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LG confirms webOS will power smart TVs by other manufacturers too – Engadget
Just like Roku, Android and Fire TV, LG’s webOS smart TV platform will run on TVs made by multiple brand names.
Long after HP dumped webOS as a platform for Palm smartphones and tablets, LG is still using the tech it snagged in 2013 to run apps and manage voice assistants on new smart TVs. While it continues to maintain an open source edition, LG just confirmed that it will open the webOS ecosystem for use by other manufacturers, naming RCA, Ayonz and Konka as a few of the brands joining in. An earlier report mentioned Blaupunkt as well.
LG Home Entertainment president Park Hyoung-sei said in a statement,…
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