# LG ThinQ ON AI home hub: A familiar looking device…

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/lg-thinq-on-ai-home-hub-a-familiar-looking-device/115164>\
**Category:** Off-Topic\
**Created:** [August 29, 2024, 9:24am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lg-thinq-on-ai-home-hub-a-familiar-looking-device/115164 "2024-08-29T09:24:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 15\
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**Author:** ![Doekse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/doekse/32/109415_2.png) [@Doekse](https://community.homey.app/u/Doekse)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lg-thinq-on-ai-home-hub-a-familiar-looking-device/115164/41 "2024-09-10T15:11:20Z")

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Athom B.V. remains its own company with its own bottom line, as we mentioned earlier; nothing is changing in that regard. We are simply now a subsidiary of LG Electronics. 😉

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**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lg-thinq-on-ai-home-hub-a-familiar-looking-device/115164/42 "2024-09-10T15:14:04Z")

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So Athom’s getting paid by LG to create/develop the ThinQ ON hub? Even more reason to start remunerating app developers 😉

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**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lg-thinq-on-ai-home-hub-a-familiar-looking-device/115164/43 "2024-09-17T05:10:35Z")

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> [@Doekse](#):
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> They’re likely to start competing with us in markets beyond Korea

I guess you’ll have to explain that to your new boss 😜

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/0/50c02636a9e5aac465a98aa17cd44bc153645bc0.png)

([source](https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/16/24243056/lg-thinq-smart-home-platform-thinq-on-hub))

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**Author:** ![HenriDO](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/henrido/32/84845_2.png) [@HenriDO](https://community.homey.app/u/HenriDO)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lg-thinq-on-ai-home-hub-a-familiar-looking-device/115164/44 "2024-10-12T08:04:32Z")

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How do you find these numbers? thanks

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**Author:** ![martijnpoppen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijnpoppen/32/84849_2.png) [@martijnpoppen](https://community.homey.app/u/martijnpoppen)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 8:05am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lg-thinq-on-ai-home-hub-a-familiar-looking-device/115164/45 "2024-10-12T08:05:19Z")

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@HenriDO get the json response of the App Store and filter that 😉

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**Author:** ![HenriDO](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/henrido/32/84845_2.png) [@HenriDO](https://community.homey.app/u/HenriDO)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 8:06am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lg-thinq-on-ai-home-hub-a-familiar-looking-device/115164/46 "2024-10-12T08:06:01Z")

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great thanks 😉

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**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 6:19am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lg-thinq-on-ai-home-hub-a-familiar-looking-device/115164/47 "2026-10-06T06:19:49Z")

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> [@Sharkys](#):
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> Wonder if it’s still CM4 based

Nope, found a different CPU type.

I did some research,  
it is almost impossible to get a LG ThinQ ON outside Korea.  
And registering is bound to some sort of Telco ID from Korea. (i-Pin) No phone or ID, no registration for the [https://kr.lgemembers.com/](https://kr.lgemembers.com/).

> [@Dijker](#):
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> - Only to be released in Korea (Not expected for the European or US market)
> - Similar as Homey Pro, ̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶O̶N̶L̶Y̶ ̶O̶f̶f̶i̶c̶i̶a̶l̶ ̶A̶p̶p̶s̶.̶ ̶(̶N̶o̶ ̶C̶o̶m̶m̶u̶n̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶A̶p̶p̶s̶.̶)̶

So First was “true” , you can’t even change Language to English as far as I know.  
No idea if they have plans to bring it to other countries or Europe.  
As we already noticed, it also installs Community Apps.

It has a complete different interface, build in the ThinQ App. (And I need a second phone to Translate it 😢 )  
The Web App is to my opinion slow (Could be Auto Translate in Chrome) ,  
and it doesn’t look like Athom’s Clean Homey.app interface.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/2/52db52af9e3a15334136dfd05fac055b3dcdbc05.jpeg)  
everywhere these two characters hanging around 😉

the Device interface is complete different, Compare this with your sysInternals in Athoms Homey Pro

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/8/b/8b64f8c506bba0d975fdda388aa50c7914920742.jpeg)

Running Apps in LG ThinQ ON Powered by Homey:

Nice to Know:

- LG ThinQ ON users can not choose for the /Test apps. (but see them in the Version History on the ThinQ Play store.
- LG ThinQ ON users can’t send a App Report. I couldn’t find a button in the App.
- Looks like LG even Blocks Crash reports and manual Reports.
- the Homey inside runs now on a Firmware version between ~ v12.5.1-lg.15 and 13.1.0-lg.7

a LG ThinQ ON is not running on Raspberry CM4! (Cortex-A72) but identifies itself as homey5q , running on a QC ‘Cortex-A53’ with ! 2 GB RAM 🤔

it reports the following:  
…  
homeyVersion: ‘12.5.1-lg.15’,  
homeyPlatform: ‘local’,  
homeyPlatformVersion: 2,  
homeyModelId: ‘homey5q’,  
homeyModelName: ‘Homey Pro (Early 2023)’,  
nodeVersion: ‘v18.20.8’,  
hostname: ‘homey-6\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*7.local’,  
totalmem: 1956139008,  
freemem: 908410880,  
loadavg: [5.43, 2.26, 0.84],  
uptime: 126.76,  
cpus: [  
{ model: ‘Cortex-A53’, speed: 0, times: [Object] },  
(4 Cores)  
…

While the Cortex-A53 could be an Raspberry CM3, that isn’t to my knowledge released with 2 GB Ram. So it looks to me they used another module like fe the Forlinx Embedded SoMs

Nice to tinker around but not really the device I would expect, nor do I like their branding/modification of the UI.  
(but she talks nice to me, while I don’t speak Korean)

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**Author:** ![smarthomesven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/smarthomesven/32/79712_2.png) [@smarthomesven](https://community.homey.app/u/smarthomesven)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 8:12am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lg-thinq-on-ai-home-hub-a-familiar-looking-device/115164/48 "2026-10-06T08:12:28Z")

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> [@Dijker](#):
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> hostname: ‘homey-6\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*7.local’,

What happens when you try that Homey Cloud ID (everything after `homey-` ) as `https://<cloudid>.connect.athom.com/api/manager/system/ping?id=<cloudid>` in a web browser? Does it return true? If it does, it means that the Homey is connected to Athom’s cloud, and you might be able to find some hidden endpoints there

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**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lg-thinq-on-ai-home-hub-a-familiar-looking-device/115164/49 "2026-10-06T15:33:28Z")

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> [@smarthomesven](#):
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> Does it return true?

```auto
true

```

and http:// local-IP

```auto
{
  "homeyId": "6 **************************** 7",
  "homeyVersion": "12.5.1-lg.15"
}

```

so it definitely the LG-Homey is connected to Athom’s cloud,  
but both systems have an different authentication provider for what I see, the LGThinQOn Owners can’t invite a Athom Accounts and vice versa.  
As I can’t install a development App or an Test App on it that makes it complex.  
I can’t log in with a LG account in Development tools or WebApp either

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**Author:** ![smarthomesven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/smarthomesven/32/79712_2.png) [@smarthomesven](https://community.homey.app/u/smarthomesven)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lg-thinq-on-ai-home-hub-a-familiar-looking-device/115164/50 "2026-10-06T16:20:21Z")

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> [@Dijker](#):
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> I can’t log in with a LG account in Development tools or WebApp either

I do see this part in the accounts.athom code:

```auto
        <% if (enableSignInWithApple) { %> <button type="button" class="login-button-secondary" id="apple-login"><img src="/images/apple.ea49b650.png">Sign in with Apple</button> <% } %> <% if (enableSignInWithLG) { %> <button type="button" class="login-button-secondary" id="lg-login"><img src="/images/lg.b80a2bcf.png">Sign in with LG</button> <% } %> </div>
    </form></script><script type="text/html" template="tos"><h2>Create account.</h2>

```

So there is actually an option for Sign in with LG, and it’s disabled by this script:

```auto
<script>window.config = {
      authHost: "https://accounts.athom.com",
      apiHost: "https://api.athom.com",
      lgEmpBaseurl: "https://nl.m.lgaccount.com/emp/v2",
      enableSignInWithLG: "false",
      enableSignInWithApple: "true",
      appleClientId: "",
      lgClientId: "8edd295a71ae4b2e801369c505617325",
      signedState: "750ce2196b1365c4f71e316e946275e18c123c1b16cbcc70cd0ff2403bccdb3ehttps://accounts.athom.com/login"
    };</script>

```

So it’s definitely possible (the feature is there at least), maybe only via Korean VPN?

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**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lg-thinq-on-ai-home-hub-a-familiar-looking-device/115164/51 "2026-10-06T16:30:21Z")

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> [@smarthomesven](#):
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> So it’s definitely possible

Hmmm… Have seen the button some time agon in the tools.developer… login  
then nothing worked.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/8/e/8e9bd7a096e0418bec07b2ae7f7181d597c8f353.png)  
Let’s try again 😉

Edit:  
Finally, this time it worked Logged in to Developer Tools with the kr LG-Account.  
Let’s see what is possible 🥳

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**Author:** ![smarthomesven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/smarthomesven/32/79712_2.png) [@smarthomesven](https://community.homey.app/u/smarthomesven)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lg-thinq-on-ai-home-hub-a-familiar-looking-device/115164/52 "2026-10-06T16:41:51Z")

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From the Web API playground, you may be able to send a diag. report or install a test version  
Full reference for all the calls:

> **[Home - Homey Web API](https://athombv.github.io/node-homey-api/)**

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**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lg-thinq-on-ai-home-hub-a-familiar-looking-device/115164/53 "2026-10-06T16:49:32Z")

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Wow, checking the developer.tools… site as ThinQ 😢  
it is crippled…

Left my normal account menu-bar (doesn’t fit), and Think is missing some things,  
OK, no Infrared, or RF… but no Zigbee…  
no App Settings/ App Performance / Settings / Pairing …

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/6/e/6e48bd649fc5ce4c08cd2e42ef2ec8bbc78d123d.png)  
no Web API playground  
And Switching from that Account/Site to the WebApp 💔

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**Author:** ![smarthomesven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/smarthomesven/32/79712_2.png) [@smarthomesven](https://community.homey.app/u/smarthomesven)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lg-thinq-on-ai-home-hub-a-familiar-looking-device/115164/54 "2026-10-06T16:52:10Z")

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Example:

```auto
Homey.apps.installFromAppStore({ id: "nl.dypodex.converter", channel: "test", waitForInstall: true, version: "1.0.1"})

```

Just open the URL manually, the option is just hidden (just like their Push Notifications option and Review Apps option for employees):

```auto
https://tools.developer.homey.app/tools/api-playground

```

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**Author:** ![smarthomesven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/smarthomesven/32/79712_2.png) [@smarthomesven](https://community.homey.app/u/smarthomesven)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lg-thinq-on-ai-home-hub-a-familiar-looking-device/115164/55 "2026-10-06T17:01:43Z")

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And to send diagnostics report

```auto
Homey.apps.getAppStd({ id: "nl.dypodex.converter", message: "The app isn't working correctly, error messages appear"})

```

Of course you should do this with one of your own apps, because then you can actually view it.

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