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webOS, and the year is in the model number

Which LG TV you have — and how it takes commands

Every current LG runs webOS — webOS 26 on the 2026 range. What changes between sets is the version, and LG encodes the model year as a letter in the model number: UR is 2023, T and UT are 2024, A and UA are 2025, B and UB are 2026. That letter tells you how modern the software on your panel is.

LG TV model lines, the operating system each one runs, how it is reached over the network, whether pairing is required, and where the on-set button is.
Model line / series TV operating system How it is controlled over the network Pairing On-set button
Entry LED (UT / UR / UA / UB classes) webOS WebSocket over HTTPS on port 3001 PIN shown on screen Joystick nub, bottom-centre under the logo
QNED (Mini-LED backlight) webOS WebSocket over HTTPS on port 3001 PIN shown on screen Joystick nub, bottom-centre under the logo
OLED evo B / C / G series webOS WebSocket over HTTPS on port 3001 PIN shown on screen Joystick nub, bottom-centre under the logo
Pre-webOS-4.0 sets webOS 2.0 / 3.0 / 3.5 WebSocket over HTTPS on port 3001 PIN shown on screen Joystick nub or lower rear edge

Older sets are not just slower — TVs below webOS 4.0 have documented app-compatibility gaps, so a set from the webOS 2.0 or 3.0 era behaves differently from a current one even on identical hardware.

Reaching the menu with no remote

A nub you find by feel

LG puts a single joystick nub under the centre of the panel, directly below the logo, and on many sets it is recessed far enough that you locate it by touch rather than sight. A press powers the set; tilting moves through volume, channel, input and the power menu. Some models place it on the lower rear edge instead.

The nub reaches basic navigation but not the full network menu on every model. ThinQ is LG’s intended path once the TV is on a network; Ethernet gets you through first-time setup when it is not.

Known LG failure mode

The pairing PIN never appears, or the app asks for a password you do not have

LG’s pairing flow asks for either a PIN shown on the TV or the set’s Wi-Fi Direct password, which lives on the TV’s own device screen — a flow that has stayed broadly the same from webOS 2.0 through webOS 26. The usual reason nothing appears is a band mismatch: the TV on 2.4 GHz and the phone on 5 GHz of the same-named network, or mobile data quietly taking over.

What helps: Put the phone on the 2.4 GHz band of the same network and switch mobile data off while pairing. If the app wants the Wi-Fi Direct password, read it from the TV’s own device or home dashboard screen.

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