Is My TV Spying On Me?

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OLED · webOS 6.0

LG C1 (2021)

Sizes: 48, 55, 65, 77, 83″

Records audio while the screen is off

Unverified

Whether this model has a built-in microphone (beyond the remote) hasn't been confirmed from a citable source yet.

Circumstantial signal points to 'no': multiple 2021-lineup comparisons describe the far-field mic as a G1-tier feature the C1 doesn't get (mirroring CX/GX the year before), but every primary review page checked either blocked fetching or only confirmed the Magic Remote's mic without directly addressing a TV-side one. Not asserting false without a quotable source.

ACR fingerprints everything on screen, including HDMI

Runs ACR

This 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.

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Continuously scans your local network

Scans LAN

Like 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.

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Security vulnerabilities in webOS

Unsupported

This model is no longer receiving platform-version updates.

Standard 2021 OLED sets (C1/G1/B1) are not on LG's confirmed webOS 24 or webOS 25 rollout list — only the unrelated 2021 StanbyME product is mentioned for a future update. This is about platform-version updates, not proof that zero security patches have shipped.

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Settings paths for webOS 6.0

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.