Most people use their Roku just to stream shows, but it has features that can make it easier, more flexible, and even save you money.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roku boxes and TVs allow you to connect to the internet via Ethernet or Wi-Fi, while streaming sticks provide only the Wi-Fi ...

Back in March I told you about VideoBuzz, a third-party Roku channel that adds a desperately needed capability to the popular media-streaming boxes: YouTube. Alas, not long after, Roku ordered ...

In April 2016, Comcast said Xfinity cable customers would be able to forgo an expensive cable box before the end of the year and use a Roku box instead. The company missed that target, but the good ...

Android phones that support Miracast can mirror to Roku devices. Google Pixels do not, but Samsung phones have expanded ...

Roku’s lovely $99 Netflix Streaming box, equipped with HDMI and optical outputs from day one, is getting Netflix HD streaming support by “the end of the year,” according to the company. With the ...

Forget a Roku streaming video box: this year the company is building its famous video streaming service directly into televisions. Smart TVs with Roku’s Internet video streaming service—dubbed Roku ...

Roku's newly announced Streaming Stick packs all the functionality of a standard Roku box into a USB stick-style device, utilizing the new MHL connection type. Matthew Moskovciak Senior Associate ...

Remember when phones ditched the headphone jack, and we were all annoyed that phone makers had just taken away such a useful feature? Well, streaming boxes have lost an important connection too, but ...

It’s weird but true: of all the countless standalone Internet-TV-streaming boxes which have appeared over the past few years, just two have been unqualified successes. One is Apple TV. The other is ...

Regular Ars Technica readers probably have no use for a new Roku device—or, at least, not in 2016. If you haven’t already watched media-streaming apps on your television using a game console, an HTPC ...

Today was a big day for streaming-box manufacturer Roku: the San Jose-based company announced new products and software features, including another entry into the world of home-theater audio and an ...