LG Electronics presented its vision of future living at this year’s IFA show in Berlin, showcasing a complete range of smart home solutions for every need and lifestyle under the slogan Experience Affectionate Intelligence (AI) Home.
At the heart of LG’s Affectionate Intelligence Home is LG ThinQ ON, an advanced AI home hub designed to provide comfort and convenience tailored to users’ individual preferences. ThinQ ON seamlessly connects with LG’s latest AI-powered devices, serving as the core of their smart home solutions.
This system is powered by Affectionate Intelligence, a more empathetic and caring version of artificial intelligence that LG is developing. Over time, smart home solutions learn more about users’ routines, preferences, and behaviors, creating a personalized spatial experience that offers unmatched value and simplifies everyday life.
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The first thing visitors to LG’s booth at this year’s IFA show will encounter is the AI Home Gate, an impressive LED media wall displaying how LG’s Affectionate Intelligence is integrated within the smart home to enhance users’ lifestyles.
Visitors will be able to experience LG’s sophisticated generative AI technology through the ThinQ ON device when passing through the AI Home Gate. ThinQ ON understands natural language, allowing users to control a wide range of devices, IoT gadgets, and services with conversational voice commands.
The LG AI hub enables a truly personalized lifestyle within the smart home, managing everything from daily life services to helping children fall asleep.
An Intelligent Lifestyle for All Ages, Families, and Pets
The Second Youth Home illustrates LG’s commitment to improving the lives of older adults by simplifying household chores and enriching leisure activities. This ThinQ ON-powered space showcases how conversational voice recognition and seamless coordination of home appliances – for example, automatically setting the dryer to an activewear program when the washing machine finishes – streamline home management.
The AI hub can also provide voice briefings to keep users informed about what’s happening, offer task guidance like booking a taxi, or calculate travel time to chosen destinations, alleviating stress.
In the Affectionate Intelligence Home zone, the focus is on AI solutions designed to help families care for children and pets. The Self-Driving AI Home Hub, capable of controlling AI devices and IoT sensors, adjusts device settings and environmental conditions to meet children’s needs.
For example, it can activate Sleep Mode when it’s bedtime, dimming lights and adding a starlight effect to help children drift off to sleep. Additionally, this hub supports learning by using generative AI to create stories from children’s drawings.
To make pet care easier, LG’s smart home solution manages connected devices for maintaining fresh air and clean floors. Air quality sensors intelligently control the LG PuriCare™ Alpha Pet Double Air Purifier, while temperature and humidity sensors adjust the DUALCOOL™ air conditioner, automatically adapting the mode and airflow to current conditions.
A robotic vacuum autonomously cleans the floor after a pet strolls around, ensuring a more pleasant living space. Furthermore, a brand-new home appliance specifically designed for cats (and their owners) will be unveiled in the Affectionate Intelligence Home zone. The innovative LG AeroCat combines a cat bed with an air purifier to offer a cozy resting spot for cats and fresher air for their owners.
In the Delightful Home zone, ThinQ ON takes center stage in creating a more practical culinary experience by interacting with visitors and providing personalized recipe recommendations and nutritional analysis.
Visitors can also enjoy live cooking demonstrations, such as the AI Talking Cooking Show, savor delicious dishes prepared in LG AI ovens with built-in cameras, and see how InstaView™ and MoodUP™ refrigerators enhance the kitchen atmosphere.
The next stop is the Smart Green Home, a self-sustaining living space featuring highly efficient appliances, including the advanced Therma V™ R290 Monobloc air-to-water heat pump and state-of-the-art HVAC systems (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning).
LG Affectionate Intelligence optimizes household energy consumption in real-time, adjusting device settings and schedules according to users’ lifestyles and routines while also considering fluctuations in electricity prices.
ThinQ ON also helps reduce household energy costs by intelligently managing the energy consumption of all connected devices.
Innovating Smart Homes and Key Technologies
In the LG Affectionate Intelligence zone, its scalability will be on display, with the ThinQ ON device at its core. Using LG’s generative AI technology and advanced security solutions, ThinQ ON acts as the central link for various IoT ecosystems, enhanced by a range of LG IoT sensors and devices.
These include motion and light sensors, temperature and humidity sensors, and smart switches, all of which provide real-time space information for personalized, smart home services.
The zone also highlights how LG’s open AI ecosystem integrates third-party services to enrich the user experience and showcases the versatility of IoT sensors, which can even connect non-AI devices to the Affectionate Intelligence home system. The exhibit emphasizes the scalability of LG’s smart home solutions, giving visitors a true sense of the intelligent living environment LG is creating.
Additionally, the LG Affectionate Intelligence zone demonstrates how ThinQ ON serves as a central hub in the home, working in complete harmony with LG ThinQ UP, the ThinQ app, and a wide range of services and solutions. This creates an exceptionally personalized experience and strengthens the ever-growing smart home ecosystem.
Finally, the AI to the Core zone highlights the cutting-edge innovations of LG’s AI Core technology, including AI DD™ and AI DUAL Inverter™. The integration of LG’s latest Affectionate Intelligence solutions with industry-leading core technologies offers more precise control, enhanced energy efficiency, and improved personalization.