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If you ever installed a new app on your streaming device or smart TV, you may have run into this: Entering email addresses and passwords with your TV remote can be painful—especially for those secure passwords with lots of capital letters, numbers, and special characters.App publishers know this as well, and many of them have been looking for easier ways to authenticate their users. One approach, known as rendezvous linking, asks people to visit the publisher’s website with a phone or desktop PC, and then enter a string…

Roku is stepping into premium TV territory at CES 2024 with its new Pro Series sets, which feature Mini LED backlighting for better brightness and contrast, as well as enhanced audio. The company announced its first self-made TVs at CES last year — a surprising move, since it has also partnered with TCL and others for years to build "Roku TVs" powered by the Roku OS. Roku's first batch of TV sets, the Select and Plus models, were clearly value-oriented, with prices ranging from $149 to $999. The Pro Series — which…

We call the Roku Ultra the best set-top box for most people in our guide to the best streaming devices, and it's now down to $67 through a new deal at Amazon. That's $33 off Roku's list price and only a little more than a dollar higher than the all-time low for this latest iteration of the streamer. Walmart has the same deal, though it doesn't have the device available for shipping as of this writing. The Ultra has been discounted to $70 at other retailers for the last couple of weeks as part of an ongoing holiday sale,…

Best Buy is already discounting the new Roku TVs that launched just last month. That’s the Roku Select Series, the Plus series aren’t yet discounted.As part of this sale, every single TV is on sale. That includes the 24-inch model, all the way up to the 75-inch model. You can see the prices and links below.Why you should buy the Roku Select Series TVThis is the first range of Roku TVs made by Roku. These are TVs built to be competitive with other Roku-enabled TVs from Hisense, TCL and others, but they are now first…

At CES, Roku announced that it'll finally be building its own Roku TVs, in addition to working with partners like TCL and Hisense. Starting today, you can pick up one of those sets at Best Buy's stores and website. Roku is offering two series of TVs, both of which are powered by its streaming platform: Roku Select sets ranging from 24 to 75-inches, and Roku Plus televisions coming in at 55-, 65-, and 75-inches. We're still waiting for a full pricing breakdown, but Roku says Select TVs will start at $149 (with a potential…

Announced at CES in January, Roku is finally giving us more details on the new Select and Plus series of TVs. They are also available to buy beginning today.Let’s start out with the Plus series. These are QLED TVs, with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos available. They also offer up automatic brightness, and local dimming. Giving you a really incredible picture. They come with wireless surround sound expandability, with the new Roku Wireless Soundbar, Roku Wireless Speakers and Wireless Bass. Giving you a really great sound…

The Roku Plus TVs are part of the brand’s premium lineup and will feature voice-activated remotes with programmable buttons. Image: RokuRoku’s making its own TVs, and they’re available to buy starting today. The Roku Select and Roku Plus TVs follow the initial announcement at CES 2023 that the company would be getting into manufacturing its own displays, perhaps as a response to how many TVs come with streaming capabilities built-in these days, or to ape Amazon’s strategy of releasing heavily subsidized TV hardware. Roku…

Just three of the devices from the new Roku Smart Home line. Maria Diaz | ZDNETThe smart home market is officially flooding with new products. The recent launch of Matter, a new connectivity standard for smart home devices, has undoubtedly boosted this growth, as it promises to make smart homes work more painlessly than they have in the past.One of the big-name players diving deeper into the smart home game is Roku, I was intrigued when I learned of Roku's smart home linewere one of my first security cameras and…

UK residents can now get their hands on the country’s first ever Roku QLED TVs from TCL – the RC630K. These new models come with UHD resolution, Quantum Dot technology, Onkyo speakers with Dolby Audio, and of course Roku’s huge library of content and entertainment apps.   You can get the range right now from Currys in a choice of four sizes: 43in (£319.99), 50in (£369.99), 55in (£419.99) and 65in (£699.99). All models come with a two-year guarantee for your piece of mind.   TCL already sells QLED TVs in the US, and…

All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. All prices are correct at the time of publishing.Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be behind us, but many of the deals are still live as of today. A few deals even popped up after the shopping holidays ended, keeping our deals radar from getting rusty. Samsung still has a few good…