http://www.techradar.com/news/roku-joins-voice-assistant-race-to-rival-alexa-and-google-assistant >Roku is no stranger to voice control, having included voice search in its streaming boxes for some time now, but this functionality is set to take a big step forward with the launch of a fully-fledged voice assistant.  >However, while other voice assistant manufacturers such as Amazon and Google produce their own speaker hardware to house this software, Roku's plan is to rely solely on third-party manufacturers.