Roku is getting ready to take on the new Apple TV and Fire TV

We’ve been hearing reports of a next-gen Roku media streaming for a while now, and the evidence is seriously starting to mount. Adding fuel to the fire is the appearance of a new Roku device on the FCC’s certification site. The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) regulates communications devices, mandating that they pass through a certification process before going on sale in the USA. A new FCC filing reveals a device called the Roku 4400X, which is currently not part of Roku’s existing product line-up. It’s worth noting that the Roku 3 has a model number 4200, and the newer version of the Roku 3 has the model number 4230. Unfortunately, the FCC filing doesn’t reveal much in the way of new details, save for the fact that it will support nippy 802.11ac Wi-Fi. The support for faster Wi-Fi may help with streaming 4K video, another feature rumoured to appear on the new box. FCC filings generally come very shortly before a product is released to consumers, and the device needs to be finished before it can pass through the certification process.