Pace up your LG TV in seconds with this straightforward trick

Getting a brand new TV is all the time thrilling — taking it out of the field, setting it up, and powering it on for the primary time to see that vivid, stunning display screen mild up. I skilled this myself final 12 months once I picked up an LG C5 on sale to lastly exchange my growing older Samsung LCD. It is my first OLED TV, and thus far, the expertise has been breathtaking, with motion pictures, reveals, and video games popping off the display screen like I’ve by no means seen earlier than.

Nevertheless, after testing a bunch of various apps on the TV over the previous few months utilizing LG’s webOS (the working system that runs on LG TVs), I seen it was beginning to really feel a bit slower and fewer responsive than once I first took it out of the field.

Often, when a sensible TV begins slowing down, the very first thing I do, and lots of others, is strive clearing the cache. For individuals who aren’t acquainted, cache is mainly momentary knowledge that apps retailer to allow them to load issues quicker the subsequent time you utilize them. Cache knowledge is an effective factor, however over time, if an excessive amount of of it builds up, it could possibly sluggish issues down. That stated, once I began digging via the settings menu on my LG TV to clear the cache, I could not discover any possibility with “cache” within the identify. That is once I stumbled throughout a setting known as Reminiscence Optimizer as a substitute.

On LG good TVs, Reminiscence Optimizer is a very helpful setting that not solely clears the TV’s cache but additionally closes any apps or processes you are not utilizing and clears your TV’s RAM, all with the purpose of refreshing the TV’s working system and bettering efficiency. I attempted it out myself, and lo and behold, it labored completely, and my TV felt snappy once more. In the event you’re in the identical boat and have been utilizing your LG TV for some time, utilizing Reminiscence Optimizer may make it really feel brand-new once more.

The best way to use Reminiscence Optimizer in your LG TV

Fortunately, when you’ve got an LG TV, discovering and utilizing Reminiscence Optimizer is extraordinarily simple, and it solely takes a couple of seconds to work its magic. Here is find out how to use it:

1. Press the Settings button in your distant (the gear icon).

2. A facet menu will pop up on the left of your display screen. Choose Settings.

3. Then go to Help.

4. Choose Reminiscence Optimizer.

5. Click on Begin.

When you click on begin, Reminiscence Optimizer will start working in your TV. It ought to take solely about 10 seconds to finish, however when you’ve got a bunch of apps and processes working in your TV, it may take a bit longer. You will know when it is performed when the bar in your display screen is totally stuffed, and also you see an choice to “Restart.” This selection does not really restart your TV, it simply restarts the Reminiscence Optimizer characteristic and runs it once more.

Within the Settings menu on its TVs, LG says Reminiscence Optimizer “optimizes TV standing by deleting unused apps or pointless recollections.” LG recommends working it periodically, so relying on how a lot you utilize your TV, I would say each couple of weeks or as soon as a month might be lots.

Moreover, it is price noting that working Reminiscence Optimizer will solely make LG’s webOS and your TV’s enter and settings menu really feel noticeably quicker. In the event you’re utilizing a third-party streaming system — like a Hearth TV Stick, Roku, or Apple TV — you may must clear the cache on that exact system to attempt to velocity it up, not your TV.

General, once I got down to clear the cache on my LG TV, I used to be simply anticipating to discover a easy setting to take action, as most good TVs have, however once I got here throughout LG’s Reminiscence Optimizer, I used to be pleasantly stunned. It is a much more helpful characteristic than I may’ve imagined, because it clears not solely momentary cache knowledge but additionally the TV’s RAM and different pointless processes with a single handy click on.

In the event you’re on the lookout for different settings to take a look at in your LG TV, you possibly can take a look at my different Pocket-lint story here, the place I share a few of my favorites to enhance the expertise even additional.