is increasing past dwelling theater setups and into sensible dwelling units. The preliminary batch of Roku Smart Home products, on which it collaborated with , features a sensible doorbell, cameras, sensible bulbs, sensible gentle strips and sensible plugs.

The firm did not reveal specs for the units prematurely, however they’re rebadged variations of Wyze merchandise, together with Cam v3, Cam Pan V2 and Bulb Color. The floodlight digicam, video doorbell and indoor plug, for example, look identical to Wyze’s personal choices.

Roku’s variations, nevertheless, will tie into its different services and products. You’ll be capable of use the Roku Voice Remote to carry up reside digicam feeds in your TV, for example. Roku says the units will help third-party voice assistants in addition to its personal.

In phrases of safety, Roku Smart Home units will help two-factor authentication, person information encryption, safe boot and different options (Wyze got here beneath flak when it emerged the corporate for 3 years). Roku can be providing that features cloud video recording historical past, package deal supply notifications, sensible alerts and extra.

Wyze merchandise have turn into common partly due to their comparatively low costs. It would not appear to be Roku is drifting too far-off from that strategy. Roku did not provide a breakdown of pricing, however mentioned its cameras “start below $27.”

Roku Smart Home units can be found beginning at the moment from the Roku and Walmart web sites. They’ll even be in Walmart shops beginning on October seventeenth.