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LG Electronics targets Middle East smart home market with ThinQ ON AI hub
LG Electronics has opened its first Middle East business-to-business AI home experience space in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, bringing together home appliances and building management in a single showroom. The company is showcasing AI home solutions centered on its ThinQ ON hub, including voice-based generative AI controls and connectivity with the Homey Pro IoT platform. It is also displaying turnkey building management offerings with partners including Schneider Electric and Assa Abloy.
Games & Commerce
Naver payments vs Kakao chats: Battle to capture everyday data in AI era
Naver and Kakao are moving to secure everyday data to raise personalisation in artificial intelligence services. Naver is collecting visit, order and payment data through its offline payment terminal and linking it with existing search and booking information. Kakao is focusing on remembering users’ schedules, interests and preferences scattered across KakaoTalk chats through long-term on-device AI memory, and on connecting external transaction functions such as food delivery.
Games & Commerce
Kakao focuses on everyday AI linking orders, reservations and payments in KakaoTalk
Kakao is prioritising agent services in KakaoTalk that identify user intent and link it to orders, reservations and payments, rather than entering AI infrastructure such as data centres and GPU cloud. CEO Chung Shin-a outlined a plan to start with food delivery through a Coupang Eats tie-up and expand to commerce, reservations and travel. Kakao aims to raise monthly AI users to 10 million by end-2026 and begin monetisation via fees and subscriptions in 2027.
