Katarzyna Petru
LG isn't slowing down and is expanding its Gaming Portal available on smart TVs and monitors with webOS. The latest update brings something that no other platform has offered so far – support for 4K gaming at 120 Hz in the cloud. This is all thanks to GeForce NOW from Nvidia, which is the first to provide such streaming quality.
GeForce RTX 5080 in the background
All the magic happens in Nvidia's servers, where the GeForce RTX 5080 graphics cards based on the Blackwell architecture are working. These are some of the strongest GPUs on the market – they do all the "heavy lifting," and the user gets a ready image in 4K/120 Hz on the screen of their television or monitor.
Only OLEDs at the start 2025
A new feature will first appear on this year's OLED TVs – the G5 and C5 series – and will later be rolled out to other models in the range. The Gaming Portal is currently available in 30 countries and works on OLED TVs, QNED, and monitors with webOS 6.0 or newer.
New options in the menu
In addition to support for 4K/120 Hz, LG is adding a few new features to the interface. There will be a tab “Play with Gamepad”, which provides quick access to favourite cloud gaming services (Amazon Luna, Boosteroid, Blacknut, GeForce NOW, Xbox Game Pass) and makes it easier to connect third-party controllers. Additionally, there will be “High Score Competition”, which is a leaderboard for competitive gamers. In the “Recommended for You” section, we will find promotional offers – in Europe, it starts at -20% on wireless controllers.
An ever-richer library
LG is also expanding its game library – right now in the Gaming Portal we can find over 4000 titles in the cloud and 600 free single-player and multiplayer games. Additionally, there’s the option to subscribe to individual games from Blacknut and free classics from Playworks – like Pac-Man, Tetris, or Wheel of Fortune.
The update is already available in the USA, Canada, South Korea, the UK, Ireland, and many countries in Europe. LG boasts that the Gaming Portal is becoming “a hub for every gamer” – and looking at the pace of development, it’s hard to disagree.
