LG adds Google Assistant to renewed ThinQ app

LG is updating its smart home control app and integrating the Google Assistant into the application. In addition, the Korean company is changing the name of the app from SmartThinQ to ThinQ.

LG presents the updated version of its SmartThinQ app at the IFA fair in Berlin. The fair will take place from 6 to 11 September. According to the South Korean electronics giant, the new app makes it possible to control all smart LG devices with WiFi support. These include washing machines, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, air conditioners and air purifiers. All these devices can now also be controlled or monitored via a voice command with the new ThinQ app, although for the time being only in English. LG does not use its own speech technology for this, but relies on the Google Assistant.

For example, via the app, users can remotely set the temperature of the air conditioning or check how long the washing machine is still running. It is also possible to request information about the properties, functions and maintenance of devices. “If you want to know what the yellow light on the refrigerator means, you can just ask,” LG says.

The new ThinQ app will be released around September 6 for Android smartphones and iPhones.