Scott Whittaker

Frontend Developer

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webOS TV system information

Assuming you have the webOS command line tools installed and you have already connected to your device then you can get system information with the following command.

ares-device -i -d <device-name>

Example system information output; copy into your JIRA tickets and look like a pro.

[Info] Set target device : <device-name>
modelName : 32LQ631C0ZA
sdkVersion : 7.4.0
firmwareVersion : 04.41.03
boardType : K8AP_DVB_EU
otaId : HE_DTV_W22L_AFAAATAA

Here are the corresponding release years for the version reproduced from the developer documentation.

Platform versionRelease yearWeb engine
webOS TV 242024Chromium 108
webOS TV 232023Chromium 94
webOS TV 222022Chromium 87
webOS TV 6.x2021Chromium 79
webOS TV 5.x2020Chromium 68
webOS TV 4.x2018~2019Chromium 53
webOS TV 3.x2016~2017Chromium 38
webOS TV 2.x2015WebKit 538.2
webOS TV 1.x2014WebKit 537.41