Roku Launches New 4K Streaming Sticks

<p><strong>SAN JOSE<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Roku has introduced the all-new Roku Streaming Stick 4K &lpar;priced at &dollar;49&period;99&rpar;&comma; offering 4K streaming in a portable stick and the Roku Streaming Stick 4K&plus; &lpar;priced at &dollar;69&period;99&rpar;&comma; which features the Roku Voice Remote Pro for users looking to upgrade their streaming experience with a rechargeable&comma; hands-free voice remote&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company also announced Roku OS 10&period;5 that includes updates to get customers to content quickly&comma; Roku Voice improvements&comma; new features for the Roku mobile app&comma; expanded surround sound and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Roku Streaming Stick has been a fan favorite for years and we’ve redesigned it in the Roku Streaming Stick 4K to be faster and more powerful than ever&comma;” said Mark Ely&comma; Vice President&comma; Retail Product Strategy at Roku&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s super-charged so you can stream in beautiful 4K and Dolby Vision even at a distance from your router and tucked neatly behind your TV&period; We’ve also added the Roku Voice Remote Pro to the Roku Streaming Stick 4K&plus; enabling TV lovers to find their remote just by using their voice – it’s also rechargeable and has been getting great feedback from customers&period; Whatever your streaming needs&comma; we’ve got an incredible product lineup that features innovations from our singular focus on the TV streaming business&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>Roku Streaming Stick 4K<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roku Streaming Stick 4K is faster and more powerful than ever&period; It boots up to 30&percnt; faster — enabling smooth streaming in spectacular 4K&comma; Dolby Vision&comma; and HDR10&plus; picture and features a redesigned long-range Wi-Fi receiver that delivers up to 2x faster Wi-Fi speeds&period; The sleek design hides neatly behind your TV with simple setup&period; Consumers can start streaming in a snap and enjoy a massive selection of free&comma; live&comma; and premium TV&comma; including award-winning Roku Originals only on The Roku Channel&period; Plus&comma; easily search across thousands of channels with your voice and control your TV&comma; streaming&comma; and sound—all with the included remote&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Roku Streaming Stick 4K will be available for &dollar;49&period;99 in the U&period;S&period; Additional features include&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"bwlistdisc">&NewLine;<li><b>Dolby Vision and HDR10&plus;&colon; <&sol;b>Stunningly sharp 4K picture brings out the rich detail in entertainment with four times the resolution of HD&period; Watch as colors pop off the screen and enjoy lifelike clarity with Dolby Vision and HDR10&plus;&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><b>Smooth streaming&colon;<&sol;b> The all new quad-core processor boots up to 30&percnt; faster and the re-designed long range wireless receiver offers up 2x faster Wi-Fi speeds&comma; enabling content to load quicker and navigation to feel snappier than ever before&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><b>Clutter-free and simple setup&colon;<&sol;b> Plug the compact device directly into the back of your TV for a simple setup that&&num;8217&semi;s perfect for wall mount TV or trips on-the-go&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><b>Voice remote with TV controls&colon; <&sol;b>Power up the TV&comma; adjust the volume&comma; and control the Roku Streaming Stick 4K device with one remote&period; Use Roku Voice to quickly search&comma; play entertainment and more&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><b>Ecosystem compatibility&colon;<&sol;b> Control Roku Streaming Stick 4K by using voice with Alexa or Google Assistant enabled devices&period; With AirPlay 2&comma; effortlessly stream&comma; control and share content directly from iPhone&comma; iPad or Mac&period; Roku Streaming Stick 4K also supports HomeKit&comma; which allows users to easily and securely control Roku devices using Siri and the Home app on their Apple devices&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><b>Roku Streaming Stick 4K&plus;<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Roku Streaming Stick 4K&plus; &lpar;&dollar;69&period;99&rpar; is an all-new product that bundles the Roku Streaming Stick 4K described above with the Roku Voice Remote Pro&period; The Roku Voice Remote Pro offers a rechargeable battery and a voice activated lost remote finder&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Hey Roku&comma; find my remote&period;” The Roku Voice Remote Pro also features TV controls&comma; personal shortcut buttons&comma; private listening&comma; hands-free and push to talk Roku Voice support&period;<b><&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>Roku Ultra LT<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Roku Ultra LT has been refreshed with a faster processor&comma; more storage&comma; and a new Wi-Fi radio that provides up to 50&percnt; longer range than the previous model&period; These changes help provide the smoothest possible streaming experience with channels that launch in a snap&period; The Roku Ultra LT now also supports Dolby Vision for superior picture quality as well as Bluetooth audio streaming and built-in ethernet support&period; The Roku Ultra LT is a Walmart exclusive in the U&period;S&period; available in the coming weeks for just &dollar;79&period;99&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>Availability<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Roku Streaming Stick 4K will be on shelves and available online in mid-October at major retailers across the U&period;S and will be coming to Canada&comma; the U&period;K&period;&comma; Mexico and other Latin American countries in the coming months&period; The Roku Streaming Stick 4K&plus; will be available at Roku&period;com and all major online retailers in the U&period;S&period; mid-October&period; Also available on shelf in the U&period;S&period; will be the Roku Express&comma; The Roku Express 4K&comma; the Roku Ultra&comma; the Roku Streambar and the Roku Streambar Pro&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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