LG will expand the list of devices working on webOS

LG has released a new version of webOS with open source, which is available for free download.

Napoleonic plans for LG

The output of webOS Open Source Edition will allow "OSes" to get beyond the "smart devices" of LG: TVs, refrigerators and wristwatches. In the plans of the manufacturer to transfer webOS to TV set-top boxes and tablets. Head of LG Technology Dr. Park believes that the company has not yet exhausted the full potential of the OS.

"As we move from an application-based environment to a web-based interface, we believe that the true potential of webOS is yet to be seen," Park said.

I have a deja vu

This is not the first time that webOS gets iterated with open source code. In 2011, Hewlett Packard laid out the code in free access for third-party developers. In 2013, LG joined the development and, having bought the rights, decided to finish the OS with the community.