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LG finally gets serious about the smart home

LG is doing the SmartThing.

With Matter, Thread, Zigbee, and Wi-Fi connectivity on board, the new hub is also a smart speaker with a built-in voice assistant called the AI Agent. This could allow platforms like Home Assistant to integrate LG’s connected appliances, including washers and dryers, vacuums, refrigerators, ovens, dishwashers, induction cooktops, and AC units. Interestingly, while LG is opening its APIs and providing SDKs for other ecosystems to connect its smart appliances to their platforms, Kang says they have yet to decide if they will make them Matter devices.

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