[LG Electronics](https://www.lg.com/us), a global
leader in technology and consumer electronics, partnered with Google Home to
redefine smart home experiences. Leveraging its ThinQ and webOS platforms, LG
delivers convenience, control, and connectivity throughout the ThinQ app and
webOS smart TVs in the user's home.
Together, they bring to life the vision of the "LG AI Home", pioneering how we
interact with our living spaces and future home experiences. The ThinQ app
provides mobile control from anywhere, and LG TVs serve as a central hub for
intelligently managing the entire smart ecosystem, including lighting,
appliances, HVAC, and more.
## The Challenge
LG Electronics is on a mission to create a seamless "whole home" experience
where users can control and manage all of the smart devices in their home. To
accomplish this, LG faces the challenge of unifying the user experience across
devices, ecosystems, and protocols such as Matter, the new standard for smart
home interoperability. Solving this challenge transforms LG TVs into central and
intelligent hubs that orchestrate the entire home, going beyond their
traditional role as entertainment devices.
As part of achieving this ambitious vision, LG sought to integrate the best of
Google Home into its own ecosystem. This includes low-latency local control^[1](https://developers.home.google.com/case-studies/lg.md.txt#fn1)^
and improved reliability for Matter devices, accessing Google Home's vast
network of 600M+ devices, and ensuring changes are seamlessly reflected across
all of a user's LG and Google home experiences.
## What They Did
Collaborating with Google Home, LG embraces both Home runtime and
[Home APIs](https://developers.home.google.com/apis) to unlock new levels of innovation for their smart home
users.
Home runtime transforms compatible LG TVs running webOS into full-fledged hubs
for Google Home, deepening the integration with Matter and expanding its
capabilities. This not only optimizes the user experience with features like
low-latency local control, improved reliability, and remote access, but also
enables seamless interaction with any app built on Home APIs, such as LG's ThinQ
app (coming soon) or the Google Home app. By adopting Home runtime and Home
APIs, LG reinforces its TVs' central role in the smart home ecosystem and paves
the way for a robust development framework for the future.
Coming soon, LG will integrate Home APIs into their ThinQ app and incorporate
over 600 million devices connected within the Google Home ecosystem, all
manageable through a single set of APIs. LG users now can easily manage their
entire smart home ecosystem and enjoy a unified experience, seamlessly adding,
updating, removing, and controlling devices---whether local Matter-enabled or
cloud-connected---all within the ThinQ app.
We're excited to have Google Home runtime on LG's webOS TV as it enables customers to access and control a wide range of IoT devices on LG TVs and strengthen LG's presence in the Home IoT market.
**SP Baik**, Vice President of LG Electronics
## Results
By integrating with Home APIs and runtime, LG leverages Google's infrastructure
while concentrating its resources on core business innovations, extending access
to more device categories and elevating the user experience. This enables LG to
deliver:
- **Matter compatibility and device type support**: With Home APIs and Home
runtime, LG expanded its smart home ecosystem while embracing Matter. LG
users can now seamlessly connect and control a wide range of devices from
various brands, and enjoy all the local promises that Matter offers.
- **Unified device control and management**: The integration with Home APIs
empowers users with centralized control over their entire smart home,
regardless of device type or connection method, through a single interface --
either their LG TV, the ThinQ app, or any app built on Home APIs.
- **Robust foundation for future smart home innovation**: LG's collaboration
with Google Home unlocks a future of intelligent and personalized living,
with continuous advancements in webOS and ThinQ enhancing the smart home
experience for their users.
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1. Local control for Matter is currently supported over a Wi-Fi connection on select LG TVs. [↩](https://developers.home.google.com/case-studies/lg.md.txt#fnref1)