LG Electronics is ready to revolutionize our music experience with speakers that can be controlled through text messages.
At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015 in January, the tech giant plans to showcase the Music Flow speaker system.
The line of new speakers will be able to accept text message commands through a service called Line.
These days most popular tech gadgets can be controlled by using our smart phones as remotes, but LG wants to take the smart phone capabilities a step further.
In addition to using a text message to pause, play and skip songs, the texting commands will also be able to tell the speakers what kind of music you’re in the mood for.
A message that reads something along the lines of “play music for party” will have the system switch over to your party playlist.
If you won’t be in the mood to jam for too long you can also text the speaker and tell it to “turn off music after one hour.”
LG also hopes to do away with the pesky connecting process that people currently deal with through Bluetooth technologies.
Going through the trouble of pairing devices and searching for the right one only to somehow end up connected to your neighbor’s printer is a funny but slightly irritating story that most people have heard once or twice—or at least some variation of it.
LG’s new speakers, however, will be able to detect when a smartphone or tablet gets about a foot away and will automatically connect to it and play any music that is playing on the phone.
“So you could be listening to music on your headphones on the subway ride home but the music will begin playing automatically from your living room Wi-Fi Sound Bar when you enter your living room,” LG said in a press release.
Of course, the usual means of connectivity will still be available such as Bluetooth and a home Wi-Fi network integration.
The Music Flow line is also stylishly designed to fit the taste of the average modern consumer who appreciates chic simplicity and clean lines.
The complete line of the new speakers includes “the company’s first battery-powered Wi-Fi Speaker (Model H4 Portable), advanced Wi-Fi Sound Bars (Models HS7 and HS9) and the Streaming 3D Blu-ray Player (Model BP550),” according to the press release, and all items are designed to be compatible with Android and iOS devices.