Roku — a leader in streaming video that recently added cameras, lights, and even doorbells to its repertoire thanks to a partnership with Wyze — is now a full-fledged home security provider. The company today announced the Roku Home Monitoring System SE, which includes a hub with a built-in siren, a wireless keypad, a motion…
Roku Plus Series TV MSRP $800.00 Score Details “Roku’s Plus Series is an undeniable value, but leaves room for improvement.” Pros High brightness Brilliant color Snappy operation Impressive sound Great remote Cons Poor off-angle performance Contrast suffers in high-brightness scenes Some motion blur The first Roku TVs are here. That is, the first TVs built…
Roku makes TVs now. Contents A blueprint for success? Roku-colored glasses? If reading that makes you feel a little confused, you aren’t alone. So-called “Roku TVs” have been available to purchase for years, and essentially 75% of all new smart TVs in the U.S. run Roku. But while those TVs were powered by Roku’s operating…
One of the biggest pain points when it comes to watching live sports these days is just figuring out where to watch things. And it doesn’t matter if you’ve got cable or satellite, or if you’re streaming everything. Some events are on linear networks like ESPN, or the broadcast affiliates. Others are spread across the…
Streaming has been around for a long time, but one of the earliest companies to adopt web-based streaming into a self-contained, app-driven device was Roku. Today, watching something “on your Roku” is standard parlance. Even so, that doesn’t mean you totally get what a Roku actually is. What is Roku? How does Roku work? Do…
Competitively priced, lightning-fast, and packed with apps, features, and plenty of customizations, Roku offers one of the most personalized and accessible platforms of any of the best streaming devices on the market. And whether you’re looking to outfit an existing TV with streaming apps or want to upgrade the tinny sound creeping out of your…
Roku today announced that it’s now packaging the Roku Ultra with the Roku Voice Remote Pro. The former was last updated in 2020, and the latter is the new remote with hands-free voice commands and a rechargeable battery, released in 2021 alongside the Roku Streaming Stick 4K+. What this is not, any headlines to the…
Roku today announced that the Apple Music service is now available on its Roku players and Roku TVs. That brings more than 90 million songs and 30,000 playlists to the No. 1 streaming platform in the United States. Roku And, well, that’s it. If you’re already an Apple Music subscriber, you’ve good to go. Just…
Roku removed the Russia Today channel — also known as RT America — from its platform in the early evening of March 1. That followed the same move by DirecTV earlier in the day. RT is a state-run media service, and RT America is its U.S.-based arm. Meanwhile, the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues. Related…
Roku has announced its second year of smart TV supremacy as the most sold built-in TV interface in the U.S., according to NPD’s Weekly Retail Tracking Service. With its first smart TVs released in 2008, Roku has been steadily growing in popularity with its stand-alone streaming devices as well as its built-in Roku OS on…