Remote-ready navigation
Define focus behavior for menus, catalogs, forms, overlays and playback controls so every main journey works with the remote.
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LG webOS TV App Development
Develop an LG webOS TV experience with remote navigation, playback and account flows shaped around your product and the television models you plan to support.
- Remote-ready navigation
- Product service connections
- Platform integration planning
Who this is for
A clear scope for your product team
- Streaming and media teams targeting LG televisions
- Businesses bringing an existing service to a TV interface
- Product owners planning ongoing webOS app support
Technical approach
Designed around platform constraints
The app is packaged for the webOS TV runtime and needs to account for the platform's input, lifecycle, media and distribution requirements. The supported model range should guide both implementation and verification.
- Use LG's developer tooling to install and debug the app on connected test TVs.
- Isolate webOS-specific input and lifecycle behavior from shared product logic.
- Validate playback, remote focus and recovery on representative physical devices.
Project capabilities
The work follows your launch requirements
Product service connections
Integrate the TV client with the catalog, authentication, access rules and playback interfaces already required by the service.
Platform integration planning
Identify webOS-specific lifecycle, device and media requirements early, with unsupported behavior and fallbacks documented.
Release and device checks
Use SDK tooling during development and verify the release candidate against representative physical LG TV models.
Project process
From requirements to release
- 1
Confirm launch scope
Agree on regions, webOS versions, device coverage, media requirements and distribution responsibilities.
- 2
Map the remote experience
Design focus order and recovery for the key viewing and account journeys.
- 3
Build and connect
Implement the TV application and integrate the product services needed for launch.
- 4
Test on target TVs
Check remote operation, playback, lifecycle and error handling, then prepare release materials.
Questions
Before you start
Can the same TV app serve LG and Samsung devices?
Shared business rules and API clients can often be reused. Input, lifecycle, media and packaging behavior require platform-specific implementation and testing.
Which LG TV models should be supported?
Choose them from customer usage, launch regions, required APIs and the team's ability to test. Record the model and software versions in the acceptance matrix.
What should be tested before submission?
Remote-only navigation, sign-in, playback and recovery, app resume, supported media, package behavior and the current store requirements.
Related services and guides
Explore the connected platform work and implementation notes.
Plan the right first release
Share your target devices, product requirements and existing systems to scope the next step.