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Roku is giving its remote a boost. On Tuesday the streaming giant announced its new Voice Remote Pro, a rechargeable controller for its various media players, streaming sticks and smart TVs.
The remote functions like a smartphone or tablet: You can use voice commands to find your TV shows and movies, control content and adjust volume. That includes the auspicious new Find feature.
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Find requires voice recognition to join players, start searches or play media. But finding content can lag, particularly on internet links. With Find it's much faster.
More importantly, Find understands simplified speech from standard TV word pronunciations like "little's" and "mommy." Roku's plans with other varieties of phonetics are showcased in an upcoming section of Find vocabulary.
Finding Who to Call for an emergency is always useful on TVs. Even quickly, this feature is helpful.
There's a lot to like here.
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To reserve one, with 16 home screens and a huge lineup of programming and available voice recognition options for Roku, the Remote Pro is the cheapest yet. There's only one model for sale, at $34.99 -- you can now snag them in black or white -- and once you hold it in the magic four-button configuration Tim min and Bill Miller created, three other possibility options pop up.
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One item missing is a workable notification center. That means it behaves like all the home hubs in the Amazon Echo and Google Home ecosystems: an Internet-connected interface with access to full models plus supported devices like televisions and audio equipment and, perhaps the most potentially useful, world-class Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, offering native, web-based support for 5G mobile connections and enterprise management software.
Set play points for streaming and search shows, movies, podcasts, news and links from and to services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu Plus and more.
Syncing channels between all other iOS devices like the Apple TV and fourth-generation Roku isn't going to keep that screen bright, mind you. (Roku also offers its own native integration solution for other devices as well.)
Also missing is voice navigation. When using your home network in big cities, that's often totally inadequate. You know, usually when the nearest coffee shop or restaurant is half a block down. With voice controls in such a scenario it's easier to double-take at Siri.
While IR is versatile and many users already have it installed, when paired with LTE you're routinely using devices -- not to tell you anything specific
Roku is giving its remote a boost. On Tuesday the streaming giant announced its new Voice Remote Pro, a rechargeable controller for its various media players, streaming sticks and smart TVs.
The remote functions like a smartphone or tablet: You can use voice commands to find your TV shows and movies, control content and adjust volume. That includes the auspicious new Find feature.
Sarah Tew/CNET
Find requires voice recognition to join players, start searches or play media. But finding content can lag, particularly on internet links. With Find it's much faster.
More importantly, Find understands simplified speech from standard TV word pronunciations like "little's" and "mommy." Roku's plans with other varieties of phonetics are showcased in an upcoming section of Find vocabulary.
Finding Who to Call for an emergency is always useful on TVs. Even quickly, this feature is helpful.
There's a lot to like here.
Sarah Tew/CNET
To reserve one, with 16 home screens and a huge lineup of programming and available voice recognition options for Roku, the Remote Pro is the cheapest yet. There's only one model for sale, at $34.99 -- you can now snag them in black or white -- and once you hold it in the magic four-button configuration Tim min and Bill Miller created, three other possibility options pop up.
See also: Best televisions and game consoles
One item missing is a workable notification center. That means it behaves like all the home hubs in the Amazon Echo and Google Home ecosystems: an Internet-connected interface with access to full models plus supported devices like televisions and audio equipment and, perhaps the most potentially useful, world-class Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, offering native, web-based support for 5G mobile connections and enterprise management software.
Set play points for streaming and search shows, movies, podcasts, news and links from and to services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu Plus and more.
Syncing channels between all other iOS devices like the Apple TV and fourth-generation Roku isn't going to keep that screen bright, mind you. (Roku also offers its own native integration solution for other devices as well.)
Also missing is voice navigation. When using your home network in big cities, that's often totally inadequate. You know, usually when the nearest coffee shop or restaurant is half a block down. With voice controls in such a scenario it's easier to double-take at Siri.
While IR is versatile and many users already have it installed, when paired with LTE you're routinely using devices -- not to tell you anything specific
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