Ahead of any official announcement from Walmart, the retailer’s upcoming Onn 4K Streaming Device has surfaced in stores and revealed a price point that significantly undercuts most of the competition in the Google TV streaming stick market.
A Reddit user who purchased the device from a physical Walmart location reported it ringing up at $19.88, well below the $30 figure that earlier leaks had suggested and roughly half the price of the $50 Chromecast with Google TV that the Onn stick effectively replaces.
That price comes with trade-offs, and the most notable is HDR support: the device supports Dolby Atmos for audio. Still, it omits Dolby Vision for picture quality, which puts it below premium streamers like the Google TV Streamer in terms of HDR compatibility.
HDR output does exist on the device in some form, with YouTube and Kodi among the apps confirmed to support it, though the absence of Dolby Vision means users who prioritise the highest available picture quality across a wide range of streaming services will find the Onn stick falls short of that standard.
On the software side, the device runs Android TV 14 and ships with an update available immediately out of the box, suggesting Walmart and its hardware partner have already pushed at least one patch ahead of a broader retail rollout.
The streaming stick market has become increasingly competitive at the budget end of the scale, with sub-$30 devices now capable of delivering 4K output, and this latest Onn model signals that Walmart intends to push that price floor even lower for its own-brand hardware.
Walmart has not formally announced the Onn 4K Streaming Device or made it available through its online store, though the device is expected to go live here once a wider rollout begins, with official pricing yet to be confirmed.
(Via 9to5Google)
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