Neowin News Feed for: Webos

The LG QNED82A 75-inch 4K TV is now at its lowest price on Amazon

Paul Hill — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 13:00:01 +0000

If you're in the market for a WebOS Smart TV, then check out the 75-inch LG QNED82A which is now at its lowest price on Amazon. Read more...

New LG app turns smartphones into game controllers for webOS TVs

Paul Hill — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 07:00:02 +0000

LG's Gaming Portal expansion adds over 4,000 titles to webOS TVs, featuring motion-controlled dancing and new smartphone controller integration. Read more...

Samsung and LG set for Micro RGB LED TV showdown at CES 2026

Fiza Ali — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:30:01 +0000

A major shift is brewing at the top end of the TV market, with new display technology and rival strategies from Samsung and LG set to take centre stage in early 2026. Read more...

LG's awesome monitor deal: grab the 39-inch ultrawide for 44% off

Paul Hill — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:02:02 +0000

This LG ultrawide gaming monitor is more than just a display. It packs a feature that turns it into a powerful entertainment hub, now at a major discount. Read more...

LG Travel+ brings immersive travel content to smart TVs

Paul Hill — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:16:01 +0000

LG has launched Travel+ on its smart TVs to help travelers decide on their next destination. Eventually, it'll feature exclusive deals. Read more...

LG Gallery+ turns your TV into a personalized canvas

Paul Hill — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 05:58:01 +0000

LG has unveiled Gallery+, a subscription service that will curate art to display on your TV, optionally accompanied by music. Read more...

LG's Q2 2025 profits drop sharply, outlines plans for future growth

Paul Hill — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 08:20:01 +0000

LG has shared its preliminary earnings for the second quarter of 2025. Year-over-year, the company's operating profit declined almost 47%. Read more...

Is the LG Smart Monitor the ultimate streaming companion for your home office setup?

Paul Hill — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 06:28:01 +0000

The LG Smart Monitor (32SQ730S) is now available for its lowest price on Amazon. You can get this webOS-powered monitor for just $279.99 right now and you'll save around 24% off the usual price. Read more...

Meta and LG will reportedly team up to make a high end mixed reality headset in early 2025

John Callaham — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 02:40:01 +0000

A new report claims Meta and LG will form an alliance that will result in a new high-end mixed reality headset that will compete with the Apple Vision Pro with a launch sometime in early 2025. Read more...

LG reveals MyView monitors with streaming services and Microsoft 365 support

John Callaham — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 13:14:01 +0000

Ahead of CES 2024, LG announced new MyView smart PC monitors. They include integrated support for streaming services and even access to cloud productivity services like Microsoft 365. Read more...

LG's new and unique looking suitcase smart TV is available for preorder for $1,000

John Callaham — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 21:16:01 +0000

The LG StanbyME Go wireless smart TV is a 27-inch touchscreen device that is contained inside a suitcase so you can use it most anywhere is now available for preorder in the US for $999.99. Read more...

Users now get Apple Music, Apple TV app, and more via LG's webOS Hub in over 100 countries

Anushe Fawaz — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 15:30:01 +0000

LG has now made the Apple TV app, Apple Music, AirPlay, and HomeKit, available to more than 100 countries with its latest announcement. The company has done so via its webOS Hub ecosystem on its TVs. Read more...

LG creates Alluto to advance consumer-grade automotive technology

Paul Hill — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 22:06:02 +0000

LG and Luxoft have created a new joint venture called Alluto. The two firms are seeking to bring new consumer-grade automotive technology to market to improve people's driving experiences. Read more...

LG is now licensing its webOS smart TV platform to other brands

João Carrasqueira — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:26:01 +0000

LG has announced that it's now letting other smart TV manufacturers use its webOS platform to power their TVs in a bid to increase the uniformity of the ecosystem, where many brands use their own OS. Read more...

LG announces the rollout of its new TV line-up

Paul Hill — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 22:06:01 +0000

LG has said that its 2021 TV line-up will begin rolling out around the world in the first quarter. Each of the displays will ship with webOS 6.0 which was announced in early January. Read more...

LG has announced webOS 6.0 for its 2021 TV line-up

Paul Hill — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 14:52:01 +0000

LG has unveiled webOS 6.0 and some of its new features. The updated operating system will be available on the firm's OLED, QNED Mini LED, NanoCell and UHD smart TVs later in the year. Read more...

LG and Qualcomm join forces for car infotainment platform

John - Patrick Thackeray — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 07:16:01 +0000

LG sets to ramp up its offerings in the car infotainment sector by partnering with Qualcomm, combining technologies from both companies and offering a more streamlined user experience in vehicles. Read more...

LG set to demonstrate new system that combines webOS IVI and Microsoft's MCVP

Paul Hill — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 13:48:01 +0000

LG has announced a partnership with Microsoft to connect webOS Auto with MCVP and Power BI. This will allow car manufacturers to gather more data to offer more services and improve the experience. Read more...

LG announces its 2018 lineup of OLED and Super UHD TVs

Rich Woods — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 16:46:01 +0000

LG today announced its 2018 lineup of high-end 4K TVs, including nine models from its OLED lineup and seven from its Super UHD lineup. They all contain the company's new ThinQ system. Read more...

Palm's brand to reportedly make a comeback through TCL, new devices planned for 2018

Vishal Laul — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 23:34:01 +0000

Palm's brand is to reportedly make a comeback via TCL with new devices expected to release in 2018. The company recently reported quite a bit of success with its BlackBerry-branded KEYone smartphone. Read more...

LG wants you to pay for digital goods straight through its webOS TVs

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 10:12:01 +0000

LG has announced today that it's partnering with Paymentwall, to bring "streamlined" payments to its line of smart TVs. The service is now available in 200 countries around the world. Read more...

Open webOS gets a new release and a new name: LuneOS

Andy Weir — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 16:55:01 +0000

The Open webOS team - which has been working for two years to bring webOS to a wider range of devices under an open-source licence - has released a new version of the OS, with a new name too. Read more...

HP to release first smartphones since 2011 but only in India

John Callaham — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:05:00 +0000

HP has confirmed it will release two large Android smartphones in February, the Slate 6 and Slate 7 Voice Tab, but the products will only be released in India for now. Read more...

HP looking to get back into the smartphone race

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 07:57:56 +0000

According to one of its executives, HP is poised to take on Apple, Google and Microsoft in the smartphone race. Though no timetable is set for when the company wants to put out a new smartphone. Read more...

Back from the brink? webOS now in LG's hands

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:57:41 +0000

HPs webOS has endured a difficult time. Hopes were pinned on it driving HPs hardware, but they never transpired. Instead, the OS went open source late last year, but has now been acquired by LG. Read more...

Back From the dead: WebOS ported to the Nexus S

Jake Durasamy — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:17:00 +0000

WebOS has been ported to the Nexus S just months after we saw it appear on the Galaxy Nexus. The mobile operating system is executed from Android's application grid, allowing it to dual-boot. Read more...

Open WebOS 1.0 ported to Galaxy Nexus (video)

Vlad Dudau — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:51:18 +0000

Open WebOS got its 1.0 release today and while HP was showing it off on a PC another group ported the operating system to the Galaxy Nexus. It's not ready for full time use but it's getting there. Read more...

HP CEO: We will "ultimately" release new smartphone

John Callaham — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:01:16 +0000

In a new interview, HP CEO Meg Whitman admitted that the company "ultimately has to offer a smartphone" and confirmed that HP is working on such a project, but no other details were revealed. Read more...

Beta for Open WebOS officially launches

John Callaham — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:23:41 +0000

The first public beta version of the open sourced version of WebOS has been launched for both desktop and embedded devices, nine months since HP revealed its open source plans for WebOS. Read more...

HP releases source code for WebOS-based Isis web browser

John Callaham — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:20:10 +0000

As part of its plans to turn its WebOS operating system into an open source project, HP has released the code for the Isis web browser, which is based on the QtWebKit web browser engine. Read more...

Former Palm head departs HP

John Callaham — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:07:01 +0000

Jon Rubinstein, who was the head of Palm and later joined HP when that company acquired Palm, has now officially left HP. There is no information on where he will be working next. Read more...

HP announces Open WebOS 1.0, available by September

Owen Williams — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:50:10 +0000

Are you one of the lucky few that picked up a WebOS device? Good news, it's still not dead. HP announced today that "Open WebOS" will be available come September 2012, and expect even more updates. Read more...

webOS doomed to fail, say former HP and Palm employees

John Callaham — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:51:00 +0000

A new article quotes former HP and Palm employees as saying the operating system was doomed from the start when HP bought the rights to webOS when it purchased Palm in 2010. Read more...

HP tried and failed to sell webOS for $1.2 billion

John Callaham — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:43:48 +0000

A new rumor claims that HP tried for months in 2011 to sell off its webOS division and all of the assets from its Palm acquisition for $1.2 billion but found no takers at that price. Read more...

WebOS just died and became immortal

Tyler Holman — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:11:36 +0000

TouchPad fans can take solace knowing that webOS isn't going anywhere - in every sense of the term. HP's Apple crushing dreams might be crushed, but webOS lives on: say hello to the mobile Ubuntu. Read more...

HP to release new webOS hardware, including tablets

Andy Weir — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:04:56 +0000

HP's decision today to take webOS open-source certainly came as a something of a surprise - and the company's CEO dropped another bombshell in confirming that HP plans to build more webOS tablets. Read more...

WebOS to go open source

John Callaham — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:18:49 +0000

HP has announced that it will release the WebOS operating system as open source software, months after the company's decision to stop making WebOS-based hardware products. Read more...

Refurbished HP TouchPads to go on sale on eBay Sunday

John Callaham — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:37:55 +0000

HP plans to sell refurbished versions of its discontinued HP TouchPad tablets starting on December 11 on eBay, alone with an optional accessory pack, at fire sale prices. Read more...

The TouchPad Lives!

Tyler Holman — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:11:03 +0000

After being discontinued back in August, the future looked bleak for HP's TouchPad. But now images have surfaced of what appears to be a new 7-inch incarnation of the ill-fated tablet. Read more...

HP: It's not obvious what we do from here with WebOS

Owen Williams — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:02:28 +0000

It appears HP is lost for words with WebOS. The company knows it failed, but it doesn't know what to do with it going forward, and is stalling a decision. Read more...