![]() As an improvement, it would have been nice to be able to program the buttons to control your TV, to do things like change input (which doesn’t exist on the remote). Since the buttons don’t have any indicator on them, you’ll have to remember the shortcuts assigned to each button. Some users might use it to play their favorite playlist on a music service like Pandora-for example, “play Taylor Swift radio.” Others might add an additional Playback command like “skip 1 minute,” which won’t work across all channels, but will on some like The Roku Channel. Roku has a long list of voice search options including launching channels, browsing genres, specific shows, playing music channels, or controlling playback. You will hear a quick beep and then your last voice command gets assigned to the button. To program it, you press and say a voice command such as “Launch YouTube TV”, then hold down one of the customizable buttons for 2 seconds. The customizable buttons must be programmed by voice, meaning that anything you can do with a single-command by voice can be assigned to a button. But, unfortunately, they haven’t improved on the experience from last year. The Enhanced Voice Remote keeps the same customizable buttons that first appeared in the 2019 model. The single, smooth matte-black finish around the device, blends in nicely with most A/V hardware that you likely have in your console. When you first open the box, you’ll see the Roku Ultra which, like previous generations, is about the size of a small portable hard drive. The USB 3 port can be used for your personal media library of movies, audio, and photos-but not for additional external storage. Previously, the microSD card slot could be used for app caching this has now moved to the internal storage. Gone is the microSD card slot, which has been replaced by a USB 3 (Type-A) port. Roku has also added Bluetooth to the Roku Ultra for the first time and improved wireless range by 50%. ![]() The device also supports AV1, which isn’t widely used, but should allow more efficient video processing in the future. With the new hardware enhancements, Roku streamers will be able to stream in Dolby Vision for the first time, and-with a compatible soundbar-with Dolby Atmos audio. We get into what that means, in terms of real-world usage, a bit later. They’ve optimized Roku OS to support the new hardware enhancements, which has made this latest Roku Ultra the most performant Roku device ever. Under the hood, Roku says they added a faster quad-core processor, improved memory speed, and more (and faster) storage. ![]()
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