Is My TV Spying On Me?

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OLED · webOS 22

LG C2 (2022)

Sizes: 42, 48, 55, 65, 77, 83″

Records audio while the screen is off

Has mic

This model has a built-in far-field microphone, which is the hardware the standby-audio claim requires.

"The C2 also features a built-in, far-field microphone for hands-free voice control, but this functionality is limited to Alexa and LG's digital assistant" — notably not Google Assistant, despite the TV otherwise supporting it.

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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

Supported

This model is still receiving firmware/platform updates.

Received the webOS 24 update and is on LG's webOS 25 rollout list. This table tracks the shipped version (22) for settings-path purposes; an updated unit may now be running webOS 24 or 25 with a different menu layout than what's documented here.

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Settings paths for webOS 22

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.