New LG products ranging from appliances to air solutions to home entertainment devices are set to debut in the United States during the first half of next year. These devices will allow you to communicate, control, monitor and share content via the "LINE" mobile messenger platform and the LG HomeChat service. LG will unveil its latest generation of smart innovations that use LG HomeChat’s Natural Language Processing technology at the 2015 International CES next week in Las Vegas.

Via HomeChat, LG’s virtual assistant, you can control and operate your LG products through text and voice messages from the LINE messenger app on their mobile devices. LINE is available on most major smartphone platforms, including Android and iOS. HomeChat also offers customized recommendations for each user based on usage history, patterns, personal preferences and more.

With HomeChat, you can use three main smart functions for everyday situations: Vacation, Leaving Home, and Coming Home modes. The Vacation and Leaving Home modes allow you to ensure the products are using minimal energy with LG’s Smart Saving technology, or are powered off while away from the home for an extended period of time. The Coming Home mode can help you prepare the home for your arrival by turning on the Smart Air Conditioner remotely, for example, or by requesting recipe suggestions from the Smart Oven.

Thanks to the messaging capabilities of HomeChat, new LG smart refrigerators can provide users with real-time status updates anywhere, at any time, proving helpful when grocery shopping (users can see what’s currently in the fridge from its interior camera). Meanwhile, the Smart Saving function allows the refrigerator to consume minimal energy when users are outside the home. Family members can even upload photos to the refrigerator from their smartphones via LINE, which can then be displayed on the appliance’s exterior display panel.

Using HomeChat, you can quickly monitor laundry progress, seeing how much time is left in a cycle and even remotely stopping cycles altogether in your smart washer or dryer, if needed. You can also download new cycles such as Wool, Baby Care and Cold Wash that suit your needs and to always keep the washer updated.

The Recipe Search function, along with HomeChat allow you to communicate directly with your smart oven, collecting recipe recommendations and discovering exactly which ingredients are needed. The oven will then auto-select the appropriate setting, which helps you avoid the hassle of having to manually set the cooking mode, as well as provide alerts when recipe updates become available. Another convenience feature allows you to remotely monitor the status of the oven.

You can also interact with LG’s smart air conditioner systems via HomeChat to receive up-to-the-minute status updates, including details on current and desired temperatures, power mode, fan speed and more.

LG’s Music Flow Wi-Fi portable speakers allow you to build a custom home audio system that can be controlled using LG’s Music Flow mobile app, and are compatible with Android and iOS devices. Through HomeChat, you can communicate directly with the speakers with simple text commands such as "play songs for party" or "turn off music after one hour." The speakers can also act as a personal assistant, setting alarms and alerting users of upcoming events on command.

LG also plans to rollout HomeChat in other 2015 products, including a clothes dryer and vacuum cleaner.