Since we’re wrapping up 2024, why not end it with some frivolous CES announcements, like LG’s premium (must be premium!) microwave with a touchscreen bigger than an iPad? You never know what you’ll watch in the three and a half minutes it takes to heat up your butter chicken curry, but you can do it in stunning Full HD resolution.
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If you think it’s the perfect time to change the channels on your TV or tinker with your smart lights and other compatible Matter and Thread devices, the touchscreen integrates with LG’s ThinQ smart home dashboard . It can also be paired with the company’s induction range ovens to display cooking progress if you have trouble stretching your neck from the microwave to the kitchen burner. Even though it’s not the washing machine in the washing machine, you still have to love CES.
LG is traveling this year.
– Matt Smith
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