Controlling your LG washing machine from your phone
Today there is a lot of talk about how you can control your LG washing machine via your phone. For example, the existing Smart Diagnosis application allows you to run a self-diagnosis of the washing machine to test the machine for faults. What other programs make it possible to connect equipment with a smartphone?
The LG SmartThinQ app allows you to control your washing. The user can start and pause the cycle through the phone, and adjust the mode settings. You can also monitor the progress of the program on your smartphone screen. We'll tell you how to set up the function.
LG SmartThinQ
The program for LG SmartThinQ smartphones allows you to connect all the “smart” devices in the apartment. So, if on the way to work you remember that you didn’t start the washing machine, use your phone. The developers claim that in the mobile application you can set all washing parameters (heating temperature, spin speed, number of rinses) and activate the cycle.
Using the LG SmartThinQ application, you can control the automatic machine remotely, and not only control the cycle, but also monitor the consumption of water and electricity. According to the developers, owners of “smart” equipment should not abandon the program. We'll tell you where to download the installation file.
The LG SmartThinQ application is adapted for both Android and iOS for iPhone.
How to download an application to control a washing machine? The sequence of actions when installing LG SmartThinQ will be as follows:
- Log in to Google Play on Android or App Store on iPhone;
- enter LG SmartThinQ in the search bar;
- download the application by clicking on the corresponding icon;
- open the program downloaded to your phone;
- log in to the application;
- hold down “+” and add a household appliance (in this case, an automatic machine) to the program memory;
- press the Wi-Fi button of the washing machine and hold the button for 3-5 seconds;
- Select the network your device is connected to in the app.
You can then control the machine via your smartphone. It seems that everything is very simple, but in reality it is not so. Many users complain about constant errors and program crashes. Let's figure out what bugs the server produces; to do this, just read the reviews of people who have already tried LG SmartThinQ.
Feedback from LG SmartThinQ app users
Vlad
The application interface cannot be translated into Russian if the program was first installed in English. The system requires that the account be changed. In addition, it is not possible to add an automatic washing machine and an air conditioner to the list of equipment. I described the problem to the developers, but have not yet received a clear answer.
Sergey
Installed LG SmartThinQ on iPhone. In principle, the application works fine, but it lacks functionality. I can only select “my program” for washing via my smartphone. At the same time, nothing is said about the mode (how long it lasts, what types of fabric it is suitable for, what is the heating temperature of the water and the spin speed). I would like the developers to take this into account and show at least a basic description.
Sergey
I was never able to use the application. I downloaded it, created an account without any problems, but it was simply impossible to set the geolocation. I tried restarting the program and digging into the Android settings - everything was pointless.The program is absolutely useless, I couldn’t even activate it completely, let alone control the washing machine.
Svetlana
I struggled with the LG SmartThinQ for several hours, but was still unable to connect the new machine. A couple of times the process was almost completed, but at the end it still crashed and the household appliance was not recorded in the program. It’s just torture to make a hundred attempts to add a washing machine to your smartphone, and it’s precisely designed to work together with a mobile application. Developers, please fix the problem urgently.
Egor
In my case, the program simply stopped working and has not been functioning for 2 weeks. The application does not even allow you to check the connection with the automatic machine. This kind of negligent attitude of developers towards their users is simply annoying. Only negative feedback.
Alexander
I use the application, but I’m not happy with the fact that I can’t add some washing modes to favorites. I ask the developers to pay attention to solving this problem.
Vitaly
Is it really that difficult to optimize an application's performance? Constant bugs leave a bad impression of LG. The program always freezes, waiting for a response from the machine, time runs out, and the equipment selection screen returns again. And so on in a circle. After the update, the program LG SmartThinQ It became simply impossible to use.
Developers, please make sure that the smartphone and the washing machine communicate directly, because they are connected to the same network. Otherwise, there is nothing to claim about the incredible convenience of the application. A constantly freezing program is just annoying.
Novel
We recently bought an LG automatic machine that cost about $300. We were pleasantly surprised when the store manager told us that the washing machine can be controlled remotely.The seller clarified the name of the application and we, full of the best forebodings, went to test the machine.
In fact, it turned out to be the worst mobile application I've ever seen. The interface is terrible, the washing modes are not localized in any way. So, by introducing Wi-Fi into the washing machine and connecting the equipment to a smartphone, I can only receive a notification about the end of the cycle. What can I say, we expected more advanced features, the functionality of the program is definitely “lame”.
For most users, the LG SmartThinQ app does not work correctly.
After studying the reviews, it is easy to guess that the LG SmartThinQ application is imperfect. We can only hope that in the future the developers will take into account the wishes of customers and optimize the program.
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1 reader comment
Before the update, the application worked very well, it was possible to change and configure programs without problems, but after that, it’s just terrible, and most importantly, when changing a smartphone, it’s not possible to add a washing machine at all, it says that the machine already exists. The add request has been sent and that's it, it's just a disaster.