New-Tech Europe Digital Magazine | December 2015

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LG’s smart home platform by collecting information from smart appliances as well as conventional devices connected to SmartThinQ sensors via Wi-Fi, Zigbee and Bluetooth. Data is displayed in the form of notifications on the LCD screen or announced through its embedded speaker, acting as the central “hub” of the smart home. As like all other LG home appliances and consumer products, the LG SmartThinQ Hub is designed to look great in the home. The unit features a metallic body in two attractive color schemes: Champagne Gold and Black. The LCD display is tilted at an angle to be easily readable and the high-quality speaker can stream music from thousands of free stations from iHeartRadio or play whatever is on a smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth. The SmartThinQ Hub is compatible with a number of devices from other manufacturers and service providers that support the AllJoyn ® Alliance open source framework. LG recently formed a partnership with Lowe’s, the world’s second-largest hardware retail chain, to integrate LG’s smart devices with Lowe’s Iris smart home services. LG’s partnerships with other service providers are a key advantage of LG’s smart home system, which prioritizes compatibility across multiple brands. Such partnerships allow LG to offer packaged bundles that enhance safety, energy savings, air care or convenience that might include a SmartThinQ Hub, a SmartThinQ sensor and a variety of smart appliances and devices from other manufacturers such as smart lighting, motion sensors and moisture detecting sensors.

LG ADVANCES SMART HOME ECOSYSTEM WITH SMARTTHINQ™ HUB AT CES 2016

LG's New SMARTTHINQ™ HUB

LG Electronics (LG) will unveil its newest addition to its IoT ecosystem, SmartThinQ™ Hub, at CES 2016. LG SmartThinQ Hub serves as a gateway to smart sensors and connected appliances in the home but is more than that, with the ability to display reminders from personal calendars and stream music from its built- in speaker. The elegantly designed SmartThinQ Hub includes a 3.5-inch color LCD display and connects to a smartphone app to facilitate two way communication with smart appliances and smart sensors in the home. The SmartThinQ Hub expands LG’s SmartThinQ platform to monitor and control home appliances such as washing machines, refrigerators, ovens, robotic vacuum cleaners, air conditioners and a variety of sensors. The SmartThinQ Hub plays a central role in

Developing advanced Bluetooth Smart remotes has been made ‘check- box-clicking’ easy with Nordic’s latest ‘nRFready Smart Remote 3’ reference design

Nordic Semiconductor announces it has launched its latest ‘nRFready Smart Remote 3’ reference design that is said to make the development of advanced Bluetooth ® Smart remotes as easy as clicking on a list of check box options, and so minimizing time-to-market and unnecessary design risk.

Targeting remote control OEMs/ODMs and smart TV, set-top box, and digital media device manufacturers, the nRFready Smart Remote 3 reference design is designed to deliver a rich, intuitive, and engaging end- user experience. It employs state-of-the-art voice input and speech recognition control, a 6-axis motion

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