The Roku App (Official)

Roku, Inc. & its affiliates

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About this app

Get to know the must-have streaming sidekick!

Use the free Roku® mobile app to:
• Control your Roku devices with a convenient remote
• Use your voice or keyboard to quickly search for entertainment
• Enjoy private listening with headphones
• Stream free movies, live TV, and more on the go with The Roku Channel
• Cast media files from your phone, like videos and photos, to your TV
• Add and launch channels on your Roku devices
• Enter text on your Roku device more easily with your mobile keyboard


You must connect your phone or tablet to the same wireless network as your Roku device to use certain features of the mobile app. Some features require a compatible Roku device and may require logging into your Roku account.


Feature availability:
• Voice search is available in English in the US, UK, and Canada. It’s also available in Spanish in Mexico and the US.
• The Roku Channel can be viewed in the mobile app in the US only.
• Some channels require payment, can change, and vary by country.

For more information, go to http://support.roku.com
Privacy Policy: go.roku.com/privacypolicy
CA Privacy Notice: https://docs.roku.com/published/userprivacypolicy/en/us#userprivacypolicy-en_us-CCPA

Ratings and reviews

There's no reason or convenience in having the widget remote. It switches to the app, then opens it, then loads. Then you have to go back to the widget to use it. If it's not used for more than a few minutes, the whole process starts over. It's basically easier to leave the app open on the remote, it doesn't time out nearly as much. Plus the widget's HUGE and not even close to being worth the screen space.

There should be an option for what screen you want to load first. While I use the apps and channels menus, the thing I need to be able to do most quickly with a remote app is pause. If I get a call, with your app, I have to answer the phone then tell the caller to wait till I can get your app to pause playback. Also, I wish your "Continue watching" did a better job of staying updated. I can't trust it to play the episode I was actually watching. It often kicks me several episodes back.

I constantly have issues with the remote audio. I'm always trying to use my headphones when I get home from work, so I don't blare my tv out loud late at night. Half the time I'm unplugging my tv to reset it, so I can MAYBE get the remote audio to work. It works when it wants to, which is almost never. And when it does work, after 5 or 10 minutes, the audio starts to get choppy or even just cut out. PLEASE FIX REMOUTE AUDIO.

What's new

- Fixed an error to update the Photo Stream upon renaming.
- Other minor bug fixes and performance improvements.