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Roku is Making TV Speakers, But They Only Work with Roku TVS

The idea behind this is that if your TV sounds better, people will stream more, which is the metric Roku cares most about, Klarke says. Roku likes to say that it's the US's number one streaming content system based on streaming hours, which are up 56 percent year-over-year for the company. According to a report from research firm Parks Associates, Roku holds the largest share of streaming media players in households in the US, although Amazon's share has been growing.

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