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![Roku 4 three quarter_with remote](https://img.money.com/2015/10/roku-4-three-quarter_with-remote.jpg)

On the heels of the announcement for the new Apple TV, complete with Siri and games, Roku has answered with a new box of its own. And while the new [Roku 4](https://www.roku.com/products/roku-4) doesn't have everybody's (least?) favorite personal assistant ("No, Siri, I said Song. Song! SONG), it does have the most important feature that all other streaming boxes have been without: a remote control locator.

The matchbook-sized remotes of streaming devices have become [quite a problem for consumers](http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-tv-losing-the-tiny-remote-can-be-a-big-headache/) over the past few years. The tiny remote controls are prone to disappear in the Marianas Trench that is the space between the couch cushions, in the pocket of a pair of pants, and almost anywhere at all. Until now, neither Roku, Apple, or Amazon had done anything about it, making countless consumers use their phones as remotes until a $20 replacement arrived in the mail. With the Roku 4, however, the frustration of looking for the remote is gone. Simply press a button on the streaming device and it'll let you know where the remote is.

Besides idiot-proofing the remote, the new Roku 4 streams 4k video, has a slightly flatter shape, and a new interface with voice recognition so you don't have to go through the agony of typing with a non-qwerty keyboard using arrows. It ships on October 21 for $129.

***Read next: [4 Devices That Let You Stream TV on the Cheap](https://money.com/stream-tv-cheap/)***

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