When LG introduced the SmartThinQ Hub late last year, there were already comparisons with the Amazon Echo due to how similar the two devices look and their built-in smart home controls. The similarity ...

LG is echoing the Echo. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then LG is paying a major compliment to Amazon by making its already Echo-esque SmartThinQ Hub even more like the Echo. Not only ...

In arguably its biggest-brand name licensing partner deal yet, Amazon’s Alexa smart voice-command technology will now enable control of LG’s SmartThinQ smart-home system. In addition, SmartThinQ’s ...

The Amazon Echo was the one of the darlings of the online retailer’s record-breaking holiday season, so it was only a matter of time before a competitor popped out something similar. That competitor ...

In the race to bring Internet connectivity to every appliance in your house, LG is taking a shortcut with the SmartThinQ sensor. The circular device includes temperature and motion sensors, and sticks ...

LG is taking the idea of a smart home pretty seriously. The technology and appliance corporation has introduced its SmartThinQ Hub, which takes notifications from your connected smartphones and blasts ...

BERLIN—It's starting to feel like just about everything is getting Alexa, Amazon's digital voice assistant that can report the traffic and weather, make shopping lists, and play your favorite music.

LG seems to have a thing about appliances that like to talk to their owners. While this latest products aren't exactly the LINE-powered smart appliances that LG has been showing off the past two years ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

The LG Smart ThinQ Hub serves as a gateway to smart sensors and connected appliances in the home while also displaying reminders from personal calendars and streaming music from its built-in speaker.

As home automation devices proliferate, most tech companies seem to have decided that wirelessly connecting them up to a central hub is the best way to enable us to keep them all under control.