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In 1958, LG Electronics was founded as GoldStar ({{korean|hangul=금성|links=no}}). It was established in the aftermath of the Korean War to provide the rebuilding nation with domestically produced consumer electronics and home appliances. The start of the country's national broadcasting that created a booming electronics market and a close relationship it quickly forged with Hitachi helped GoldStar to produce South Korea's first radios, televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, and air conditioners.{{Cite web|last=www.etnews.com|date=2008-03-24|script-title=ko:[전자산업 50년, 새로운 50년](11)TV국산화와 가전산업의 태동|url=https://www.etnews.com/200803210022?SNS=00002|access-date=2020-09-29|website=ET News|language=ko}} GoldStar was one of the LG groups with a brethren company, Lak-Hui (pronounced "Lucky") Chemical Industrial Corp. which is now LG Chem and LG Household & Health Care. GoldStar merged with Lucky Chemical and GoldStar Cable on 28 February 1995, changing the corporate name to Lucky-Goldstar and then finally to LG Electronics.

Goldstar first went public in 1970; by 1976, it was producing one million televisions annually.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lgcorp.com/about/history/2|title=About LG: History — Advancement and Innovation 1970–1994|publisher=LG's official website}} In 1982, Goldstar opened its first overseas factory, which was based in Huntsville, Alabama.

In 1994, GoldStar officially adopted the LG Electronics brand and a new corporate logo. In 1995, LG Electronics acquired the US-based TV manufacturer Zenith and absorbed it four years later. Also in that year, LG Electronics made the world's first CDMA digital mobile handsets and supplied Ameritech and GTE in the US, the LGC-330W digital cellular phone. The company was also awarded UL certification in the US. In 1998, LG developed the world's first 60-inch plasma TV and established a joint venture in 1999 with Philips {{ndash}} LG.Philips LCD {{ndash}} which now goes by the name LG Display. In 1999, LG Semiconductor merged with Hynix.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB921519779406968101|title=LG Semicon Sale Is Seen Helping LG Electronics|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=16 March 1999}}

In order to create a holding company, the former LG Electronics was split off in 2002, with the "new" LG Electronics being spun off and the "old" LG Electronics changing its name to LG EI. It was then merged with and into LG CI in 2003 (the legal successor of the former LG Chem), so the company that started as GoldStar does not exist.

LG Electronics plays a large role in the global consumer electronics industry; it was the second-largest LCD TV manufacturer worldwide as of 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://www.statista.com/statistics/267095/global-market-share-of-lcd-tv-manufacturers|title=Global market share held by LCD TV manufacturers from 2008 to 2013|publisher=Statista|access-date=26 February 2015}} By 2005, LG was a Top 100 global brand and recorded a brand growth of 14% in 2006.{{Cite web|url=http://bwnt.businessweek.com/brand/2006|title=The 100 Top Brands 2006|work=BusinessWeek|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704121513/http://bwnt.businessweek.com/brand/2006|archive-date=4 July 2008}} As of 2009, its display manufacturing affiliate, LG Display, was the world's largest LCD panel manufacturer.{{Cite web|url=http://uk.lge.com/ir/html/ABboards.do?action=read&group_code=AB&list_code=PRE_MENU&seq=5458&page=1&target=pressreleases_read.jsp|title=LG.com|access-date=10 June 2014}} In 2010, LG Electronics entered the smartphone industry. LG Electronics has since continued to develop various electronic products, such as releasing the world's first 84-inch ultra-HD TV for retail sale.{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2012/10/26/lg-84-inch-4k-tv-goes-on-sale-in-the-us-for-19999/|title=LG's 84-inch 4K TV goes on sale in the US for $19,999, home mortgage optional|last=Fingas|first=Jon|website=www.engadget.com|date=26 October 2012}}

On 5 December 2012, the antitrust regulators of the European Union fined LG Electronics and five other major companies (Samsung, Thomson since 2010 known as Technicolor, Matsushita which today is Panasonic Corp, Philips and Toshiba) for fixing prices of TV cathode-ray tubes in two cartels lasting nearly a decade.{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/philips-lg-electronics-4-others-fined-1-47-billion-euros-for-eu-cartel/articleshow/17493208.cms|title=Philips, LG Electronics, 4 others fined 1.47 billion Euros for EU cartel|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=5 December 2012|access-date=5 December 2012}}

On 11 June 2015, LG Electronics found itself in the midst of a human rights controversy when The Guardian published an article by Rosa Moreno, a former employee of an LG television assembly factory. Moreno was offered $3800 in compensation after losing both hands in an industrial accident while working for a subcontrator making parts for LG-branded flatscreen televisions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/11/lost-hands-making-flatscreens-no-help|title=Lost hands making flatscreens, no help from LG|last=Moreno|first=Rosa|website=The Guardian|date=11 June 2015}}

At the end of 2016, LG Electronics merged its German branch (situated in Ratingen) and European headquarter (situated in London) together in Eschborn, a suburb of Frankfurt am Main.{{Cite news|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160721000729|title=LG Electronics completes relocation of European HQ to Eschborn in Germany|newspaper=The Korea Herald|date=21 July 2016|access-date=7 June 2017}}

In March 2017, LG Electronics was sued for its handling of hardware failures with recent smartphones such as the LG G4.{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/class-action-lawsuit-targets-lg-over-legendary-g4-v10-bootloop-issues/|title=Class-action lawsuit targets LG over legendary G4, V10 bootloop issues|website=Ars Technica|date=16 March 2017|access-date=17 March 2017}}

Koo Bon-joon, who was the CEO and the current vice chairman of LG Electronics,{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/koo-bon-joon/#6974e0d55e32|title=#45 Koo Bon-joon|work=Forbes|date=6 June 2018|access-date=29 April 2019}} was replaced by his nephew Koo Kwang-mo in July 2018 as CEO and vice chairman.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theinvestor.co.kr/view.php?ud=20180710000687|title=LG's Koo Bon-joon prepares to depart|last=Ji-yoon|first=Lee|work=The Investor|date=10 July 2018|access-date=29 April 2019}} The move came after the succession of Koo Kwang-mo as the chairman of the parent company LG Corporation who succeeded his adoptive father and uncle Koo Bon-moo after Bon-moo died of a brain tumor on 20 May 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2018/05/20/koo-bon-moo-lg-dies/|title=LG Chair Koo Bon-moo, Who Ran Company for 23 Years, Dies at 73|work=Fortune|date=20 May 2018|access-date=29 April 2019}}

LG announced in November 2018 that Hwang Jeong-hwan, who took the job as president of LG Mobile Communications in October 2017, will be replaced by Brian Kwon, who is head of LG's hugely profitable home entertainment business, from 1 December 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/28/lg-replaces-the-head-of-its-struggling-mobile-business-after-just-one-year/|title=LG replaces the head of its struggling mobile business after just one year|work=TechCrunch|access-date=28 November 2018}} Also in 2018, LG decided to stop smartphone production in South Korea to move production to Vietnam, in order to stay competitive.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lg-elec-mobile-idUSKCN1S104K|title=LG Electronics to shut South Korea phone plant, move production to Vietnam|newspaper=Reuters|date=25 April 2019|via=mobile.reuters.com|last1=Park|first1=Ju-min}} LG said Vietnam provides an "abundant labor force" and that 750 workers at its South Korean handset factory would be relocated to its home appliance plant.

On 5 April 2021, LG announced its withdrawal from the phone manufacturing industry after continuous loss in the market. In 2020, LG faced a loss of 5 trillion won (US$4.4 billion).{{Cite web|date=2021-04-04|title=It's official: LG is exiting the smartphone business|url=https://www.androidcentral.com/its-official-lg-exiting-smartphone-business|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Android Central}}{{Cite web|last=주 |first=경돈|date=2021-04-05|title=(LEAD) LG Electronics exits from loss-making mobile biz|url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210405001651320|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Yonhap News Agency|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Porter|first=Jon|date=2021-04-04|title=LG confirms it's getting out of the smartphone business|url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/4/22346084/lg-exits-smartphone-business|access-date=2021-04-05|website=The Verge|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2021-04-05|title=LG Mobile Division withdraws from business|url=https://programmingnation.in/2021/04/05/lg-mobile-division-withdraws-from-business/|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Programming Nation|language=en-US}}

In June 2021, the YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed published a video alleging an attempt by a representative of LG to manipulate the review of one of LG's gaming monitors.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5DuXeqnA-w | work=Hardware Unboxed | title=Bribes & Manipulation: LG Wants to Control Our Editorial Direction | date=11 June 2021}} The representative, in an email shown in the video, attempts to influence the editorial outcome of the review by indicating testing methods and aspects of the display to be followed by the channel. This came a few months after a similar incident between the creators and Nvidia in which Nvidia warned them that if they continue emphasizing on rasterization rather than ray tracing in Nvidia's graphics cards, they would no longer receive review samples.

As of 1 December 2021, the Chief Strategy Officer William Cho will take over for Bong-seok Kwon as the CEO of LG Electronics.{{cite news |last=Bonifacic |first=I |url=https://www.engadget.com/lg-electronics-appoints-ceo-william-cho-202902514.html |title=LG appoints new CEO to lead its beleaguered electronics division |work=Engadget |date=2021-11-26 |access-date=2021-11-28 }}

In June 2022, LG acquired AppleMango, a South Korean EV charger manufacturer with a 60% purchase of the company's stocks{{Cite web |date=2022-06-28 |title=LG Electronics acquires South Korean EV charger maker Apple Mango |url=https://www.electrive.com/2022/06/28/lg-acquires-ev-charger-maker-applemango-in-south-korea/ |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=electrive.com |language=en-US}}{{cite web|title=LG Expands Reach in EV Charging Industry With Latest Acquisition|url=https://hypebeast.com/2022/6/lg-applemango-ev-charging-business-acquisition|date=27 June 2022|access-date=27 June 2022}}

In that same month, the American publication Consumer Reports rated LG home appliances as the most reliable in the U.S. consumer market.{{cite news |last=No Surname |first=Devin |url=http://www.arirang.com/news/News_View.asp?nseq=301120 |title=LG Electronics ranked 'most reliable' appliance brand: Consumer Reports |work=Arirang |date=2022-06-12 |access-date=2022-06-12 }}

In April 2024, a security firm discovered security bugs in tens of thousands of LG smart TV models that could "let hackers hijack them". The vulnerability particularly affects smart TVs running LG's WebOS operating system from version 4 to version 7.{{cite news |last1=Ropek |first1=Lucas |title=Thousands of LG Smart TVs have security bugs that could let hackers hijack them |url=https://qz.com/lg-smart-tvs-devices-security-bugs-hackers-1851402127 |access-date=29 August 2024 |work=Quartz |agency=Gizmodo |date=11 April 2024 |language=en}}

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On 25 December 2021, LG Electronics launched a video campaign showing some of the initiatives the company has taken in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. The video shows how the company has handled the pandemic from the beginning by encouraging good hygiene practices to include social distancing, hand-washing, mask wearing, and using hand sanitizers.{{fact|date=December 2024}}

In a strategy to cope with demand for contactless shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic, LG Electronics has opened a number of unmanned stores that allow for customers to authenticate themselves at the main entrance, check product information, and purchase products using a mobile phone or QR code. The company operates nine unmanned stores and this will increase to 30 by the end of June 2022. These retail locations are only available in South Korea.{{cite news |last=Chang-won |first=Lim |url=https://www.ajudaily.com/view/20211229133421049 |title=LG Electronics expands unmanned stores to cope with growing demands for contactless shopping |work=Aju Business Daily |date=2021-12-29 |access-date=2021-12-29 }}

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In 2013, LG Electronics USA proposed building a new headquarters in the borough of Englewood Cliffs in Bergen County, New Jersey, including a {{convert|143|ft|m|abbr=on}} tall building that would stand taller than the tree line of the Hudson Palisades, a US National Natural Landmark.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/06/former_nj_mayors_ask_lg_to_rethink_plan_for_high-rise_hq_along_the_palisades.html#incart_river_default|title=Former N.J. governors ask LG to rethink plan for high-rise HQ along the Palisades|publisher=NJ.com|date=7 June 2013|access-date=9 December 2013}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/07/lg_supporters_looking_for_gov_christies_help_in_fight_over_high-rise_hq_on_the_palisades.html#incart_river_default|title=LG supporters looking for Gov. Christie's help in fight over high-rise HQ on the Palisades|work=The Star-Ledger|date=3 July 2013|access-date=9 December 2013}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.wmf.org/project/cloisters-and-palisades|title=THE CLOISTERS AND PALISADES – World Monuments Fund|publisher=Wmf.org|date=8 October 2013|access-date=9 December 2013}} The company proposed to build an environmentally friendly facility in Englewood Cliffs, incidental to Bergen County's per-capita leading Korean American population, having received an initially favorable legal decision concerning building height issues.{{Cite web|url=http://englewood.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/study-predicts-englewood-cliffs-lg-project-will-bring-huge-revenue-boost|title=Study Predicts Englewood Cliffs LG Project Will Bring Huge Revenue Boost|author=Alana Quartuccio|publisher=Englewood-EnglewoodCliffs Patch|date=3 September 2013|access-date=31 October 2013}} The plan, while approved by the local government, met with resistance from the segments of the general public as well as government officials in New Jersey and adjacent New York.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/06/former_nj_mayors_ask_lg_to_rethink_plan_for_high-rise_hq_along_the_palisades.html#incart_river_default|title=Former N.J. governors ask LG to rethink plan for high-rise HQ along the Palisades|last=Sullivan|first=S. P.|publisher=NJ.com|date=7 June 2013}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/07/lg_supporters_looking_for_gov_christies_help_in_fight_over_high-rise_hq_on_the_palisades.html#incart_river_default|title=LG supporters looking for Gov. Christie's help in fight over high-rise HQ on the Palisades|last=Sullivan|first=S. P.|publisher=NJ.com|date=3 July 2013}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/11/lg_celebrates_start_of_work_on_englewood_cliffs_headquarters_opponents_protest.html|title=Opponents protest as LG celebrates start of work on Englewood Cliffs headquarters|last=Ma|first=Myles|publisher=NJ.com|date=14 November 2013}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/opinion/the-threat-to-the-palisades.html?ref=opinion|title=The Threat to the Palisades (op-ed)|author1=Brendan T. Byrne|author2=Thomas Kean|author3=James J. Florio|author4=Christine Todd Whitman|work=New York Times|date=24 March 2014}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2014/04/nj_conservation_groups_file_court_papers_opposing_electronics_company_building_along_the_palisades.html#incart_river_default|title=NJ conservation groups file briefs opposing LG's planned construction on Palisades|author=Associated Press|work=The Star-Ledger|date=7 April 2014}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2014/06/bill_banning_tall_buildings_along_palisades_advances_in_nj_senate.html|title=Senate advances bill banning tall buildings along Palisades|last=Ma|first=Myles|work=The Star-Ledger|date=7 June 2014}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2014/06/ny_comptroller_ask_lg_to_consider_shorter_englewood_cliffs_headquarters.html|title=NY Comptroller ask LG to consider shorter Englewood Cliffs headquarters|work=The Star-Ledger|date=15 June 2014}}{{Cite web|url=http://tvwale.review/?type=LG|title=LG LED / Smart Tv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211115853/http://tvwale.review/?type=LG|archive-date=11 December 2015}} The initial court decision upholding the local government approval was overturned by a New Jersey appellate court in 2015 and LG subsequently submitted a revised, scaled-down, 64-foot building for approval by the borough of Englewood Cliffs in 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.northjersey.com/news/englewood-cliffs-board-to-consider-new-zoning-for-lg-electronics-site-1.1534762|title=Englewood Cliffs board to consider new zoning for LG Electronics site|author=Matthew McGrath|publisher=NorthJersey.com, part of the USA Today network|date=30 March 2016|access-date=30 November 2016|archive-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711015837/https://www.northjersey.com/errors/404/|url-status=dead}} LG broke ground on the new US$300 million Englewood Cliffs headquarters on 7 February 2017, to be completed in late 2019.{{Cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/englewood-cliffs/2017/02/07/lg-breaks-ground-englewood-cliffs-hq/97400212/|title=LG breaks ground on Englewood Cliffs HQ| author=Michael W. Curley Jr. |publisher=NorthJersey.com, part of the USA Today network|date=7 February 2017|access-date=5 March 2017}}

LG Electronics products include televisions including hospitality televisions for hotels and commercial industrials,{{Cite web |title= LG Televisions |url=https://www.lg.com/uk/tvs-soundbars/all-tvs/ |access-date =2023-12-12 |website=www.lg.com/uk/tvs-soundbars/all-tvs/}}{{Cite web |title= LG Hotel and Hospitality |url=https://www.lg-informationdisplay.com/product/commercial-tv/hotel-tv |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=www.lg-informationdisplay.com/product/commercial-tv/hotel-tv}} home theater systems,{{Cite web |title= LG Soundbars |url=https://www.lg.com/uk/speakers/soundbars/ |access-date =2023-12-12 |website=www.lg.com/uk/speakers/soundbars/}} home audio,{{Cite web |title= LG Hi-Fi |url=https://www.lg.com/uk/speakers/hi-fi-system/ |access-date =2023-12-12 |website=www.lg.com/uk/speakers/hi-fi-system/}} portable audio and headphones,{{Cite web |title= LG XBoom |url=https://www.lg.com/uk/speakers/xboom-go/ |access-date =2023-12-12 |website=www.lg.com/uk/speakers/xboom-go/}} refrigerators, washing machines, computer monitors, wearable devices, solar modules, vehicle audio and displays,{{Cite web |title= LG Automotive |url=https://www.lg.com/global/mobility/automotive-display |access-date =2023-12-12 |website=www.lg.com/global/mobility/automotive-display}} smart appliances and formerly smartphones.

{{See also|LG Display}}

The LG SL9000 was one of several new Borderless HDTV's advertised for release at IFA Berlin in 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://crave.cnet.co.uk/televisions/0,39029474,49303569,00.htm?s_cid=33|title=LG SL8000, SL9000, LH9000 and LH9500: TVs without borders | CNET UK|last=Trenholm|first=Rich|publisher=Crave.cnet.co.uk|date=7 September 2009|access-date=6 October 2013|archive-date=26 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726201839/https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/lg-sl8000-sl9000-lh9000-and-lh9500-tvs-without-borders/|url-status=dead}} LG Electronics launched an OLED TV in 2013 and 65-inch and 77-inch sizes in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/lgs-77-65-inch-curved-4k-ultra-hd-212800999.html#aGcFcrs|title=LG's 77- and 65-inch Curved 4K Ultra HD OLED TVs are coming to the UK|date=26 June 2014 |publisher=Pocket-lint|access-date=26 June 2014}}{{Cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/articles/at-lg-more-bendable-tvs-lie-straight-ahead-1401297785?KEYWORDS=lg&cb=logged0.009054038673639297|title=At LG, More Bendable TVs Lie Straight Ahead|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=28 May 2014|access-date=28 May 2014|last1=Lee|first1=Min-Jeong}} LG Electronics introduced its first Internet TV in 2007, originally branded as "Net Cast Entertainment Access" devices. They later renamed the 2011 Internet televisions to "LG Smart TV" when more interactive television features were added, that enable the audience to receive information from the Internet while watching conventional TV programming.{{fact|date=February 2025}}

In November 2013, a blogger discovered that some of LG's smart TVs silently collect filenames from attached USB storage devices and program viewing data, and transmit the information to LG's servers and LG-affiliated servers.{{Cite web|url=http://doctorbeet.blogspot.fr/2013/11/lg-smart-tvs-logging-usb-filenames-and.html|title=DoctorBeet's Blog: LG Smart TVs logging USB filenames and viewing info to LG servers|work=Doctorbeet.blogspot.fr|date=18 November 2013|access-date=9 December 2013}}{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/security/2013/11/smart-tv-from-lg-phones-home-with-users-viewing-habits-usb-file-names/|title=Smart TVs from LG phones home with user's viewing habits, USB file names|last=Goodin|first=Dan|website=Ars Technica|date=19 November 2013|access-date=9 December 2013}} Shortly after this blog entry went live, LG disabled playback on its site of the video, explaining how its viewer analytics work, and closed the Brightcove account the video was hosted on.

LG manufactures remote control models that use Hillcrest Labs' Freespace technology to allow users to change channels using gestures{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2010/08/26/hillcrest-labs-brings-lgs-magic-motion-remote-control-to-live//|title=Hillcrest Labs brings LG's Magic Motion remote to life, cheekily points out that Sony uses it, too.|last=Stevens|first=Tim|website=www.engadget.com|date=26 August 2010|access-date=2 September 2017|archive-date=22 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322141049/https://www.engadget.com/2010/08/26/hillcrest-labs-brings-lgs-magic-motion-remote-control-to-live/|url-status=dead}} and Dragon NaturallySpeaking technology for voice recognition.{{Cite web|url=http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ca/news/2140928/dragon-brings-voice-control-smart-tvs-set-boxes|title=Dragon brings voice control to smart TVs and set-top boxes|last=Greek|first=Dinah|publisher=Computeractive|date=24 January 2012|access-date=22 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310012100/http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ca/news/2140928/dragon-brings-voice-control-smart-tvs-set-boxes|archive-date=10 March 2012}}

As of 2014, LG is using webOS with a ribbon interface with some of its smart TVs. LG reported that in the first eight months after release, it had sold over 5 million webOS TVs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/12/17/7413221/lg-webos-2-0|title=LG's webOS 2.0 TVs are coming to CES|date=17 December 2014|access-date=2 January 2015}}

In 2016, exclusively to India, Indian arm of South Korea's LG Electronics Inc started selling a TV that would repel mosquitoes.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lg-elec-mosquitotv-idUSKCN0Z30F2|title=LG Electronics sells mosquito repellant TV in India|last=Pak|first=Nataly|newspaper=Reuters|date=17 June 2016|access-date=21 June 2016|agency=Reuters}} It uses ultrasonic waves that are silent to humans but cause mosquitoes to fly away. It was released on 16 June 2016. The technology was also used in air conditioners and washing machines. The TV is aimed for lower-income consumers living in conditions that would make them susceptible to mosquitoes.

In 2018, it was reported that LG was planning to sell big-screen televisions that could be rolled up and retract automatically with the push of a button come 2019.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-18/lg-is-said-to-plan-selling-tvs-that-roll-up-like-posters-in-2019|title=LG Plans to Sell TVs That Roll Up Like Posters in 2019|work=Bloomberg|date=18 December 2018 |access-date=18 December 2018}}

In April 2021, LG officially confirmed that it will shut down its mobile division.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/4/22346084/lg-exits-smartphone-business|title = LG is quitting the smartphone business|date = 4 April 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/lg-closes-down-mobile-phone-business-here-is-what-will-happen-to-existing-lg-phone-users-1787177-2021-04-05|title = LG closes down mobile phone business, here is what will happen to existing LG phone users| date=5 April 2021 }} Earlier, there had been rumours that LG considered selling its mobile division with Vingroup and Volkswagen named as potential buyers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/03/22/nobody-wants-to-buy-lgs-phone-business/|title = Nobody wants to buy LG's phone business|date = 22 March 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gsmarena.com/report_lg_considers_shutting_down_mobile_division_after_sale_talks_fall_through-news-48319.php|title = Report: LG considers shutting down mobile division after sale talks fall through}}

Other than mobile phones, LG Electronics have also made tablet computers like the LG G series complementing the mobile phones.{{Cite web|url=http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-unveils-trio-new-g-pad-tablets|title=LG G pad series|publisher=Android central|date=12 May 2014|access-date=7 July 2014}} LG also makes laptop computers in the LG Gram line, and previously under the Xnote line (see List of LG laptops).

{{See also|List of LG mobile phones}}

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LG Electronics used to manufacture mobile phones from 1995 to 2021,{{Cite news |date=2021-04-05 |script-title=ko:초콜릿폰 성공에 너무 취했나…LG폰 철수의 결정적 이유 |url=https://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2021040512562495445 |access-date=2023-07-16 |website={{ill|Money Today|ko|머니투데이}} |language=ko}} selling to the domestic market only (as Cyon) until 2000 where it was in the shadow of Samsung Anycall. LG released its first GSM network phones during 2001{{Cite web |title=LG — сетевое оборудование из Кореи! {{!}} КомпьютерПресс |url=https://compress.ru/article.aspx?id=10923%20https:/www.afaqs.com/news/advertising/2975_lg-calls-for-a-pitch |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=compress.ru |language=ru}} although had also marketed CDMA phones before then in the U.S.{{Cite web |title=CDMA Mobile Phones |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010406124527/http://www.lge.com/eng/product/e_ci/eng_ci_1.shtml |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=LG}} LG made its breakthrough during the mid and late 2000s: it launched its highly popular LG Chocolate in worldwide in 2006 which popularised touch-sensitivity. The following year it released the world's first capacitive touchscreen phone LG Prada, and Shine, cementing its focus on design: its phones during this era have led to LG being called alongside Apple as one of the pioneers of the rise of touchscreens.{{Cite web |title=Nokia Tube, RIM Storm and LG Renoir: three new touchscreen big hitters |url=https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/nokia-tube-rim-storm-and-lg-renoir-three-new-touchscreen-big-hitters/ |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Rethink |language=en}} By 2008 LG had entered the top 3 worldwide leaders in mobile phones.{{Cite web |date=2008-07-15 |script-title=ko:'치고 받고' 절대 강자 없네 |url=http://www.sisajournal.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=123707 |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Sisa Journal |language=ko}}

There was further success with the Cookie which helped to bring touchscreens to the budget market, and with the Lollipop flip phone that became very popular in South Korea. However the company had trouble with competing in smartphones. In 2010, LG released the Optimus smartphone, which would span into a series. The following year saw the release of the LG Optimus 3D, the world's first mobile phone with glasses-free 3D display,{{Cite web |author1=Gary Cutlack |date=2011-07-06 |title=LG Optimus 3D review |url=https://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/lg-optimus-3d-930902/review |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=TechRadar |language=en}} and LG Optimus 2X, the first with a dual-core processor.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-12 |title=LG mobile phone song finally exits: goodbye my "chocolate" |url=https://iphonewired.com/industry/105179/ |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=iPhone Wired |language=en-US}} In 2012 LG worked with Google to build the Nexus 4 smartphone.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-14 |title=Happy birthday: The Google Nexus 4 is 10 years old |url=https://www.androidpolice.com/google-nexus-4-turns-10-retrospective/ |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Android Police |language=en}}

Other than the G3, LG officially unveiled the curved smartphone, LG G Flex, on 27 October 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2013/11/15/lg-g-flex-att-lte/|title=LG G Flex appears on the FCC with AT&T-friendly LTE|website=www.engadget.com|date=15 November 2013 |access-date=9 March 2014}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2013/10/27/lg-g-flex/|title=LG G Flex announced with vertically curved 6-inch 720p screen, 'self-repairing' back cover|website=www.engadget.com|date=28 October 2013 |access-date=9 March 2014}} At Consumer Electronics Show in January 2014, LG announced a US release for the G2 across several major carriers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/6/5279814/lg-g-flex-launching-att-sprint-t-mobile|title=LG G Flex coming to AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile this winter|work=The Verge|date=6 January 2014|access-date=9 March 2014}} In 2015, LG released LG G4 globally in late May through early June.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnet.com/products/lg-g4/|title=G4 release date|publisher=CNET|access-date=6 May 2015}} On 7 September 2016, LG unveiled the V20,{{Cite web|url=https://www.mobigyaan.com/lg-v20-unveiled|title=LG V20 unveiled with Android 7.0 Nougat, dual rear cameras and secondary screen|website=MobiGyaan.com|date=7 September 2016|access-date=7 September 2016}} and the V30 was announced on 31 August 2017. LG G6 was officially announced during MWC 2017 on 26 February 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-g6-release-date-price-specs-features-738704/|title=LG G6 officially announced: everything you need to know|date=26 February 2017}} The G7 ThinQ model was announced at a 2 May 2018 media briefing.{{Cite news|url=http://www.eweek.com/mobile/lg-confirms-media-briefing-to-introduce-g7-thinq-android-smartphone|title=LG Confirms Media Briefing to Introduce G7 ThinQ Android Smartphone|last=Reisinger|first=Don|work=eWeek|date=11 April 2018|access-date=14 April 2018|department=Mobile}} In 2020, the LG Wing was introduced with two displays and a swivel design.

In April 2021, after months of speculation, LG confirmed that the smartphone division will be officially shut down in July 2021.{{Cite web|date=2021-04-05|title=LG to pull out of mobile phone market|url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/05/lg-to-pull-out-of-mobile-phone-market|access-date=2021-04-12|website=the Guardian|language=en}} The decision to shut down LG Mobile came about from poor sales caused by stiff competition from rival Samsung and Chinese brands such as Oppo and Xiaomi. LG became the first major smartphone brand to completely withdraw from the market.{{cite news

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LG and Google announced the Android Wear-based smartwatch, the LG G Watch, that was in June 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://www.androidauthority.com/android-wear-io-official-397096/|title=Android Wear platform fully unveiled at I/O 2014|date=25 June 2014|publisher=Android Authority|access-date=25 June 2014|archive-date=23 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323025103/http://www.androidauthority.com/android-wear-io-official-397096/|url-status=dead}} In August 2014, the LG G Watch R that has a circular face (similar to the Moto 360) was released.{{Cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/lg-g-watch-r-photo-2014-8|title=This Is LG's New Round-Face Smartwatch: The G Watch R|work=Business Insider|access-date=27 August 2014}} The LG Watch Urbane that LG's third Android Wear-based smart watch has released in April 2015. This was the first device to support newer smartwatch features such as Wi-Fi, and new parts of Android Wear's software interface, like the ability to draw emoji to friends.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnet.com/products/lg-watch-urbane/|title=LG Watch Urbane review|publisher=CNET|access-date=12 May 2015}}

In 2015, LG announced a Bluetooth keyboard that folds up along the four rows of keys for portability. The Rolly keyboard is made of solid plastic. Two tiny plastic arms fold out from the end of the keyboard to support a tablet or smartphone and it can toggle between two different Bluetooth-connected devices at a time. Battery life is an expected three months on a single AAA battery.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/8/27/9213551/lg-rolly-keyboard-announced|title=LG's new Rolly wireless keyboard turns into a pocket stick|work=The Verge|date=27 August 2015|access-date=27 August 2015}}

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LG manufactures home appliances including refrigerators, washing machines, tumble dryers, vacuum cleaners, air conditioners and microwave ovens.

In June 2014, LG Electronics announced the launch of its smart appliances with HomeChat messaging service in South Korea. HomeChat employs LINE, the mobile messenger app from Korean company 'Naver', to let homeowners communicate, control, monitor and share content with LG's smart appliances.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lg.com/ae/press-release/lg-rolls-out-premium-smart-appliances-that-chat|title=LG Rolls Out Premium Smart Appliances that Chat|website=lg.com|access-date=5 May 2018}} Users can send simple messages, such as "start washing cycle," in order to control their washing machines.

In December 2021, LG Electronics announced they were testing an ecologically friendly washing machine that uses liquid carbon dioxide as a cleaner. The company will be conducting a two-year test prove the safety with a goal of having commercial {{CO2}} washers in shopping mall laundries. This new process creates no wastewater and will exhaust gas.{{cite news |last=Chang-won |first=Lim |url=https://www.ajudaily.com/view/20211230133423844 |title=LG Electronics allowed to develop eco-friendly liquid {{CO2}} washer |work=Aju Business Daily |date=2021-12-30 |access-date=2021-12-30 }}

LG Electronics manufactures vehicle audio for many manufacturers including Opel, Renault, Vauxhall and Volkswagen.

LG Electronics also manufacturers teardrop trailers{{cite web |url=https://www.lg.com/global/ces2024-lglabs/ |title=LG Labs |website=LG |access-date=5 February 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.homecrux.com/lg-bon-voyage-trailer/229172/ |title=New LG Bon Voyage Trailer is Feature-Packed as Tiny House on Wheels |last=Sharma |first=Bharat |date=10 January 2024 |website=Homecrux |access-date=5 February 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.homecrux.com/interview-sung-gul-hwang-lg-design-head/232693/ |title=Sung-Gul Hwang: The Man Designing LG's Future as it Extends Technology Beyond Homes |last=Sharma |first=Atish |date=5 February 2024 |website=Homecrux |access-date=5 February 2024}}

and also produces modules and displays for many vehicle manufacturers.{{cite web|url=https://www.lg.com/global/newsroom/news/vehicle-component-solutions/lg-to-supply-its-automotive-content-platform-to-hyundai-motor-groups-luxury-genesis-brand/ |title=LG supplies Genesis |website=LG |access-date=7 February 2024}}

In 2021, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)'s annual World Intellectual Property Indicators report ranked LG's number of patent applications published under the PCT System as 4th in the world, with 2,759 patent applications being published during 2020.{{Cite web|title=World Intellectual Property Indicators 2021|url=https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_941_2021.pdf|access-date=30 November 2021|website=WIPO}} This position is an impressive increase from their previous ranking as 10th in 2019 with 1,646 applications.{{Cite book|author1=World Intellectual Property Organization|url=https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/details.jsp?id=4526|title=World Intellectual Property Indicators 2020|publisher=World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)|year=2020|isbn=9789280532012|series=World IP Indicators (WIPI)|doi=10.34667/tind.42184|access-date=2021-08-26}}

In 2023, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)'s Annual PCT Review ranked LG Electronics's number of patent applications published under the PCT System as 6th in the world, with 1,887 patent applications being published during 2023.{{Cite web |title=PCT Yearly Review 2024 |url=https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo-pub-901-2024-en-patent-cooperation-treaty-yearly-review-2024.pdf |page=39}}

In 2024 LG's number of designs in industrial design registrations published under the Hague System was ranked as 4th in the world, with 352 design registrations being published during 2023. {{Cite web |title=Hague Yearly Review 2024 |url=https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo-pub-930-2024-en-hague-yearly-review-2024.pdf |website=wipo.int}}

LG Sports Limited, a subsidiary of LG Corporation, owns the Korean Baseball Organisation (KBO) LG Twins (LG 트윈스). Through an acquisition in 1990, the MBC Blue Dragons (who was one of the six original founding members of the KBO in 1982) became the LG Twins.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=37257025|title=Company Overview of LG Sports Ltd.|work=Bloomberg|access-date=30 April 2019}} The team has won two Korean Series (1990 and 1994). LG attracts a large attendance of fans and to much of their enjoyment, took third place in the league.{{Cite web|url=https://korea.stripes.com/travel/korean-pro-baseball-league-hit-fans|title=Korean pro baseball league a hit with fans|work=Stars and Stripes|date=28 April 2014|access-date=30 April 2019}}

In August 2013, LG Electronics announced that it would sponsor German Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen for the next three years with an option to extend for one more year. LG sponsors the International Cricket Council, the world governing body for cricket and also sponsors the ICC Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/the-icc/about_the_organisation/partners.php|title=Commercial Partners of the International Cricket Council (ICC)|publisher=icc-cricket.yahoo.net|access-date=26 September 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825143451/http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/the-icc/about_the_organisation/partners.php|archive-date=25 August 2009}}

From 2009 to 2013, LG Electronics sponsored Formula One as a Global Partner and Technology Partner.{{Cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/11/8739.html|title=The Official Formula 1 Website|publisher=Formula One|date=26 November 2008|access-date=10 June 2009}} LG was also an official supplier to Virgin Racing and Lotus Racing team, plus engine manufacturer Cosworth from 2010 to 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://hotcellularphone.com/lg/lg-extends-formula-1-reach-virgin-racing/|title=Welcome hotcellularphone.com|work=hotcellularphone.com}} LG also sponsors London Fashion Week and the LG Arena in Birmingham.{{Cite web|url=http://www.prlog.org/10129577-londons-first-ever-snow-and-music-festival-strengthens-lgs-corporate-sponsorship-portfolio.html|title=London's first ever snow and music festival strengthens LG's corporate sponsorship portfolio|publisher=Prlog.org|access-date=10 June 2009}}

During the period 2001–2003, LG sponsored the snooker Grand Prix. During these years the tournament was known as the LG Cup. In 2008, LG became sponsors of the Extreme Sport 'FSO4 Freeze' festival.{{Cite web|url=http://www.londonfreeze.com/index.php|title=FSO4 Freeze, Sponsored by LG, Snowboard and Music Festival|publisher=Londonfreeze.com|access-date=10 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916170651/http://www.londonfreeze.com/index.php|archive-date=16 September 2008}}

The LG Electronics company in Australia dissolved its sponsorship with cricketer David Warner on 27 March 2018 and dropped him as the brand ambassador of the company over the ball tampering scandal during the third Test of their 2017–18 tempestuous series against South Africa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/mar/28/electronics-giant-lg-drops-david-warner-as-brand-ambassador|title=Electronics giant LG drops David Warner as brand ambassador|agency=Australian Associated Press|website=The Guardian|date=28 March 2018|access-date=28 March 2018}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/2139269/lg-drops-sponsorship-disgraced-david-warner-amid-australia-cricket|title=LG drops sponsorship of disgraced Aussie cricketer Warner|work=South China Morning Post|access-date=28 March 2018}} Warner had an agreement with the company in 2014 and his contract had been planned for renewal.{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/field/873579/lg-electronics-decides-to-not-renew-contract-with-david-warner-after-ball-tampering-scandal|title=LG Electronics decides to not renew contract with David Warner after ball-tampering scandal|author=Scroll Staff|work=Scroll.in|access-date=28 March 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/lg-decides-not-to-renew-david-warner-sponsorship-20180328-p4z6pj.html|title=LG decides 'not to renew' David Warner sponsorship|last=Gray|first=Darren|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=28 March 2018|access-date=28 March 2018}}

In 2010, independent tests of popular LG fridge models conducted by Choice magazine found the energy consumption in two models was higher than claimed by LG. LG was aware of the problem and offered compensation to affected customers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.choice.com.au/Life-Stage/Green-living/Green%20products%20and%20appliances/LG-greenwash/page/Uncool%20claims.aspx|title=CHOICE exposes false energy claims by major fridge manufacturer, LG, for its GC-L197NFS|publisher=CHOICE|access-date=27 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125162115/http://www.choice.com.au/life-stage/green-living/green%20products%20and%20appliances/lg-greenwash/page/uncool%20claims.aspx|archive-date=25 November 2010}} In 2004, LG made 4A-rated water efficiency claims for numerous washing machines before they were certified. LG gave undertakings to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission to provide appropriate corrective notices and upgrade and maintain its trade practices compliance program. In 2006, LG overstated energy efficiency on five of its air conditioner models and was again required to offer consumers rebates to cover the extra energy costs.

In March 2018, it was announced that one of LG steam clothing care systems earned the Asthma & Allergy Friendly Certification.{{Cite press release|url=http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/03/12/1420593/0/en/Allergy-Standards-Ltd-announce-that-LG-Styler-has-met-the-scientific-requirements-for-the-asthma-allergy-friendly-Certification-Standards.html|title=Allergy Standards Ltd announce that LG Styler has met the scientific requirements for the asthma & allergy® friendly Certification Standards.|author=|publisher=Allergy Standards Limited|date=12 March 2018|via=GlobeNewswire}}

In May 2020, a deadly gas leak in LG chemical plant in Visakhapatnam killed 12 people. An investigation was set up to look upon the matter revealed many causes for the accident. Improper storage design, haphazard maintenance of the old storage tank, the temperature inside the oldest of the three storage tanks holding styrene monomer, a chemical used in making polystyrene products, rose to more than six times the permitted level due to polymerization, which resulted in the rise of heat due to the chemical reaction are the few causes. It was also suggested to move the company to a less populated area.{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/vizag-lg-polymers-plant-hit-by-gas-leak-be-shifted-suggests-committee-11594104303394.html|title=Vizag, LG Polymers plant, hit by gas leak, be shifted, suggests committee|website=www.livemint.com|date=7 July 2020}}

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