LG Electronics Fully Opens Smart Home Platform 'ThinQ API'

'LG Smart Solution API Developer' Website Launched
Providing ThinkQ API to Individuals and Businesses

LG Electronics announced on the 17th that it will fully open the 'Application Programming Interface (API)' of its smart home platform LG ThinQ.

Recently, LG Electronics launched the 'LG Smart Solution API Developer' website, officially opening the LG ThinQ API. An API is a kind of 'digital link' that allows different software to exchange data and share functions. Developers can use the open ThinQ API to bring various LG Electronics product data and functions into their own programs or systems to create new services.

LG Electronics is fully opening the 'Application Programming Interface (API)' of its smart home platform LG ThinQ to support easy creation of smart spaces using LG Electronics products. Smart home staging image implemented using LG ThinQ's API. LG Electronics

The LG ThinQ API consists of the 'ThinQ API' for individual users and the 'ThinQ Business API' for corporate partners. This enables remote control of LG Electronics products installed in homes or buildings and integrated connections with various platforms.

The ThinQ API for individuals supports controlling and monitoring home appliances registered in the LG ThinQ app across various smart home platforms. By utilizing the ThinQ API, users can easily configure a customized smart home tailored to their lifestyle. For example, users of the global smart home platform 'Home Assistant' can now connect and control a total of 26 LG home appliances, including refrigerators and washing machines, within their existing smart home environment through the open ThinQ API. Home Assistant is a community-based open platform with about one million users worldwide who collaboratively develop various smart home functions such as device automation and feature expansion.

The ThinQ Business API for enterprises supports partner companies operating office and residential buildings to integrate and manage various LG Electronics products, from home appliances to HVAC and signage commercial equipment, within their existing apps. By utilizing the ThinQ Business API, LG home appliances can be integrated into residential large building management apps, allowing residents to reserve the use of LG Electronics washing machines and dryers located in common areas through the building management app. Building managers can easily monitor abnormal conditions of the building through integration with LG Electronics temperature and humidity sensors and quickly respond to issues with alert functions.

Kim Geon-woo, Executive Director of LG Electronics HS Platform Business Center, said, "Through the official opening of the ThinQ API, we will expand collaboration with various smart home power users and B2B businesses and strengthen support to realize optimized smart spaces with LG Electronics products."

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