LG B4 (2024)
Records audio while the screen is off
No TV micThis model has no built-in far-field microphone — voice control goes through the remote, and the "records audio with the screen off" claim describes a TV-side mic this model doesn't have.
LG Digital Customer Care, via Best Buy Q&A: "does not have a built-in microphone on its frame." The budget tier this year — unlike the C4/G4 above it — has no far-field mic; the Magic Remote's near-field mic still needs a button press to talk.
ACR fingerprints everything on screen, including HDMI
Runs ACRThis model runs LG's ACR feature (branded "Live Plus"), which analyzes on-screen content — including over HDMI — to identify what's playing.
Source describes Live Plus generally on LG webOS TVs rather than confirming this specific model, but ACR has been a standard webOS feature across the lineup for years.
Continuously scans your local network
Scans LANLike essentially all webOS sets, this model scans the local network for other devices. There is no settings toggle for this — the reported mitigation is network-level (a guest VLAN, or disconnecting the TV from the internet and using an external streaming device instead).
A guest VLAN alone might not be enough — see what actually works →
Reported by Gamers Nexus and Level1Techs (2026) as webOS-level network scanning with no per-model settings toggle; described as platform-wide behavior rather than tied to a particular model.
Security vulnerabilities in webOS
SupportedThis model is still receiving firmware/platform updates.
2024 OLED models, B4 included, are on LG's webOS 25 rollout list.
Settings paths for webOS 24
Not yet verified for this webOS version. Menu wording and structure vary enough across webOS releases that we don't want to guess — check how to report a correction if you can help verify this one.
This page answers the specific claims in the LG TV privacy story circulating in the news. See About & sourcing for how each row above is checked, and how to report an error.