# Roku Voice Remote Pro: The Rechargeable Battery Is My First Surprise > Opening the remote I bought for my Roku TV and looking over its extra controls. Canonical page: https://pyrosoft.pro/blog/unboxing-the-roku-voice-remote-pro-5d4ea465 Published: 2026-11-04 Some links to other products on this page are affiliate links, and we may earn a commission if you buy through them. It costs you nothing extra, and it has not changed what this article says — where a competitor is the better answer, we say so. I buy this remote because I have been frustrated with pointing the basic one at my Roku TV. The Voice Remote Pro looks like a useful upgrade, but its battery arrangement catches me off guard when I open the box. ## The cable is included I take out the quick-start material, remote and micro-USB cable. Then I look for the familiar replaceable-battery compartment and realize this model is rechargeable. I am used to keeping charged AA batteries ready to swap, so I talk through both sides of that change. I have not timed this remote’s battery life in the unboxing. ## Two buttons I can make my own The numbered buttons interest me because they can hold custom commands. I also wish more of the dedicated app buttons were programmable. I discuss setting up those commands in another video; I do not program them during this one. ## A few more things around the sides I point out the headphone jack, listening switch, volume controls and pairing button. There is also a small speaker associated with finding the remote. This is a look at the hardware I bought in August 2023, before a complete pairing, voice-command, headphone or remote-finder test. Other revisions may have a different arrangement. The original description supplies a channel-membership link, rather than a product purchase link. Its other credits are `http://eme7.com/` and `http://exfil.gg/`; I have kept those references as supplied. ## Links from the video **Affiliate disclosure:** These links may earn me a commission at no extra cost to you. - [MikeTheTech original channel membership link]() Links and offers are from the video description. Availability, prices and offer terms may change.