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Roku Streaming Stick Plus Review: Cheap, Simple, and Pretty

Parker Hall

created: June 26, 2025, 2:06 p.m. | updated: June 29, 2025, 3:03 p.m.

When the new Roku Streaming Stick Plus arrived at my house, it felt like it was 2012 all over again. That Obama-era techno-optimism—remember when social media was on the right side of history?—is still evident. There are no huge annoying ads atop everything in the menus, there's no nagging to like or subscribe to some proprietary data funnel or other. Quality-wise, this 4K streaming device offers everything you could realistically need without buying a disc player and starting a 4K Blu-Ray collection. Setup, including signing into Wi-Fi and installing a quick software update, took about 10 minutes.

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