LG webOS 3.0 Brings Gobs of Free Content to Smart TVs

The Consumer Electronics Testify for 2016 is virtually here, and that means information technology's time for electronics manufacturers everywhere to give consumers a taste of the tech that the new year's day holds in store for them. Prominent Idiot box manufacturer LG plans to show off webOS iii.0: a make new operating organisation for its smart TVs, which hopes to put less altitude than always between videophiles and what they want to scout.

The most prominent advancement is LG'southward Aqueduct Plus feature, which offers complimentary streaming content from companies like Bloomberg, Fourth dimension, Condé Nast and the Wall Street Journal. LG has teamed up with a content company known as Xumo in order to deliver this characteristic, which essentially offers premium content to LG owners for free.

In terms of functionality, LG was also quick to highlight its "Magic" features. Magic Zoom allows users to zoom in on video without whatsoever apparent loss in quality. Magic Mobile Connexion allows users to connect their smartphones or tablets to the Boob tube and display mobile apps onscreen. Magic Remote allows mobile devices to become remotes, up to and including turning the TV on and off.

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webOS three.0 besides promises a host of smaller features, such as a Channel Advisor that recommends programs over time based on what you've watched, an updated Music Player, which can plough the Television receiver's screen off but exit the speakers on. The IoTV app in webOS three.0 lets yous control LG smart appliances right from your TV screen. Users tin also watch dissimilar programs from unlike sources on the same screen using a Multi-view style.

Tom's Guide reviewers have enjoyed working with webOS 2.0 on the company'southward current smart TVs, so unless webOS 3.0 radically redesigns the entire experience, it should continue to provide an piece of cake way for users to collaborate with their goggle box sets. We'll go hands-on with the technology at CES and bring you a full report.

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