Roku smart player update#
Roku smart player upgrade#
Roku smart player Bluetooth#

Roku smart player Bluetooth#

The Streambar has built-in Bluetooth for streaming music from smartphones and tablets, and supports Spotify Connect for listening to music and playlists from the service from a smartphone. It can be paired with optional Roku wireless speakers and a Roku wireless subwoofer to create a true surround-sound system. Inside the 14-inch-wide enclosure are four speaker drivers, with two facing forward and two firing at an angle to produce a widened sound field. You can access settings that will automatically lower loud commercials, boost the volume of voices, or optimize the sound for night listening. The sound bar supports the HDR10 HDR format but not Dolby Vision. The Roku Streambar, $130, is a two-in-one solution that combines built-in Roku 4K streaming with a compact sound bar speaker that can be added to any TV. Like other Roku models, the Ultra supports both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant voice assistants. (The new Ultra comes with Roku earphones, not the JBLs included with the previous Ultra model.) Like that earlier version, it has a lost-remote finder feature that causes it to emit a beep when a button on the player is pressed. It comes with an enhanced Roku voice remote that has programmable personal shortcut buttons, plus a headphone jack for private listening. The new Ultra can now be preordered from Roku, with availability sometime in mid-October. (When done well, HDR can boost brightness, contrast, and colors to more lifelike levels.) It also has an improved WiFi range, so the player can be placed farther way from your router than previous models. The $100 Roku Ultra-the company's top-of-the-line 4K streaming media device-has been redesigned, with new features including built-in Bluetooth for streaming music from mobile devices, and support for both Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) and Dolby Atmos 3D sound.

Roku smart player upgrade#

In addition to support for Apple AirPlay 2 and HomeKit, which is coming later this year, the OS upgrade includes onscreen helpful hints about the voice commands you can use on Roku devices. This lets you watch more than 100 free livestreaming channels from the Roku Channel. Some of the enhancements include faster channel installations during the initial setup, improved launch times for the most popular channels, and the ability to access the Live TV channel guide right from the home screen. 'With Roku OS 9.4, we give our customers even more choice and new ways to navigate and control content-rich experiences on and off Roku devices.' 'The Roku OS allows consumers to easily get to the content they want to watch so they can sit back and enjoy the show,' said Ilya Asnis, senior vice president of Roku OS at Roku.

Roku smart player update#

Roku TV models will get the update over the course of several months. The new software, dubbed Roku OS 9.4, will begin rolling out to select players starting in the next few weeks, then to other devices, including the new Roku Ultra and Roku Streambar, shortly after that.