Remember the funky LG Wing? We sure do. It’s an incredibly cool device that came out in 2020 towards the end of the company’s involvement in the smartphone business. It was the first and sadly only device in a new “Explorer series,” which LG intended to use as a soul-searching platform to try out bold new ideas as a last-ditch effort to revitalize its mobile business. Well, we all know how that turned out, unfortunately, and that only makes the LG Wing a cooler device.
An Android 13 OTA has started seeding for the phone in its Korean market and will soon spread overseas as well. In addition to upgrading to Android 13, the update package also brings the following changes as per LG’s Korean changelog:
- Shortcut icons for device control can be displayed on the lock screen.
- Added text preview, share and edit functions for copied text or images.
- You can check and stop currently active apps in the status notification window.
- The multi-window function has been simplified.
- The music and video controller functions displayed in the status notification window have been improved.
- Added notification permission setting function for each app.
This will likely be the last major update for the LG Wing, which originally launched with Android 10. In 2019 and 2020, LG promised three major updates on select models, such as the LG Velvet and LG V60, which have already received Android 13 OTAs. The Wing is on the same list.
If you don’t quite remember the LG Wing or are just now learning about its existence, we invite you to return to our full review of what is now a piece of smartphone history. With its rectangular secondary screen and pivoting primary display, the Wing was unique in its multitasking capabilities. But beyond that, it also offered amazing video capture with advanced gimbal capabilities.
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