Category: Roku
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Roku’s New Pro Series Roku TVs Are Now Available
Today Roku announced its new Pro Series of Roku TVs are now for sale in Best Buy Stores and online at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. These new TVs come with a high-quality picture, a new Voice Remote Pro, and improved side-firing audio compared to older Roku TV models. “We’ve invested years in making the…
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Roku OS 13 Is Here with New Features for Roku TVs & Players
Today Roku announced that Roku OS 13, which we had previously reported on, is now rolling out with new features for Roku TVs and Roku Players. These new features include the ability for your Roku TV to automatically adjust the picture of your TV to what you are watching. This allows your TV to give…
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Roku is Working on Making Streaming More Accessible to Those With Disabilities & Is Putting New Limits on Autoplay
Today, Roku informed app developers that later this year, there will be new certifications to make their devices more accessible to those with disabilities. Developers will have until October 1, 2024, to update their apps with these new features or not be able to be in the Roku app store. Here is the new new…
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Roku TV’s Are Developing The Ability to Show Ads When You Hit Pause On Your DVD Player or Game System
Are you ready for even more ads? Roku has filed a patent to display ads when you pause your Xbox or DVD player. According to the patent filing, Roku has developed a way to detect when you pause a video game or DVD, for example, and would show an ad on your TV when that…
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The Top 20 FREE Roku Apps of April 2024 For Roku TVs & Roku Players
Today we take a look at the top 20 best FREE Roku Apps for 2024. These free apps are available on Roku players and Roku TVs. Do you have one you want to suggest? Leave us a comment and let us know. Here are the top 20 free Roku apps for April 2024: #1 The…
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Roku Dominates Cord Cutting with Over 62% of Cord Cutters Using Roku Players & Roku TVs
Earlier this month, Cord Cutters News surveyed more than 1,000 of our readers about how they cut the cord. From the Spring 2024 survey, Roku is the clear leader in the world of cord cutting and is almost twice as popular as its next competitor, the Amazon Fire TV. In our survey, we asked our…
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The New Roku OS 13 Is Coming & It Will Reportedly Let You Disable Auto Play on All Apps with a Single Click
Last fall, Roku announced the Roku OS 12.5 update, which featured the ability to follow a favorite team and remind you how to watch the game, as well as an expanded channel lineup. Other additions included the ability to link the image screensaver to your Google Photos account, allowing you to use your own photos.…
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Now The Roku Channel Issues a Mandatory Terms of Service Update That You Must Agree to, or You Can’t Watch Your Programs
Last week, Roku started to slowly roll out a mandatory update to its terms of service. These new terms change the dispute resolution terms with Roku, but it is not clear exactly what changed. When the new terms and conditions message shows up on a Roku Player or TV, your only option is to accept…
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Roku Issues a Mandatory Terms of Service Update That You Must Agree To or You Can’t Use Your Roku
Over the last 48 hours, Roku has slowly been rolling out a mandatory update to its terms of service. In this terms it changes the dispute resolution terms but it is not clear exactly why. When the new terms and conditions message shows up on a Roku Player or TV, your only option is to…
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The Roku Stick 4K is On Sale For Just $39
Need a new Roku streaming player? Roku according to our readers is the most popular streaming player for them. Right now, the Roku Streaming Stick 4K is on sale for just 39. This Roku gives you a huge catalog of streaming services plus 4K HDR with Dolby Vision picture quality. This is a great time…