LG Electronics announced at CES the addition of artificial intelligence to its top TVs, to support extensive voice commands and control of the devices. The ThinQ AI processor will support LG's own 'smart' platform as well as third-party AI services, such as Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. The 2018 models will be the first with the new features.
With AI functionality embedded in their TVs, LG customers can speak directly into the remote control to access all the features. The ThinQ TVs also function as smart home hubs, offering access to other smart home products such as robotic vacuum cleaners, smart lights, smart speakers and other devices that can connect to the TV via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
Available on OLED and Super UHD TV models, the platform uses Natural Language Processing (NLP) to deliver intelligent voice-activated control and connectivity based on LG’s own deep learning technology, DeepThinQ. LG already announced integration of Google Assistant on its home appliances last year, and has been developing the ThinQ brand to denote all its AI-based, 'smart' products.
