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

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

Earlier right now, Roku revealed its new Streaming Stick and Streaming Stick Plus, that are brand-new fashions designed to switch the Roku Categorical and Roku Categorical 4K. In keeping with the streaming big, these fashions are “sleeker, extra intuitive, and much more pleasant to make use of” and are additionally essentially the most compact available on the market, measuring 35 % smaller than different comparable gadgets. Each gadgets characteristic personalised suggestions, entry to 1000’s of

streaming channels
, a voice distant and the

Backdrops wallpaper
characteristic, which may flip your TV into

a literal work of art
.

However after all, the value is crucial 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 right now for pre-order and shall be obtainable to ship on Could 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 machine 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 quick kind 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 films that have not even been launched but to their Save Checklist. As soon as the movie is available for purchase, hire or stream, customers will then get a notification. So, for example, despite the fact that Marvel’s latest movie Thunderbolts* is not out but, customers may feasibly add it to their Save Checklist now, after which obtain updates when it hits digital platforms in addition to Disney+.

Should you’re in search of 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 Dwelling sections that embody quick, curated clips, much like what you may discover on YouTube Shorts or TikTok.

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Sensible Image Max rolling out to extra Roku TVs

Roku’s Plus collection is getting some severe upgrades

Roku

Roku’s Sensible Image Max characteristic, which mechanically enhances and optimizes image high quality on a scene-by-scene foundation, is formally coming to the Roku Plus Collection, making it extra inexpensive for these in search of a mid-range TV. As well as, The Roku Plus Collection additionally will now characteristic mini-LED backlighting, enhanced by QLED, which is able to give these units higher dynamic distinction, deeper blacks, and a wider colour vary. You may browse Roku’s at present obtainable Plus fashions here.

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