LG presents more smart home devices at IFA 2016-- including a fridge equipped with a massive 29-inch touchscreen, the Amazon Alexa-capable SmartThinQ hub and a variety of IoT accessories.
The result of the Open Partnership, Open Platform and Open Connectivity strategy, the SmartThinQ hub features the Amazon Alexa voice assistant, if in initially limited form. Pressing a button on the hub allows one to add something to their schedule, play music or check the weather, with no actual control of ThinQ appliance as yet.
Such limited integration is weird, since as the name suggests the SmartThinQ hub acts as a controller for ThinQ appliances. LG presented a number of new ThinQ accessories IFA, including a Lightbulb, Plug and Motion Sensor.