Working with LG, Hyatt
Hopes to Become First Hospitality Brand to Empower
Deployment of Integrated Google Cast in LG Hotel TVs This
Fall
CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 24,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- HITEC 2024 Booth #3036
--Hospitality TV leader LG Electronics announced that it has
developed integrated Google Cast casting capabilities for LG smart
hotel TVs.
Hyatt is working with LG in the hopes of becoming the first
hospitality brand to enable the deployment of these new integrated
LG smart hotel TVs later this year. Hyatt through
SONIFI, a casting partner that provides casting to more than
500,000 industry rooms, is assisting in the LG-Google
next-generation casting solution for new and existing Hyatt hotels
around the world.
Bringing Google Cast to the industry's best-selling smart hotel
TVs using LG's Pro:Centric platform represents an important next
step in the evolution of the guest experience journey, according to
Michael Kosla, senior vice
president, LG Business Solutions USA, which will demonstrate the new TVs
publicly for the first time at the HITEC 2024 hospitality
technology trade show. "LG is pushing the boundaries of what's
possible in hotel room entertainment through partnerships with
technology leaders like Google to combine our new smart hotel TVs
with the latest in casting technology to benefit hoteliers and
guests alike," he said.
"Aligned with our purpose of care and goal to make the guest
experience even more seamless, Hyatt is proud to work towards
building on our role as the leader in hotel room casting," said
Rohan Jani, associate vice president
of guest products at Hyatt. "We introduced the first industry
casting solution in 2017, and now with Google and LG, we are
exploring taking in-room casting to the next level to boost
operational efficiency and improve the guest experience."
Embedding Google Cast into LG smart hotel TVs may reduce
complexity for hotels and systems integrators to deliver the
casting feature for both Android and iOS users, Kosla explained,
adding, "With this integrated approach there is no additional
equipment to buy, configure and maintain, no risk of device theft,
and it frees up an HDMI port."
Tiger Lan, Google's senior director of engineering for
multi-device experiences, said, "Google Cast capabilities built
into LG hotel TVs will give hotel operators the best integrated
solution that reduces costs and allows guests to pick up where they
left off in their personal streaming services."
Visitors to LG's HITEC booth (#3036) at the Charlotte Convention Center will be able to
experience the new TVs and their integrated casting capabilities,
seeing how hotel guests will be able to use their mobile devices or
laptops to cast more than 3,000 cast-enabled apps such as Hulu and
Spotify to their in-room LG smart TV for a personalized
entertainment experience.
Using a simple QR code on the TV, guests will be able to quickly
establish a cast connection and begin wirelessly streaming videos,
music and more from their devices. In addition to mobile device
controls, the TV remote can also be used for typical play, track
and volume controls, ensuring a simple and familiar user
experience. Then, when guests checkout, devices will automatically
be reset.
The 2024 LG Pro:Centric smart hotel TVs shipping now will
receive the new Google Cast feature
through a software update later this year. As the leading
television provider to the U.S. lodging and hospitality industry,
LG offers a range of smart hotel TVs from 43-inches to 75-inches
with up to 4K resolution to suit
virtually every space from standard guestrooms to penthouse suites.
The powerful LG Pro:Centric Smart software enables use of modern
solutions including content streaming, interface customization and
even networked digital signage capabilities.
Google Cast is compatible with Android 6 and newer, iOS 14 and
newer, and comes pre-installed on all Android devices. Click here
for more information on LG Hotel TVs. For high-res images, click
here.
The term "Hyatt" is used in this release for convenience to
refer to Hyatt Hotels Corporation and/or one or more of its
affiliates.
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About LG Business Solutions USA
The LG Electronics USA Business Solutions division serves
commercial customers in the U.S. lodging and hospitality, digital
signage, systems integration, healthcare, education, government and
industrial markets – with cutting-edge commercial displays, robots
and electric vehicle charging stations. Based in Lincolnshire, Ill., with its dedicated
engineering and customer support team, LG Business Solutions
USA delivers business-to-business
technology solutions tailored to the particular needs of business
environments. Eleven-time ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year LG
Electronics USA Inc., based in
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the
North American subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc., a $60-billion-plus global force in consumer
electronics, home appliances, air solutions and vehicle components.
For more information, please visit www.LGSolutions.com.
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