Your recent LG OLED TV is about to get a great free upgrade – earlier than expected

webOS 24 is coming already, with Chromecast and more new features

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TheLG C3andLG G3TVs are getting an upgrade to their smart TVoperating system, which is rolling out now – earlier than the 2025 window it was originally scheduled for. The ‘webOS 24’ update brings several new features that first appeared onLG’s 2024 TVs (picture above).

The new software is appearing on some C3 and G3 TVs now, but asFlatpanelsHDnotes, you don’t need to panic if it hasn’t appeared on your TV yet – it can take a few days to appear on all TVs. If you have a different LG TV from 2023, including theLG B3, you should still expect to get this update, but it seems as though the more premiumOLEDTVs are the lucky first few.

LG has committed to offering 5 years of upgrades to its webOS TVs, with the upgrades arriving one year behind the next version. The stated plan was for 2023 TVs to be given the upgrades that first appeared in 2024’s TVs (including theLG C4) during 2025. LG’s jumped the gun on that one, but I’m not complaining to any improvement to thebest OLED TVs.

2022’s TVs, including theLG C2, will receive an upgrade to 2023’s software during 2025, following this same rule. It’s always one step back.

Here are the four key new features of this update, according to LG:

Whenwe first tested this new version of webOS, we called out the Sports Portal and accessibility features (including thechatbot) as being among its best changes, so it’s nice to see them coming to more sets.

The chatbot has felt like a work-in-progress, but the general principle of being able to just ask the TV why your picture doesn’t look right and have it point you to the options that could fix it. That’s instead of you being expected to know what menu to hunt through, which is clearly a good idea.

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This is the first time we’re seeing the fruits of LG’s plans to consistently upgrades its sets, and it could definitely be something that helps put its models in our list of thebest TVs, because it adds to their long-term value.Samsung has recently announced that its TVs will get seven years of updates(beating the five of LG), so LG’s push to be first with this kind of promise has already helped improve things for buyers of other brands too.

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Matt is TechRadar’s Managing Editor for Entertainment, meaning he’s in charge of persuading our team of writers and reviewers to watch the latest TV shows and movies on gorgeous TVs and listen to fantastic speakers and headphones. It’s a tough task, as you can imagine. Matt has over a decade of experience in tech publishing, and previously ran the TV & audio coverage for our colleagues at T3.com, and before that he edited T3 magazine. During his career, he’s also contributed to places as varied as Creative Bloq, PC Gamer, PetsRadar, MacLife, and Edge. TV and movie nerdism is his speciality, and he goes to the cinema three times a week. He’s always happy to explain the virtues of Dolby Vision over a drink, but he might need to use props, like he’s explaining the offside rule.

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