I have a Roku TV mounted to the wall above my desktop PC—which will surely kill me one day here in earthquake-prone California—and I always have to look through piles of stuff to find the remote. Sure ...

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More than six years after Amazon introduced its first Echo speaker, Roku is finally releasing its own entertainment product with hands-free voice controls. But instead of building a smart speaker, ...

LOS GATOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Roku, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROKU) today announced Roku OS 8.2, a software update for Roku TVs that enables new features for seamless compatibility with upcoming Roku TV ...

Roku has just announced a new enhancement for owners of Roku streaming devices and Roku TVs. Thanks to a new Amazon Alexa skill that is now available, you will be able to use any Alexa-enabled device ...

The feature-filled Roku Pro Series (2025) offers much of what you would expect from a TV these days, such as Apple AirPlay ...

Roku has announced its newest program designed to make soundbars from the likes of TCL and Denon work better with Roku TVs. TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and ...

Roku's future is in advertising, and it wants to own as much of the connected TV ad ecosystem as possible. That's leading Roku to throw its weight around with publishers and advertisers – borrowing ...

Industry insiders credit Roku with inventing rendezvous linking. However, in recent years, the company has severely restricted the use of that very act. If you ever installed a new app on your ...

If your smart TV suddenly begins changing channels on its own, you might be sitting on the remote, or — according to a recent report from Consumer Reports — it could be a hacker. The publication ...