The New onn. 4K Pro (2026) Just Leaked at Walmart — Here's What's Actually Different

The short version

• What happened: A next-generation onn. 4K Pro — Walmart’s house-brand streaming box — has shown up on Walmart’s own site and, according to at least one shopper, on store shelves, weeks ahead of any official announcement.
• What’s new: Google TV with Gemini preinstalled, Matter-over-Thread smart-home support, 3GB of RAM (up from 2GB), and a backlit Find My Remote.
• What’s not confirmed: An official launch date, a nationwide rollout, or a final price — the ~$60 figure comes from one in-store purchase, not a press release.
• What moved backward: The listed spec sheet shows a 100 Mbps Ethernet port (not Gigabit) and a USB 2.0 port — modest downgrades on paper from the flagship pitch.
• Bottom line: Promising, but unofficial. If you need a box today, the current $49 model is the safe buy.

What’s actually been spotted

Walmart’s onn. brand is quietly one of the better stories in cheap streaming hardware — our review of the current onn. 4K Pro called it “arguably the best value streaming box available,” thanks to Ethernet, USB-A, and Google TV for $49. A follow-up model has now surfaced two ways, neither of them an official announcement:

1. A live Walmart.com product listing titled “onn 4K Pro Streaming Device, Google TV with Gemini (NEW 2026 Model),” spelling out specs, features, and packaging in detail.
2. An early in-store sighting — a shopper reported buying one at a Walmart location in Ventura, California for $59.88, ahead of what would presumably be a wider launch.

That combination — a real, detailed retailer listing plus a real purchase — is a stronger signal than a typical rumor leak. But it’s still not a launch: there’s no press release from Walmart or Google, no confirmed ship date, and no guarantee the $59.88 price holds nationwide or that today’s listing doesn’t change before a wide release. Treat what follows as “this is what the listing says,” not “this is now shipping everywhere.”

What’s new, spec by spec

Compared to the current onn. 4K Pro we’ve tested and reviewed, the listing describes a device that’s a clear step up in software and a mixed bag in hardware:

The two features worth actually caring about are software-side: Gemini replaces Google Assistant with conversational, chat-style search (“find me a 90-minute comedy from the 90s”) instead of exact-title voice commands, and Matter over Thread turns the box into a smart-home hub that can control Matter-compatible lights, locks, and sensors without buying a separate hub. Neither exists on the current model. Our guide to AI on TV boxes covers what Gemini can and can’t do today if you want the full picture before deciding it’s worth chasing.

The RAM bump from 2GB to 3GB also isn’t cosmetic — it’s specifically what lets Gemini run at all. Google’s minimum for TV-based Gemini is 2GB, and our review flagged the current model’s 2GB as the spot where it shows its limits under multitasking. An extra gigabyte should make the new box noticeably less prone to app reloads, on top of unlocking Gemini in the first place.

What’s NOT worth getting excited about yet

Candor is the point of a leak roundup, so a few things to temper expectations on:

• It’s not launched. No official date, no confirmed nationwide price, no guarantee the spec sheet doesn’t change before a real release. Buying decisions shouldn’t be made off a single store receipt.
• Two specs are actually downgrades on paper. A 100 Mbps Ethernet port is a step down from Gigabit, and USB 2.0 is slower than USB 3.0 — surprising cuts on a device otherwise pitched as the new flagship. In practice, 100 Mbps is still plenty for 4K streaming (which needs well under 100 Mbps even for the heaviest formats), so this mostly matters if you use the box for local file transfers or NAS access.
• Gemini’s best features may not all be free. Basic conversational search should work out of the box, but Google has tied some of Gemini’s more advanced capabilities elsewhere to a paid AI subscription tier — don’t assume every feature on the box is included at $60.
• “Spotted early” isn’t “widely available.” One Walmart location having stock doesn’t mean your local store will, or that online orders will ship on any particular date.

Should you wait?

If you need a streaming box this week, buy the current onn. 4K Pro — it’s a known quantity at $49 and still one of the best values in the category, alongside the rest of our budget streaming device picks. If Gemini’s conversational search or a built-in Matter hub genuinely matters to your setup, it’s reasonable to hold off a few weeks and see whether Walmart makes this official — the ~$60 asking price is a modest jump for real new capability, not a spec-padding exercise. Either way, this is one more data point in a broader 2026 trend we’ve tracked in what’s actually new in streaming hardware: AI assistants and smart-home radios are quietly becoming standard equipment, even on $50-and-under boxes.

FAQ recap

• Officially announced? No — spotted via an early Walmart listing and one in-store purchase, not a press release.
• Biggest additions? Gemini built into Google TV, Matter-over-Thread smart-home support, and a RAM bump to 3GB.
• Biggest catch? Two spec downgrades on paper (100 Mbps Ethernet, USB 2.0), plus zero confirmation on launch date or final price.
• Buy now or wait? Buy the current $49 model if you need a box today; wait a few weeks if Gemini and Matter are must-haves for you.