Bring the WiiM Home App to LG webOS

[Fralle]

I am a very happy WiiM Ultra user, and I love the idea of the WiiM Home App for Apple TV and Google TV. It’s a fantastic way to bring the "Now Playing" experience and album art to the big screen.

However, as an LG OLED owner, I’ve noticed a significant gap in the ecosystem. I am writing to request that you bring the WiiM Home App to LG’s webOS as well.

Here is why this should be a priority:

• Market Leadership: LG is the world’s second-largest TV manufacturer and the undisputed leader in the OLED segment, with over 50% market share. A huge portion of WiiM Ultra owners use LG TVs as their primary display.
• The HDMI ARC Synergy: The WiiM Ultra is marketed as the perfect companion for a TV via HDMI ARC. It feels like a missed opportunity that the TV most likely to be connected to the Ultra (an LG OLED) is the one platform currently missing the dedicated app.
• Complete the Ecosystem: You have already done the hard work of designing the interface for Apple TV and Google TV. Bringing this existing experience to webOS would ensure that LG users aren't left behind in the WiiM ecosystem.

With webOS powering over 200 million screens, making the WiiM Home App available in the LG Content Store would be a massive value-add for your most loyal enthusiast customers.

I hope to see WiiM on my LG screen soon!

 

[BMeek]

Exciting news for you folks! We're currently working with LG to bring the WiiM Home app to webOS devices. I don't have all the details or a timeline to share right now, but it's in the works! We'll check back in once there's some more concrete news to share.

This is good news!

It vaguely reminds me of how my older LG OLED [48" CX] suffered some burn-in from the terribly neglected Pandora Apple TV App, so I urge the WiiM product deciders to look at all of the WiiM Home TV manifestations, including LG webOS, as largely an "Informative Screen Saver for Music Listening". Prioritize Settings for Options on Album Art; Font Size; Track / Album metadata; Lyrics display; Background imagery or video (be a 'big Aerial overlay' on Apple TV 4K if you can ).

After the "music playing screensaver function", make selection of which WiiM-device-is-in-focus easier, and default to the HDMI-connected device. Bonus points for using the TV app to augment "now playing" non-Info about the Ultra's HDMI connected source!

Finally, tackle remote content selection of what's playing on the WiiM. I put this last because the nature of using one's whole damn TV as a remote control to select what's playing on a streaming box is contrary to how the TV is traditionally used - I know a proper UI would make function quite useful, and it may be a WiiM strategy goal to get more content initiated from and playing on WiiM devices (vs. being played through WiiM devices), but it's not what I'm hoping to see next .