Cumulative sales of Wi-Fi-equipped home appliances exceed 5 million units.
Plans to continuously expand the AI smart home ecosystem

LG Electronics' smart home appliances, which are equipped with Wi-Fi to implement artificial intelligence smart homes, recently surpassed 5 million units in cumulative global sales.

LG Electronics has been equipping all of its home appliances with wireless internet since last year. The number of smart appliances sold this year is approaching last year's annual sales figures.
To realize an AI-powered smart home, smart appliances equipped with wireless internet are necessary. Customers can wirelessly connect smart appliances to smartphones, AI speakers, and other devices to access a variety of services. The more appliances connected, the greater the convenience of AI.

In fact, LG Smart Home is rapidly expanding, with the number of customers installing LG Electronics' smart home application (app) "SmartThinQ" on their smartphones recently surpassing 2 million. This represents a doubling in just seven months from 1 million at the end of last year. SmartThinQ is a service that allows users to manage various LG smart appliances through a single smartphone app.

There are also an increasing number of home appliances that can be easily monitored and controlled using just voice commands through the artificial intelligence speaker 'ThinQ Hub'. ThinQ Hub has recently expanded its range of connected products to nine home appliances, including refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, stylers, ovens, air conditioners, air purifiers, robot vacuums, and water purifiers, as well as three IoT devices, including smart lighting, smart plugs, and fine dust alarms.

AI-powered smart homes are also possible through products equipped with various AI platforms. Starting with AI speakers late last year, LG Electronics has been releasing a series of AI-powered "LG ThinQ" products, including air conditioners, TVs, smartphones, robot vacuums, and washing machines, through the first half of this year, and plans to continue expanding its ThinQ product line. In December of last year, LG Electronics launched "LG ThinQ," a global AI brand encompassing products and services powered by AI technology.

LG Electronics is expanding its AI smart home ecosystem based on three open strategies: Open Partnership, Open Platform, and Open Connectivity. Furthermore, it is strengthening partnerships with leading domestic and international companies in various fields, including IT and telecommunications. It is collaborating with Google, Amazon, and others in the AI smart home sector. The ThinQ Hub AI speaker is a collaboration with Naver's AI platform, Clova.

LG Electronics is operating AI experience spaces at its Best Shop Gangnam Main Branch and its Signature Kitchen Suite Nonhyeon-dong showroom, allowing customers to experience the AI lifestyle provided by 'LG ThinQ.'

Song Dae-hyun, President and Head of LG Electronics' H&A Business Division, said, "Through LG Electronics' artificial intelligence technology and smart home appliance infrastructure, we will enable customers to experience the convenience of an artificial intelligence smart home in their daily lives."