- Walmart’s new Google TV 4K streamer spotted in the wild, perhaps by mistake
- Equipped with quad-core Cortex-A55, 4K and Dolby Atmos support
- Expected in May, price around $30
Walmart appears to have unveiled its latest budget streaming stick, the Onn 4K Streaming Stick, but perhaps more by accident than design. There has been no official announcement, but the device has been spotted on some store shelves by an eagle-eyed Redditor.
According to Justlook361 (via Android Headlines), who posted photos of the boxed streamer, someone in the store may have made a mistake: there was only one box on the shelf and “it was mixed in with a bunch of sticks” rather than put away on its own shelf. This matches speculation that the device would launch in May; it is possible that the store ran out of stock earlier than expected by mistake.
In terms of specs, you get a lot for very little money: The $30 sticker price gets you dual-band Wi-Fi, 4K, and Dolby Atmos with Google Cast support and voice control through Gemini for the TV. It looks like an attractive Chromecast replacement and could be one of the best streaming devices for budget buyers in the US.
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Onn 4K Streaming Stick: Key Features
The box contains the 4K streaming stick, an 11.8-inch HDMI extender for awkward spaces, a remote control with two included AA batteries, and a power adapter with a 4.88-foot cable. The specs listed are a quad-core Cortex-A55 processor, ARM Mali G57 GPU, 2GB of RAM with 8GB of storage, and dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi.
This is a decent upgrade over previous versions, which were 1080p instead of 4K and had 1GB of RAM instead of 2GB.
At $30, this streaming stick is a bit more expensive than existing models, which cost around $20 for the Full HD streaming stick, but of course it’s a better spec with higher resolution. And $30 isn’t much.
We don’t have an official launch date yet, but given that branches already seem to have stock, it won’t be long before the new streaming stick is official. And it may well be more widely available before the official release: in 2023 and 2024, Walmart stores were selling streaming devices weeks before their official launch.
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