Roku Premiere and Premiere (2018): Price, Details, Release Date

Not to be outdone by Amazon's deluge of hardware announcements last week, set-top box maker Roku is readying two new, low-cost streaming video boxes. Along with the new hardware, Roku is going to work with Google Assistant voice control to make it easier for users to find all the streaming content available for bingeing. Roku said in a briefing last week that it's adding two new 4K streaming boxes: the Roku Premiere and Roku Premiere . These boxes have a similar form factor to Roku's Express line; they're tiny pieces of hardware, much smaller than the remote they ship with, and are so lightweight they come with a strip of tape so you can stick them to your entertainment console. But these tiny Rokus stream 4K HDR video, pack quad-core processors, and come with updated firmware that the company says contributes to a smoother streaming experience.