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LG has been in the smart home industry for ~10 years, perhaps longer.
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I don't see a mega-corp absorbing a company like Homey as good, that almost never turns out well. Look at what Google has done with Nest and killing the Revolv hub. Also look at what Samsung has done to Smartthings. Those are just two examples, there are probably more.
On the other hand, if Smartthings hadn't gone into the toilet, maybe Hubitat would never exist. Hmm, maybe mega-corp acquisitions are good!
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HP buying WebOS... 
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Please stay on topic and avoid personal attacks. It's ok to disagree with someone's point, but criticize ideas, not people.
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Darn, I missed it.
even though lg phones were good the wifi on their appliances in my opinion are crap.. i still cannot never get our washer to connect to wifi.
They've gotten better. I used to have to reset the network every few weeks on my washer, mine has not dropped off in a few months now.
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My only appliance that talks to the internet is my stove hood (Bosch 800 series) via Home Connect. Beyond that I'm ok with all my data staying in my home...They don't need to know when I open my fridge...lol
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(Just ordered an LG combo (impulse buy; have another thread)).
Both you guys seem to use the app; what the heck do you use it for?
Get notified that laundry is done, if the machines are not within hearing distance in the house?
Maybe a better/easier interface than twiddling the knobs on the machine?
Remote management of the machine?.....highly doubtful.
First 'smart' appliance.
Although, might have had it on a small GE window shaker, but hardly used it (noise) and gave it away.
Sorry for any potential thread derailment.
A smart stove hood.
What'll they think of next?
Every day that goes by, I guess, I'm sound more like the old fogy I am.
For the most part I use the automation to turn off the hood lights at night
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My wife talks to our appliances quite often. I'm kinda glad they don't talk... 
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I don't have a smart washing machine, but mine is downstairs in the garage, so I have, for some years now, used a smart plug and some smarts in HE to notify me when the washing is done. I also tend to run some extra rinse+spin cycles after the main wash, so have to go up and down the stairs a few times to do this. Probably a better outcome than doing it via an app or automation as it gives me some extra incidental exercise.
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Hood light control is one option I wish I had. I already have an automation to tell me when any of the cooktop burners are on (turns on a warning light so we don't forget and leave a burner on low). I wish I could also auto turn on the hood lights when any burner is turned on. But my 2004 hood is a dum-dum.
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You could probably take it apart and sneak a ZEN51 in there (or some sort of ZB Mini relay).
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It's a good thought - maybe a (wired) 51 would be better, but my very limited experiment with trying to tuck a 44 in mine was that the hood (and mesh filter screens) is a heckuva faraday cage when trying to tuck smart stuff up in there.
Yeah, I thought about that, but wife vetoed. For some reason that crossed a line that cannot be crossed. 
It's her world, I just live in it.
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I've done two loads so far in the LG Combo, and like it.
The LH ThinQ WiFi app is quite nice.
It did a firmware update flawlessly, lol.
Who knows how long the heat pump will last though.
As with any other heat pump compressor-driven device, make sure you keep the coil clean.
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