Innovative HomeChatTM Acts as a Personal Home Secretary,
Making Everyday Life Simpler and Smarter
SEOUL, September 3, 2014 — LG Electronics (LG) has unveiled LG Smart Home,
the company’s vision for the connected household of tomorrow, at IFA 2014. Inside the
Smart Home display at LG’s booth, visitors will learn how LG’s latest premium smart
appliances and the revolutionary LG HomeChatTM can provide users with
unprecedented convenience, control, connectivity as well as offer recommendations via
a smartphone.
LG Smart Home is built around the idea of unifying multiple smart appliances into a
single, cohesive system in order to increase convenience and simplicity. Via LG
HomeChatTM, users can enjoy integrated control of their smart home ecosystem, as well
as intelligent time- and energy-saving modes such as Leaving Home, Coming Home or
Vacation. To illustrate, if user types Leaving Home into their mobile messenger, their
LG smart refrigerator will automatically turn to Smart Power Saving mode. Typing
“leaving home” also activates the HOM-BOT robotic vacuum cleaner’s Home Guard
mode, a useful feature that enables the cleaner to detect if somebody enters the house,
capture images of its immediate surroundings and send them directly to the user’s
smartphone.
LG Smart Home is compatible with existing open platform smart home systems, as well
as appliances and devices from different manufacturers through open protocols such as
AllJoyn, the open source software sponsored by AllSeen Alliance. AllJoyn keeps users
informed of their LG smart appliances’ operational status so as soon as the washer has
completed a load, for example, the user will automatically receive a notification on their
LG Smart+ TV featuring webOS. LG Smart Home will also integrate with products
from Nest which will launch in North America later this year.
“We are thrilled to be unveiling our Smart Home at IFA 2014,” said Seong-jin Jo,
president and CEO of the LG Electronics Home Appliance Company. “Ensuring
seamless integration with open smart home platforms, it provides a number of smart
benefits including convenience, time and energy savings and one-touch settings for a
variety of scenarios. LG Smart Home is like having a personal home secretary who
gives you smart recommendations, anticipates your commands and makes life easier
and more comfortable.”
Helping to create an indoor environment that is far more than just a living space, the LG
Smart Home encompasses three separate but interrelated themes. The first, Supreme
Trust covers home monitoring, energy management and Smart DiagnosisTM. The second,
Thrilling Burst, refers to LG’s Smart Hi-Fi Audio Wireless Multi Room system while
the third, Eminent Conversation, comprises tailored recommendations and useful
one-touch modes including Vacation, Leaving Home, Grocery Shopping and Coming
Home.
LG Smart Refrigerator: Smart Food Management
LG’s smart refrigerator has several innovative, convenience-enhancing features such as
Smart View, Smart Power Saving and Smart Manager. Smart View employs the
industry’s first internal refrigerator camera to allow users to see the content of the
refrigerator using a smartphone or tablet. Every time the fridge door is opened, the
camera captures images of the interior shelves. Users can check these images through HomeChatTM to quickly assess what they need to buy while they’re at the supermarket,
helping to save time and preventing unecessary purchases.
Smart Power Saving and Energy Monitoring clearly reflect LG’s desire to make smart
refrigerator as energy efficient as possible. Smart Power Saving significantly reduces
energy consumption at times when the unit is not being accessed, such as during
sleeping hours or vacation. Meanwhile, Energy Monitoring helps users to keep track of
how much energy the smart refrigerator is using and how many times its doors have
been opened.
The Smart Manager also transforms the refrigerator into a complete food management
system with the handy Recipe Search function which presents the user with a variety of
tasty meal options based on the items stored in the refrigerator. Another new feature
called Photo Album lets users send pictures taken on their smartphones to the
refrigerator’s display so they can share their favorite images with family members in the
kitchen.
LG Smart Washing Machine: Peace of Mind and One Touch Simplicity
The LG smart washing machine is equipped with several smart technologies that
simplify the task of doing laundry. Guided Laundry can recommend and automatically
apply the optimal settings for any type of laundering scenario. For example, for orange
juice spills, simply texting “remove juice stains” on HomeChatTM will initiate One
Touch Washing to prescribe the appropriate course of action.
The Energy Monitoring feature lets users compare how much energy the washer is
consuming each month and displays the level of energy used by individual washing
courses. This accurate information can be extremely helpful to those looking to actively
reduce their monthly electricity bills. Through the Download Cycle function, users can
easily download a wide range of washing courses — families with infants can select the
Baby Wear course while fitness types can install the Gym Clothes course.
Using Wi-Fi, NFC tagging and audible diagnosis, LG’s Smart DiagnosisTM alerts the
user of technical issues. The smart LG washing machine also notifies the user when the
drum needs cleaning. What’s more, customers can remotely control and monitor their
LG smart washing machine from almost any location. They can even ensure their
laundry is completed by the time they arrive home from work just by texting “start
washing cycle” when leaving the office. Furthermore, they can check the washer’s
operational status in real time by texting “what are you doing?”
LG Smart HOM-BOT SQUARE: So Much More than Just a Vacuum
The new Home Guard feature enables the HOM-BOT SQUARE robot vacuum to
monitor the home while the owner is away. If the unit senses any movement, its
integrated cameras will automatically take photos of the room and send them to the
homeowner’s smartphone. Another great feature, Home View, lets users control the
smart vacuum cleaner with their smartphones from anywhere. Cleaning History makes
it simple to check the Smart HOM-BOT SQUARE’s performance.
LG Smart Lightwave Oven: Worry-free Cooking
Thanks to HomeChatTM and Recipe Search, homeowners can ask their smart LG oven to
recommend recipes for specific dishes. Once the user has made their selection among
recommended recipes, the oven will set the temperature and cooking time for that
particular dish. Furthermore, the user can check the status of cooking by the Oven
Monitoring feature. Users not only can receive alerts on their smartphones when new
recipes become available and can also design their own recipe for saving.
Visitors to IFA can see LG’s latest in smart home technology for themselves in Hall
11.2 of Messe Berlin from September 5-10.
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