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Should you use your TV’s smart platform instead of a streaming box?

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TVs are getting a whole lot smarter. These days, even the cheapest TVs out there have software of some kind, eliminating the need to buy an external streaming box to watch content from all your favorite apps. Well, in theory, anyway.

That said, however, there’s still a huge market for external streaming boxes, including everything from the inexpensive Roku Streaming Stick 4K and Amazon Fire TV Stick to the high-end Apple TV 4K and Nvidia Shield.

Why? Well, there are a number of reasons. In many instances, external streaming boxes are better than using the software built in to your TV.

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So when should you buy an external streaming box instead of just relying on your TV’s own software? Here’s a list of the main reasons you might want to go out and upgrade

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