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LG’s new smart home hub has a built-in voice assistant

The ThinQ On is LGs new smart home hub. A smart speaker, it uses generative AI for conversational commands and control of connected devices. | Image: LG

LG has announced the ThinQ ON, the company’s first dedicated smart home hub. The device, which was teased at CES earlier this year, will debut at the IFA 2024 tech show in Berlin, Germany, next week.

The ThinQ ON is an AI-powered hub that can connect and control LG appliances and other smart home devices via Thread, Matter, and Wi-Fi. It works on LG’s ThinQ smart home platform and uses LG’s Affectionate Intelligence to learn from your usage patterns, monitor your appliances, and allow for voice control of connected devices.

A small, circular white hub, the LG ThinQ ON is also a smart speaker with LG’s AI voice assistant onboard. The company says the assistant can understand natural language, interpret context, and learn user…

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