While the journey to visit one's hometown during the Chuseok holiday is exciting, leaving the house unattended for an extended period does not leave one feeling entirely at ease. The holiday is far from entirely enjoyable due to various worries, such as whether the windows were left open, whether the gas valve was turned off, or if a burglar might break in. Furthermore, there are countless other concerns, including whether traffic will be congested and difficult, whether one might get lost on the way, what gifts to buy, when to catch up on language studies, and what to do if one stays at home. However, with home IoT products and various services, you can now put these worries aside and head out to visit your hometown. LG Uplus has introduced services suitable for this purpose.

Control various household devices with a smartphone

With LG Uplus’s six home IoT services, including gas locks, MomCams, switches, plugs, energy meters, thermostats, open/close sensors, and door locks, you can conveniently remotely control home appliances and various devices from outside the house using a smartphone.

You can enjoy 'safety' and 'convenience' through services such as gas locks that allow you to remotely control the gas valve from outside, open-detection sensors that notify you when a window is opened, and door locks that allow you to open the door from your room using a smartphone without having to leave your room when someone visits. You can also achieve 'energy and cost savings' by controlling energy consumed by boilers left on or standby power, and by receiving real-time electricity usage data, thereby alleviating concerns about progressive electricity tariffs during the summer and winter.

LG Uplus’s “Mom-Friendly Camera,” ‘U+ Home CCTV MomCam,’ is also useful, allowing users to remotely rotate the HD home CCTV via a smartphone from outside to monitor every corner of the house in high definition. While most security company CCTVs are limited to monitoring only in specific directions due to their narrow rotation angles, U+ Home CCTV MomCam features a wide rotation radius of up to 345° horizontally and up to 110° vertically, characterized by virtually no blind spots indoors.
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In addition, unlike CCTVs from existing security companies that require the additional purchase of a human detection sensor for intrusion detection, U+ Home CCTV MomCam has a human detection sensor built into the product, so you can receive intrusion detection alert SMS in real time on your smartphone without the need to purchase or install separate sensor equipment.

It is possible to remotely control these services because LG Uplus has launched a dongle-type 'IoT Hub' terminal. The IoT Hub is a device that connects various household devices using the wireless communication solution Z-wave, enabling the connection of all IoT-based home appliances, kitchen appliances, and electrical devices.

In particular, approximately 2.2 million customers using LG Uplus's WiFi-AP can easily set up a home IoT environment simply by plugging an IoT hub into a WiFi device.

LG Uplus also provides the 'IoT@home' integrated application, which allows users to easily control all home IoT services from a smartphone. The 'IoT@home' app is available for download from all app marketplaces and allows users to control multiple devices and services from a single app. Anyone can sign up regardless of their mobile carrier.

LG Uplus has implemented the first IoT service in Korea that includes voice recognition control capabilities. For example, after launching the app, various voice commands such as ‘turn off the light’, ‘turn off the gas’, and ‘open the door’ are possible, focusing on convenience that allows for easy use in real life.

We can maximize satisfaction by providing an integrated service that is the only one among telecommunication companies to support not only nationwide IoT installation but also after-sales service all at once.

'U-Navi', which guides you to the fastest route in real time

LG Uplus’s U-Navi allows users to access the latest map information, which is frequently updated on cloud servers, in real time without the need for separate map downloads or updates. In particular, the 'Arrival Notification' feature is a differentiated service exclusive to U-Navi; by specifying the phone number of the person you want to notify of your arrival time, the driver's current location and estimated arrival time are sent to the registered recipient via SMS at set intervals. Up to 30 recipients can be registered for arrival notifications, making it a useful feature for this coming Chuseok.

In addition, 'U-Navi' is provided based on LG Uplus's stable LTE network, allowing users to use the service seamlessly anywhere in the country.

Meanwhile, U-Navi was provided free of charge to everyone regardless of carrier starting July 21.