LG has recently announced the availability of its popular webOS TV platform ecosystem to other TV brand partners, disrupting the status quo in an industry known for proprietary operating systems across different manufacturers, expanding its expertise beyond TV manufacturing to encompass webOS TV software platform development and adoption by other TV brands.
This has the potential to reshape the TV business for both technology and content providers while at the same time, significantly growing LG’s presence and prominence in the global home entertainment market.
As an integral component of LG’s preeminent home entertainment ecosystem, webOS has delivered exceptional ease of use for LG TV owners through its intuitive interface design since 2014. Licensees of webOS TV receive the familiar and highly acclaimed UX design along with features such as voice search and control, integrated AI algorithms, and easy connectivity. These have earned webOS such success with both the industry and consumers.
With LG webOS TV, partners also get a diversity of content options including access to global streaming service apps like Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, and sports streaming service DAZN as well as LG Channels, the company’s free premium content streaming service. Compatible TVs also include the dedicated Magic Motion remote controller.
Over twenty TV manufacturers from around the world have already committed to the webOS partnership, including brands such as RCA, Ayonz, and Konka, with more expected to join in the future. The webOS ecosystem is supported by technology partners such as Realtek, Nuance, Gracenote, CEVA, and Universal Electronics, among many others.
“The webOS platform is one of the easiest and most convenient way to access millions of hours of movies and TV shows. By welcoming other manufacturers to join the webOS TV ecosystem, we are embarking on a new path that allows many new TV owners to experience the same great UX and features that are available on LG TVs. We look forward to bringing these new customers into the incredible world of webOS TV.”
– Park Hyoung-Sei, president of the LG Home Entertainment Company
Emman has been writing technical and feature articles since 2010. Prior to this, he became one of the instructors at Asia Pacific College in 2008, and eventually landed a job as Business Analyst and Technical Writer at Integrated Open Source Solutions for almost 3 years.
