Control your LG TV with your phone

Connect your LG TV

1. Turn the TV onTurn the TV on and make sure it's on the same Wi-⁠Fi network as your phone.
2. Tap the TV in the appOpen Universal TV Remote Control and tap your LG TV in the TV list.
3. Select Accept on the TVThe first time you connect, your LG TV asks whether to accept this phone. Select Accept with the TV remote.
4. Start controllingYou only need to do this once. Next time, the app connects by itself.

Declined by mistake?

No problem: connect again and your LG TV will ask again. Select Accept this time.

If the TV doesn't respond

On older LG TVs, open Settings › All Settings › Network and turn on LG Connect Apps. On newer models, look for TV On With Mobile or Mobile TV On under Settings › All Settings › General, Connection or General › Devices, and turn it on.

Turn your LG TV on from your phone

Your LG TV can be turned on from the app when Mobile TV On (called TV On With Mobile or Turn on via Wi-⁠Fi on newer models) is on: Settings › General › Devices › TV Management › Turn on via Wi-⁠Fi (older models: Settings › Connection › Mobile TV On). LG TVs are switched on with Wake-⁠on-⁠LAN, which is part of Pro.

What you can do

• Direction pad, OK, back, home, volume, mute, channels, input, guide, info, settings, subtitles and playback
• Color keys
• Keyboard: type, then tap SendPro
• Voice search: your words are typed on the TVPro
• Touchpad with a real on-screen cursorPro
• Your installed apps, opened in one tap
• Cast photos and videos from your phonePro

If something stops working

Turn the TV off, unplug it for 30 seconds, then plug it back in and turn it on. Then connect again from the app. Still not found? See all the fixes.

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