'''webOS''', also known as '''LG webOS''' and previously known as '''Open webOS,''' '''HP webOS''' and '''Palm webOS''',<ref>{{cite web |title=HP webOS Developer FAQ |url=https://developer.palm.com/content/resources/develop/faq.html#c31712 |publisher=Palm, Inc. |access-date=May 15, 2011 |archive-date=March 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318153201/https://developer.palm.com/content/resources/develop/faq.html#c31712 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a [[Linux kernel]]-based [[open source]] [[operating system]] and a [[Computer multitasking|multitasking]] [[operating system]] for [[smart device]]s, such as [[smart TV]]s, that has also been used as a [[mobile operating system]]. Initially developed by [[Palm, Inc.]] (which was acquired by [[Hewlett-Packard]]), HP made the platform [[Open-source software|open source]], at which point it became ''Open webOS.''
The [[operating system]] was taken over by [[Hewlett-Packard]] and was later sold to The [[operating system]] was later sold to [[LG Electronics]], and was made primarily a [[List of smart TV platforms and middleware software|smart TV operating system]] for [[LG televisions]] as a successor to [[NetCast]]. In January 2014, [[Qualcomm]] announced that it had acquired technology patents from HP, which included all the webOS and Palm patents; LG licenses them to use in their devices.
Various versions of webOS have been featured on several devices since launching in January 2009., It’sincluding various versions are[[Palm Pre|Pre]], [[Palm Pixi|Pixi]], and [[HP Veer|Veer]] for [[smartphones.]], LG[[HP has been using webOS since 2014 for its smartTouchPad|TouchPad]] [[TVtablet computer|televisionstablet]], LG's smart refrigeratorsTVs andsince 2014, LG's smart refrigerators and smart projectors since 2017.
