LG joins the Home Connectivity Alliance


Just over two years after its founding, the Home Connectivity Alliance (Alliance for the connected home) has just welcomed the juggernaut LG into its conglomerate. We are still waiting for the first interconnected devices.

Connected major household appliances have now become commonplace. It is not uncommon to be able to pair your refrigerator, washing machine, built-in oven, etc., with a smartphone in order to extend its versatility. Thus can we be warned of the end of a washing cycle, monitor electricity consumption, program remote cooking or monitor door openings (for refrigerators) and many other things.

In fact, some equipment can even communicate with each other to work together and give the best possible results. For example, a dryer is theoretically able to know the washing cycle used and choose the most suitable drying program according to the weight and nature of the textiles in the drum. However, for everything to work in the best of worlds, the different devices must be compatible. And to do this, they must be of the same brand. However, it is quite rare to be fully equipped with products bearing the same logo.

To overcome this problem and – finally – get connected household appliances off the ground, the Home Connectivity Alliance was created two years ago. The idea is to bring together the major players in the sector so that they get along and set up a common connected environment. Ideally, each home app should be able to be used to control any connected device, even if it is not built by the manufacturer who developed said app.

LG has just joined the gang of 12 (now that of 13, therefore) which includes Arçelik (on which Beko and Grundig depend), Electrolux, Haier (which includes Candy, Hoover and Rosière in its bosom) and Samsung, among others. It is interesting to note that the two enemy brothers of the Land of the Morning Calm will have to collaborate to achieve their ends, which is not really their strong point.

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But we have to believe that time has done its work and that the hatchet is buried. “We are very excited to enter the Home Connectivity Alliance Board of Directors and look forward to working with like-minded companies”said Lyu Jae-cheol, president of Home Appliance & Air Solution Division of LG Electronics.

Still more efforts to be made and manufacturers to convince

We can only be excited to see these giants join forces to finally offer a compatible environment, even if there is still a long way to go before we see a Samsung hood relying on the settings of a Beko hob to adapt its suction power. However, according to LG’s press release announcing the news, the first examples of interoperability between the brands should be presented during the IFA 2022 which will open in a few days in Berlin.

The choice of this particular event taking place across the Rhine is not lacking in irony. Because among the 13 brands that form the famous Alliance currently, none is German despite the well-established presence of Miele, Bosch or Siemens on the market.

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