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now that would be something. imagine future washing instructions on your clothes label stating which version of a wash cycle is required.

on the other hand, some way to tell the washing machine what clothes are inside by letting it scan the labels so that it can automatically pick the right cycle, now that would be useful.

IIRC you can create your own custom washing cycle. Not sure how useful it is though.

I think that was a joke. DLC normally means downloadable content.

The downloadable cycles thing is very much real. There's a screenshot and I checked LG's documentation to make sure, it's a real thing in their ThinQ app (https://www.lg.com/us/support/help-library/lg-thinq-how-to-u...)