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Hi @Nick Payne Unfortunately it is something that TV manufacturers, not just LG, have not yet adopted. Other users on the forum have circumvented the issue to a degree by using an USB to Ethernet adapter to increase their wired network speed. A little searching will find you the thread.

Hi @anand shinde Which model of TV, which webOS and software version is it running?

Hi @Ganesh kannan R According to other posts by members on the forum JIOTV has no plans for an app on the webOS platform (and possibly no other platforms apart from Android & iOS): https://www.lgwebos.com/search/?&q=jiotv&search_and_or=or&sortby=relevancy If you have a Twitter account I suggest asking them directly if and when they were planning to support other platforms: https://twitter.com/OfficialJioTV

Hi @trphilip Unfortunately is there is not a newer version available either via Over-The-Air or via download at the support page at https://www.lg.com/in to a newer version of webOS then I am afraid you are stuck with the version you have.

Hi @trphilip I believe that HOTSTAR only support TVs with webOS 3.5 and above, your model from the factory had version 3.0 so unless it has received an Over-the-Air upgrade you are not going to be available. The decision not to support earlier models was HOTSTAR's and there is unfortunately nothing LG can do about this. As for voot as yet I do not think they have produced an app for the webOS platform, so you would need to as them via customer support or via their social media feeds when they are planning on producing one.

Hi @Hinderslyne I agree about the more complaints the better, but you need to complain directly to Channel 4 as it is unlikely that they read this User-to-User forum. I find a good move to get a corporation's attention is to use Twitter, that way the entire world can see there is a problem and chime in as well.

Good to know that the behemoth that is Disney are actually paying attention to their customers' problems.

Hi @harika dasyam The details you have listed is as it shows in your picture the software version, not the webOS version. Look under: All Settings > General > TV Information You should have something like: 3.3.4-4212 (dreadlocks-dharug) Post the details of your version as well as the model of the TV as well with help the forum users with any help and advice they may be able to give.

Hi @Mohd asim I would suggest asking Voot via their social media channels when they are planning to produce an app for the LG webOS platform.

Hi Hi @zizou There is this guide: https://www.wikihow.com/Display-the-Secret-Menu-in-LG-TVs Give it a try and let the forum know if it works for you.

It is up to the content provider, in this case Disney, to write an app that supports your television. If a content provider decides that it is either quicker, cheaper, unfeasible or easier not to support earlier versions there is sadly nothing that LG can do about it. Producing an app for webOS is arguably easier to do than for Android, but it does rely on the content provider's systems being compatible. Hotstar is one content provider who took steps to produce an app only after modernizing their systems, but they still only support later versions of webOS. If you want the apps you have mentioned a ROKU would probably be your quickest way of getting them without the expense of purchasing a newer TV.

LG's TVs are Smart TVs, they are just not the Smart TV you have decided you want after purchasing it when you then develop buyer's remorse on discovering you have not done enough research on your purchase. The amount of people on the forum who complain that their LG TV is not an Android TV, or it does not have the app support they decided it should have to equal their Android/iDevice/x86 devices is stunning. Manufacturers who do not use Android TV do it to develop their own ecosystem that will earn them more income than using a competitor's OS, the sale of the hardware is in effect making them little or no money on the actual sale.

Hi @Akhmad Hartadi As with @Mithun Kankal it is going to be dependent on whether your specific model of TV is supported as to the availability of apps.

Hi @Mithun Kankal From memory Hotstar are only supporting TVs that run webOS 3.5 and upwards, they make the app so this decision is outside of LG's hands. A brief search around the forum should confirm this.

Hi All, If you want an MX Player app for webOS I would suggest asking them via their Twitter feed why they have not produced on yet for the platform: https://mobile.twitter.com/MXPlayer

Hi @Saik Possibly. SONY LIV are apparently creating an app, when it will actually appear is a another matter. For more information please read this thread: https://www.lgwebos.com/topic/3797-sony-liv-app/

The network card in LG TVs are 100mbps, as is the case with the vast majority of other Smart TVs.

LG do not write the apps for the webOS platform, in the same way that Google and Apple do not create (beyond their own products) software for their respective platforms.

LG do not write the apps for the webOS platform, in the same way that Google and Apple do not create (beyond their own products) software for their respective platforms.

Hi @Anvesh Jaggapatruni Yes it is a smart TV but it is not a fully fledged desktop operating system. It is designed to consume content on, not to be used as a day-to-day replacement for a computer.

Hi @Ashish Hiwale If Wynk produce an app for the webOS platform/your TV, then it would be in the store. If not then you would need to contact Wynk and ask them when/if they plan to produce one.

Hi @Vignesh Karthi Sony LIV - https://www.lgwebos.com/topic/3797-sony-liv-app/ As with any OS platform it is down to the willingness of content providers to produce applications for said platform. For instance Google does not make every app (outside their own product range) found on the Android platform. Samsung's Tizen OS does not 'support' an application such as JIO, but rather JIO have programmed and produced an app for that platform. The simple reason that apps tend to appear on more Samsung than LG is down to pure economics, Samsung sell more TVs than LG thus a content provider is going to code for that first. Another reason may be that a content provider's platform does not play well with webOS, as was the case with HOTSTAR before they updated their platform to be able to support it. Simply if you want an app to appear on the LG webOS platform you first need to lobby the content provider to produce it, and secondly also express an interest to LG.

Hi @odesanmi kolade Nothing, Android apps are not going to run on webOS. If you want a specific app that is not currently available in the store then you either need to write one yourself, but more likely you will need to lobby the people who provide the service you want to use to create one.

Hi @odesanmi kolade Unfortunately it looks like you are trying to install Android applications on to the webOS platform, which is not going to work. While both OSs are *nix based their respective programming languages are completely different.