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LG responds to TV spying allegations
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LG denied claims its smart TVs record and transmit users' conversations.
The dispute centers on how much data TVs collect and whether LG's denial answers the privacy questions.
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- Sep 7, 2026Gamers Nexus released a 135-minute investigative report with Level1Techs and independent security researchers on LG televisions' data collection and security systems.
- Sep 9, 2026LG told Tom's Hardware the claims in the video are not true, saying its TVs process voice data only when the remote's voice button is pressed and held or a wake word like 'Hi LG' is recognized after the user enables Far-Field voice recognition.
- Sep 10, 2026LG denied that its smart TVs eavesdrop even after the screen is turned off, and denied recording ambient conversations or listening on standby; it said 'The audio is immediately deleted if the wake word is not recognised.'