Walmart has listed your new “Pro” Google TV streaming box/smart speaker combo a week after the product was leaked into the real world and appeared intermittently on the store’s website.
The new Onn 4K Pro, selling for $49.88, comes with new features including a built-in Google Assistant smart speaker, Dolby Vision plus Atmos, HDR, and a remote control with a big blue “Free TV” button to point to. subtly for you. Google’s FAST channels, as well as a customizable star button that can launch an app or change TV inputs.
The square black set-top box isn’t one you’d hide in your entertainment center – it houses a microphone and works like a Nest Mini with Google Assistant. You can ask the Onn 4K Pro to play a YouTube video or turn on your smart home lights and more, all hands-free. It also looks like a Nest Mini, with its built-in mesh fabric cover and row of four LEDs.
While the Onn 4K Pro isn’t made by Google, it certainly looks like a successor to the $49.99 model Chromecast with Google TVreleased in 2020. In comparison, the Onn 4K Pro has more flexible connectivity with Wi-Fi 6 plus ethernet, while the Chromecast only has Wi-Fi 5. Onn also has more RAM (3GB vs 2GB), has more internal memory storage (32GB vs. 8GB) and lets you say “Hey Google” without having to hold the remote – all for the same price.