How-To Geek recently used a smart plug to measure the wattage used by five popular streaming devices including a Roku Ultra, Chromecast Ultra and Chromecast with Google.
In a nutshell: Standalone streaming media players from companies like Apple, Roku, Amazon and Google have become commonplace in households around the globe. In fact, streaming recently beat cable for the first time to claim the largest share of TV viewing to date. With more streaming devices in service now than ever, one may naturally question their energy use. How much juice do they consume when in use or while sitting idle, and how much will it cost you?
How-To Geek recently used a smart plug to measure the wattage used by five popular streaming devices including a Roku Ultra, Chromecast Ultra and Chromecast with Google TV. For the Fire TV 4K and Apple TV 4K, they used sources from the Internet.
