- Roku has announced the new streaming stick and the plus streaming stick
- They replace the Express and the 4K + expression
- You get a voice remote control in the box, plus a compact design, but the 4K streaming stick also remains
Roku introduced two new streaming sticks that have further slipped the overall construction and aim to stretch the value by including one of the brand’s most popular accessories.
Streaming stick and streaming stick more are the smallest Roku sticks to date, and represent the new entry points to the brand’s range, replacing the Express and Express 4K +.
Both are aimed at offering most of the features you want to see in any streaming – stick or box system – and are at a competitive price at $ 29.99 / £ 29.99 for the stick and $ 39.99 / £ 39.99 for the most (we are waiting for the Australian price to be confirmed). Pre -orders are open now and the official start date of the shipment is May 6.
These are the smallest and most compact devices of the brand so far – they are super -thin sticks that are only slightly thicker than a HDMI port.
This thin design should facilitate the stick of the stick on the HDMI slit at the back of your television, and Roku says that the design will not block your other ports. It is a very nice upgrade, and the brand says that these sticks are more than 35% smaller than the other brands, although it continues to name the others.
The overall design of the stick and stick more simple is quite simple: there is a physical power button and a USB-C port, although Roku does not want you to connect one or the other glue on a wall outlet; Rather, it is said that you can simply connect the USB cable directly to the back of your TV, because they do not need a huge amount of energy to operate.
The other attraction is portability, what Roku thinks becomes a more important trend. If you go on vacation in a hotel or airbnb, given the small size of the stick or stick, you can catch the stick and cable to bring it with you to access your favorite streaming services far from your home. It’s pretty nice.
As the names suggest, the Roku streaming stick and the Roku Stick Plus give you full access to the Roku platform, you will therefore have easy access to all the best streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Disney +, Apple TV + and Max. This classic experience with the promise of future updates is always there.
The biggest change is that Roku includes a voice remote control in the box with the stick or stick more. In this way, you can just use your voice to ask for your favorite emissions and draw other content. This also levels the rules of the game with the Amazon Fire Stick range, because the entry -level HD stick (at a price of $ 34.99 / £ 39.99 $ 69 in) is also delivered with a remote control of Alexa Voice.
Roku’s streaming stick supports up to an HD experience (a resolution up to 1080p), while streaming Stick Plus offers a 4K experience with HLG, HDR 10 and HDR 10+ support, depending on the TV to which you connect the stick. If you are looking for a support for Dolby Vision, you will have to opt for the Stick 4K streaming, a preexisting model that costs $ 49.99 / £ 49.99.
If you have already sold – maybe you have been after a more affordable Roku streaming stick and you don’t need a support for Dolby Vision – streaming stick and more streaming stick are ready to pre -order now from Roku at a price of $ 29.99 / £ 29.99 £ and £ 39.99 £ 39.99.
We are going to go aside and test the two new Roku sticks as soon as possible.
