Pace up your LG TV in seconds with this easy 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 shiny, stunning display screen mild up. I skilled this myself final yr once I picked up an LG C5 on sale to lastly substitute my ageing Samsung LCD. It is my first OLED TV, and up to now, the expertise has been breathtaking, with films, exhibits, 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 wise TV begins slowing down, the very first thing I do, and plenty of others, is strive clearing the cache. For many who aren’t acquainted, cache is principally momentary knowledge that apps retailer to allow them to load issues quicker the following time you employ them. Cache knowledge is an efficient factor, however over time, if an excessive amount of of it builds up, it might gradual issues down. That stated, once I began digging by way of 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 an alternative.

On LG good TVs, Reminiscence Optimizer is an awfully useful 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 aim of refreshing the TV’s working system and enhancing 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.

Methods to use Reminiscence Optimizer in your LG TV

Fortunately, in case you have an LG TV, discovering and utilizing Reminiscence Optimizer is extraordinarily straightforward, and it solely takes a couple of seconds to work its magic. This is how one can use it:

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

2. A aspect 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 operating in your TV. It ought to take solely about 10 seconds to finish, however in case you have a bunch of apps and processes operating in your TV, it may take a bit longer. You will know when it is carried out when the bar in your display screen is totally stuffed, and also you see an choice to “Restart.” This feature does not really restart your TV, it simply restarts the Reminiscence Optimizer function 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 operating it periodically, so relying on how a lot you employ your TV, I might say each couple of weeks or as soon as a month might be loads.

Moreover, it is price noting that operating 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 machine — like a Fireplace TV Stick, Roku, or Apple TV — you will have to clear the cache on that specific machine to try to pace 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 shocked. It is a much more helpful function 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 in search of different settings to take a look at in your LG TV, you’ll be able to try my different Pocket-lint story here, the place I share a few of my favorites to enhance the expertise even additional.