#LG upgradable home appliances

LG Electronics (LG) has announced the upgradability option on its upcoming "upgradable" home appliances that adapt to the changing lifestyles of customers. Developed under the concept, Evolving Appliances For You, LG upgradable appliances have the capability to incorporate new features developed in the future based on owners’ usage patterns and habits. More so, LG is planning to introduce approximately 20 upgradable appliances this year. “Upgradeability challenges the idea that expensive appliances are designed with planned obsolescence in mind,” said Lyu Jae-cheol, president of LG Electronics Home Appliance & Air Solution Company. “We want customers to experience the feeling of getting a new washer or refrigerator throughout the entire lifecycle of an LG appliance, not just the first time they bring the item home.” Customers in specific markets can expect to see LG’s first upgradable washer and dryer later this year. LG Philippines invited us to attend LG InnoFest 2026, together with other journalists and dealers from across the Asia Pacific region, to get a look at the current and upcoming AI powered appliances that will soon land on store shelves and in our homes. One of the key selling points LG pushed, compared to traditional non AI appliances, is that AI saves time and effort, or as LG frames it, the Zero Labor Home, where appliances coordinate automatically instead of forcing us to press endless buttons and adjust every setting manually. Read more in our articles including "LG intros upgradable home appliances" and "LG InnoFest 2026: Are AI Home Appliances Really Worth It?".