Control all your LG TVs from one app

Every LG TV in the house appears in one app, and switching rooms is one tap. The detail that matters: the letter in an LG model number is the model year — UR 2023, UT 2024, UA 2025, UB 2026 — and it tells you which webOS generation you have.

OLED in the living room, LED in the bedroom — pair each webOS TV once and switch between them instantly. 100% free multi-TV control.

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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

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

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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LG is the one major brand where each TV explicitly authorizes your phone: on first connect, every webOS set shows its own 8-digit PIN on screen, and after you enter it once that TV remembers the phone for good. That per-TV handshake is actually an advantage in multi-TV homes — a guest can’t hijack the bedroom TV, and your paired list (say, a C-series OLED in the living room and a UQ-series LED in the kitchen) survives app restarts and router reboots. Discovery runs over LG’s ConnectSDK channel and control over WebSocket HTTPS on port 3001, all on your local network — no cloud account, no per-TV subscription.

How it works

Control Every LG TV in Your Home

Step 1

Download the App

Install the Universal TV Remote app for free. One app handles every LG webOS TV in your home.

Step 2

Connect to Home Wi-Fi

Make sure your phone is on the same Wi-Fi network as all your LG TVs.

Step 3

Pair Each LG TV Once

Select a TV — webOS shows an 8-digit PIN on that screen. Enter it once; the TV remembers your phone permanently, so you never repeat this per TV.

Step 4

Switch TVs in One Tap

Every paired LG TV stays in the device list, named by room. Tap one to control it — no re-pairing when you switch.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Specific answers for LG TV users — including which LG lines run which system.

Can I control multiple LG TVs from one iPhone app?

Yes. Our free LG remote app keeps every webOS TV in your home in one device list. Unlike Roku-based sets, each LG TV asks you to confirm the first connection with an 8-digit PIN shown on its own screen — you enter it once per TV, and webOS then remembers your phone permanently. After that one-time pairing per TV, switching rooms is a single tap with no re-pairing. There is no limit on the number of LG TVs you can add, and multi-TV control is free — no subscription, no per-TV fees.

Do I have to re-pair when I switch between my LG TVs?

No. The 8-digit PIN pairing is once per TV, ever — webOS stores the authorization on the TV itself. Your paired TVs stay in the app’s device selector (name them by room), and tapping another LG TV connects instantly over WebSocket HTTPS (port 3001) on your local network. You only see a PIN prompt again if you factory-reset that TV or manually revoke mobile connections in its settings under General → Devices → Mobile connection management.

Does one free app really cover different LG models — OLED and regular LED?

Yes, as long as they run webOS (every LG smart TV since 2014): C-series or G-series OLED, QNED, UQ/UT-series LED all speak the same webOS protocol, so one app controls the whole mix. Each model still shows its own pairing PIN on first connect. What this app honestly cannot do: control the TVs from outside your home network (local Wi-Fi only) or drive pre-2014 LG sets without webOS, which lack network control entirely.

Does LG have its own remote app for this TV?

LG ThinQ. LG retired the standalone LG TV Plus app in late 2023 and moved its remote features into ThinQ. ThinQ reaches the TV over local Wi-Fi using LG’s own protocol, so no infrared hardware is involved on either end.

Where is the button on the LG TV itself, and can it reach the settings menu?

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.

Why would a remote app fail to find my LG TV?

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. 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.