Pros & Cons
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- Streams 4K HDR with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos
- Hands-free Google Assistant
- Remote finder
- Wi-Fi 6 support
- Ethernet port for wired connectivity
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- Occasionally stutters
onn 4K Pro 32GB Google TV Streaming Device Specs
| Built-In Voice Assistant | Google Assistant |
| HDR | Dolby Vision |
| HDR | HDR10 |
| Platform | Google TV |
| Resolution | 4K |
The Chromecast With Google TV used to be one of our favorite media streamers, until Google replaced it with a model that costs twice as much and adds very little, the Google TV Streamer ($99.99). Google itself doesn't currently offer a media streamer cheaper than $100, but Walmart is picking up the slack with its Onn electronics brand. Onn offers three different streamers that use the Google TV platform, and its high-end model, the 4K Pro, is only $49.88. The 4K Pro is what the Google TV Streamer should have been. It offers all the features of Google's device, plus Wi-Fi 6 and hands-free Google Assistant support (a first for Google TV media hubs), for half the price. It fills in the Chromecast-shaped hole in the market and earns our Editors’ Choice for media streamers.
Design and Features: A Simple Box With New Tricks
(Credit: Will Greenwald)The 4K Pro is an unassuming black box with rounded corners measuring 4.5 by 4.5 by 1.6 inches (LWH). It’s designed to be placed below your TV rather than behind it, so the far-field microphone can hear you through the fabric grille covering the top half, which houses four status LEDs that illuminate when listening to your commands. The front edge has a remote finder button that makes the included remote chime so you can locate it, a feature seen on the Roku Ultra but not any Google TV media streamer before. The streamer is about half the height of the Amazon Fire TV Cube, and should easily disappear under almost any TV. The back of the device holds an HDMI port, a USB-A port for connecting local storage, an Ethernet port, a connector for the power adapter (non-USB), and a reset button.
(Credit: Will Greenwald)The remote is black and candy-bar-shaped with a standard configuration of buttons. A pinhole microphone and power, settings, and voice assistant buttons are at the top, above a large circular navigation pad, volume and channel rockers, and dedicated service buttons for Disney+, Netflix, Paramount+, and YouTube. A shortcut button on the top-right corner of the remote can be customized with a function of your choice, like controlling a Google Home device, opening an app, or switching your TV to another input.
Software: Google TV With Hands-Free Voice Control
As mentioned, the 4K Pro is a Google TV device, similar to the Google TV Streamer and the Chromecast With Google TV it replaced. In fact, the Google TV implementation is as stock as the Google TV Streamer’s, with no Walmart or Onn branding to be seen. It’s a powerful platform loaded with apps covering all major video streaming services, including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Crunchyroll, Disney+, Netflix, Twitch, and YouTube. It also has Google Cast for streaming locally from your Android device or a Chrome tab on your computer.
(Credit: Will Greenwald)Google TV comes with Google Assistant, and thanks to a far-field microphone array built into the 4K Pro, you can summon the digital helper hands-free. Just say “Hey, Google,” followed by your command. The LEDs on the streamer will light up, and the TV will show a response. Google Assistant can control the streamer, your TV, and most major smart home devices; search for content to watch; and provide useful information like weather reports.
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This is the first Google TV-powered media streamer with hands-free Google Assistant, which is a pretty big boon. Most Google TV-powered TVs have hands-free voice control, but the Google TV Streamer doesn’t, nor has any Chromecast device. The competing Amazon Fire TV and Roku platforms have long offered hands-free voice control via the Fire TV Cube and the Roku Ultra (or any Roku device if you buy the Voice Remote Pro).
Video: Supports Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos
The Onn 4K Pro can output video at up to 4K resolution. It can stream high dynamic range (HDR) content from services that support it, including Dolby Vision. It also supports Dolby Atmos spatial audio output. It features Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) wireless connectivity, a step up from the Wi-Fi 5-equipped Google TV Streamer. The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K and the Roku Ultra also support Wi-Fi 6, and the latter also has an Ethernet port.
(Credit: Will Greenwald)Performance-wise, it's almost on par with the Google TV Streamer. Navigating menus in both the main interface and most apps feels generally responsive, but occasionally seems to stutter a bit. It doesn't freeze or disrupt browsing, but it's not quite as smooth as the Google TV Streamer or the Chromecast before it. The Twitch app is sluggish on every Google TV device I’ve tested, including the Onn 4K Pro.
Video might potentially be even quicker and more consistent than on the Google TV Streamer, since the 4K Pro has Wi-Fi 6. That said, because my router is close to my TV, I haven't experienced any sluggishness in loading video streams on any media streamer I've tested in a few years. Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos content is output to the TV with no issue.