Ever since Smart TV came into our midst, manufacturers have been tasked with bringing it to market. new television models every year. These models feature increasingly sophisticated panel technologies with higher brightness and performance, as well as advanced adjustments to image processing and new features in their software, among other things.

However, these new software features are generally not available on other older model televisions. To do this, you need to use operating systems such as Android TV / Google TV or Fire TV, as updates are usually regular and are compatible with most compatible devices. If you currently have a TV from Samsung, LG or another manufacturer If you wanted to get new updates you had to buy a new television important parts of your software.

LG is committed to updating some of its older TVs for free

Over time, companies such as LG have positioned themselves a little more clearly on this issue, and a few months ago they assured that many of their older models will have significant webOS updates for up to five years, thus minimizing the amount of proprietary software options on each new TV.

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Right now, 2022 models already received webOS 23and the idea is that they also get updates up to webOS 26 so they won’t be as outdated as in the past where they were only provided with security updates. LG plans to do this for newer models and future models as well, so it’s definitely good news for users.

The strategy only affects television channels for now LG Z2, CS, C2, G2, LG QNED 99 from 2022 and LG QNED 95 from 2022, but in the future we will see more models compatible with future and newer webOS updates. If you own a 2022 LG television, below these lines we will tell you what you will gain by updating to webOS 23.

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First of all, just press the MUTE button on your remote a few times to make sure which version of webOS you have; Here you will see the webOS version installed. If you have webOS 23, congratulations, you have the latest version of LG software. If not, you need to go to the configuration section and Support > Software Update Click ‘Check for updates’ to install the latest version to date. You can also use a USB and install the update locally.

The most notable difference in this version is Visual change in the interfacethe ability to change the list of content displayed in the main menu with a better structured menu, new application icons and ultimately a more customizable menu.

Another new feature in this version is quick menu redesignwhere we can adjust different parameters such as display mode, audio output, game optimizer, multi-view (PiP mode), change brightness, etc. Here you can also turn off the screen while the TV is running; Ideal for playing music without consuming too much power. To access this menu, simply press the shift button on your remote control.

Another new feature of webOS 23 is ‘Transmission 4:4:4located in General > External Devices > HDMI Settings. This option is designed for PC signals as it disables noise reduction and TruMotion technology. But be careful, when activated, your television’s display mode for the selected source may change.

Announcement for sailors. If you have an amplifier connected to your TV with this update and have it running in ‘Stream’ mode, By default this will probably change you to ‘Auto’. To change it again, you need to go to Advanced Settings > Adjust Display and Sound > Digital Audio Output and change it to ‘Transfer’. Be very careful when changing sources because you will definitely need to do this step for all of them.

As we said, webOS 23 now available on select 2022 LG TV models. Over time, we’ll see how this strategy progresses and whether more manufacturers will join the cause. There are currently rumors that Samsung may also present this initiative. We’ll have to wait to learn more about this.

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