LG Electronics Inc., the world’s second-largest maker of flat-screen TVs, said Thursday that it has agreed to collaborate with Intel Corp. to use the U.S. chipmaker’s wireless display technology in smart TVs.

The result of their partnership will be introduced in the market during the first quarter of next year, LG Electronics said, in a form of Web-connected TVs that can play content from laptop computers and mobile devices.

Intel is seeking to expand the number of hardware partners to adopt its Wireless Display technology, or WiDi, which allows instant, high-definition viewing of content using mobile devices on large television screens, projectors and monitors.

The WiDi technology can also show videos that are not downloaded on personal computers but that can be streamed on the Internet. Viewers can stream videos from YouTube.com on large-screen TVs, while performing other tasks on their laptop computer simultaneously. Because the technology will be embedded in chips of upcoming smart TVs, it does not require a wireless fidelity connection to let users transfer content between mobile devices and smart TVs, LG said. (Yonhap News)

LG will showcase the Intel-backed smart TV product during a consumer electronics show to be held in Las Vegas, the United States, next month, it said. 

(Yonhap News)