Roku’s new streaming sticks are smaller, smarter, and nonetheless ridiculously low-cost

Say goodbye to the Roku Specific, the time for the Streaming Stick is right here.

Earlier in the present day, Roku revealed its new Streaming Stick and Streaming Stick Plus, that are brand-new fashions designed to switch the Roku Specific and Roku Specific 4K. In line with the streaming big, these fashions are “sleeker, extra intuitive, and much more pleasant to make use of” and are additionally probably the most compact in the marketplace, measuring 35 % smaller than different comparable gadgets. Each gadgets function customized suggestions, entry to hundreds of

streaming channels
, a voice distant and the

Backdrops wallpaper
function, which may flip your TV into

a literal work of art
.

However after all, the value is a very powerful issue with Roku gadgets and these new Streaming Sticks are nonetheless fairly low-cost, with the bottom mannequin coming in at $30 and the Plus mannequin (which incorporates 4k and HDR help) costing $40. Each gadgets can be found in the present day for pre-order and will likely be obtainable to ship on Might 6.

• Roku Streaming Stick Plus (2025)
  

  A slim plug and play streaming stick that features 4K/HDR help and features a voice distant. 

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  Roku Streaming Stick
  

  The Roku Streaming Stick is a slim plug and play system that enables customers to simply stream content material in HD. It features a Roku Voice Distant

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Roku OS will get extra content material discovery choices

Monitor upcoming movies and uncover scroll-able brief type content material

Marvel

Along with its new Streaming Sticks, Roku has introduced a number of upgrades coming to its OS. First up is a model new “Coming Quickly to Theaters” row that enables customers so as to add motion pictures that have not even been launched but to their Save Record. As soon as the movie is that can be purchased, lease or stream, customers will then get a notification. So, for example, though Marvel’s latest movie Thunderbolts* is not out but, customers may feasibly add it to their Save Record now, after which obtain updates when it hits digital platforms in addition to Disney+.

Should you’re searching for one thing a bit extra scroll-able, Roku has additionally added new short-form content material rows within the All Issues Meals and All Issues House sections that embrace brief, curated clips, just like what you would possibly discover on YouTube Shorts or TikTok.

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Sensible Image Max rolling out to extra Roku TVs

Roku’s Plus sequence is getting some critical upgrades

Roku

Roku’s Sensible Image Max function, which mechanically enhances and optimizes image high quality on a scene-by-scene foundation, is formally coming to the Roku Plus Sequence, making it extra reasonably priced for these searching for a mid-range TV. As well as, The Roku Plus Sequence additionally will now function mini-LED backlighting, enhanced by QLED, which can give these units higher dynamic distinction, deeper blacks, and a wider colour vary. You possibly can browse Roku’s at the moment obtainable Plus fashions here.

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