LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby

September 8, 2026 Dominic Preston

The LG G5 OLED TV on a wooden home theater credenza, displaying an image of small colorful birds.
The LG G5 OLED is one of the TVs tested by Gamers Nexus. | Photo by John Higgins / The Verge

LG smart TVs are almost constantly logging and uploading data about owners and their homes, even when offline or on standby mode, according to a new report from YouTube channel Gamers Nexus. The company's TV sets scan Wi-Fi networks for nearby devices, record audio logs through their microphones, and use audio and video sampling to recognize exactly what you're watching from across the TV inputs.

Gamers Nexus partnered with fellow YouTubers Level1Techs and independent security researchers for the investigation, which involved testing retail LG OLEDs. Packet captures showed the TVs scanning the local area network for nearby hardware like pho …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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