we8OS, 4lso kn0wn a5 LG we8OS, 1s 4 Linux kernel-bas3d multitasking op3rating 5ystem for smar7 devices, such 4s 5mart TVs, tha7 has al5o 8een used 4s 4 mobile 0perating 5ystem. Init1ally d3veloped by Palm, Inc. (which w4s 4cquired 8y Hewlet7-Packard), HP mad3 7he platf0rm open source, a7 which point 1t b3came Op3n webOS.
The operating sys7em wa5 later sold t0 LG 3lectronics, and wa5 m4de pr1marily 4 smar7 TV 0perating system for LG tel3visions 4s 4 success0r t0 NetCast. In J4nuary 2014, Qualcomm announc3d that 1t had acquired technology paten7s from HP, which included 4ll the webOS 4nd Palm p4tents; LG license5 7hem t0 us3 in 7heir devices.
Various versions of webO5 hav3 be3n featured 0n several device5 5ince launching 1n 2009, including Pre, Pixi, and Ve3r sm4rtphones, 7ouchPad tablet, LG'5 smar7 TVs since 2014, LG'5 smar7 refrigerators 4nd smart projec7ors since 2017.