Introducing Roku 4, the Best Roku Streaming Player Ever; New Roku OS 7 Adds New Ways to Discover Entertainment, and More

Howdy streamers!

Today we are very proud to announce the highly anticipated Roku 4 streaming player! It is our best streaming player yet. We designed the Roku 4 for entertainment-loving streamers, with an emphasis on superior streaming performance and brilliant picture quality for both 4K Ultra HD (UHD) and regular HD TVs.

As with all of our current-generation devices, the Roku 4 offers access to one of the biggest streaming channel lineups – including 300,000 movies and TV episodes – and the industry’s most comprehensive and only unbiased universal voice search. (Roku Search looks across the top 20+ streaming channels and displays all availability results assorted by price.) Finding what to stream has never been simpler.

In addition to its sleek new design, the Roku 4 includes a new handy Remote Finder feature, which enables you to locate your remote control at the touch of a button. The Roku 4 gives you a new era of streaming performance and control over your entertainment.

The Roku 4 is a streaming player unlike any other. It features:

• Brilliant picture and stunning performance for both 4K UHD TVs and regular HD TVs
• Quad-Core processor, up to 60 fps 4K streaming, HDCP 2.2 and Optical Audio Out
• Sleek 1080p home screen and user interface
• 11ac MIMO Wi-Fi for optimal wireless
• Access to more streaming channels for 4K entertainment than any other streaming player with selections from Netflix, M-Go, Amazon Instant Video, Toon Goggles, Vudu and YouTube
• Curated 4K Spotlight channel exclusive to Roku 4 offers instant access to 4K movies, TV shows and more
• 4K UHD category within the Roku Channel Store to make finding streaming channels with 4K entertainment quick and easy
• Remote control with voice search, headphone jack for private listening, and the new Remote Finder
• Roku mobile app for Android and iOS offering full device control, ability to play your phone’s photos, videos, and music on TV, personalized screensavers for the Roku 4 and soon, on-the-go access for following entertainment when away from home

The Roku 4 is available for pre-order today from www.roku.com and major retailers for a MSRP of $129.99. You’ll be able to get it in-stores in late October.

We’ve also made some major updates to the Roku OS, and we are unveiling the new Roku OS 7 today.

• Unprecedented Level of Entertainment Search and Discovery: Last March we introduced Roku Feed, a first-of-its-kind discovery feature that lets you know when entertainment is available for streaming. We launched this feature with a focus on “Movies Coming Soon” allowing you to follow box office hits and receive noticed when available. We’ve updated your Feed so that you can now follow movies, TV shows, actors and directors and receive updates on availability of movies and TV episodes as well as changes to price. And now when there are several related updates you’ll see them grouped on the home screen.

• Travel and Connect Anywhere: The Hotel and Dorm Connect feature allows you to easily connect your Roku player*, Roku TV and Roku Streaming Stick to Wi-Fi networks that require sign-in through a web browser like those commonly found in hotel rooms, college dorms and other public locations. Simply connect your Roku device to the password-protected network, sign-in with your login credentials using the browser on your mobile phone, tablet or laptop, and you’re ready to start streaming.

• New Roku mobile app offers companion experience: The redesigned Roku mobile app offers a major update to the existing free Roku Mobile App for iOS and Android devices, making it easier to access key features including Roku Search, Roku Feed, Remote Control and Play on Roku. Now, with just the tap of the screen, you can instantly access Voice Search, view and add to Roku Feed, launch Play on Roku to display photos and videos on the big screen and much more. Similar to the Roku Home Screen, the Roku Mobile App also displays notifications to make you aware of new updates in the Roku Feed. Additionally, “Pinch to zoom” capabilities lets you view every detail of your personal photos. If you have photos on your mobile device you can cast them and even create new screen savers that plays when Roku 4 is idle.

Roku OS 7 will roll out to current-generation Roku players in the U.S., Canada and the UK, and Roku TVs in the US and Canada through a software update beginning in mid-October and is expected to be completed in November.

We’re very excited about the new Roku 4 streaming player, and all of the new features that the new Roku OS 7 delivers.

Happy streaming!

*Available on Roku 4 (4400), Roku 3 (4200, 4230), Roku 2 (4210), Roku Streaming Stick (3500).