

The announcement post goes on to say that the device will collect info from smart appliances like washing machines and ovens and dumb household implements plugged into its SmartThinq sensors via Bluetooth, WiFi and Zigbee. That data can either appear on the LCD or the Hub can read them aloud. The hybrid speaker comes in a pair of colors (champagne gold and black), supports Alljoyn's open source platform for ease of interoperability and its manufacturer even recently struck a deal with home improvement store Lowe's to hook in with its Iris home system. The only questions left at this point are how much this thing will cost and if LG will have any surprises left next week.