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'''webOS''', also known as '''LG webOS''', is a [[Linux kernel]]-based [[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 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 2009, including [[Palm Pre|Pre]], [[Palm Pixi|Pixi]], and [[HP Veer|Veer]] [[smartphones]], [[HP TouchPad|TouchPad]] [[tablet computer|tablet]], LG's smart TVs since 2014, LG's smart refrigerators and smart projectors since 2017.