 19 by Ta Lo