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RokuTannerD Level Re: Apps keep closing on my Roku Tv. Thanks, Tanner View solution in original post. Tanner, I have already called Comcast technical support, and Roku support. Keep in mind that Roku has an exhaustive selection of paid and free channels.
That said, this is a very interesting developer tool. And, given the stability of the Roku OS, the testing experience should go really smoothly. For general purpose channels, the story is a bit different. Roku owners can still use the YouTube TV app they have already, but if they delete it or get it a new Roku, they won't be able to re-download it.
Thankfully for new subscribers and anyone else who wants to watch YouTube TV on Roku, there's a decent workaround. If you don't have an Apple device, you could also use Roku's built-in screen mirroring, which works with most Android phones and Windows PCs. Here's how. Per Roku's support page , the following devices are required for AirPlay:. To use AirPlay with Roku, the first step is to make sure your Roku is updated to the latest software and that your Apple device is on the same Wi-Fi network as your Roku.
YouTube TV does not, however, have AirPlay built into its Chrome player for computers, so this is a little more complicated if you want to stream YouTube TV without broadcasting your whole computer.
In my experience on a recent Roku TV this worked pretty well, though you will need to switch channels with your Apple device. We have made no requests to access user data or interfere with search results. We hope we can resolve this for the sake of our mutual users.
In the meantime, we recommend sharing this via our feedback tool using the link we previously shared so they can collect and investigate the issue. Appreciate your patience. YouTube support is suggesting users to ensure their Roku device is running the latest firmware. Also, restarting the device can help fix this issue. Hope that does the trick. The workaround involves deleting the YouTube app then adding it back. So, be sure to give it a try and let us know if it works by dropping a comment below.
I had to delete YouTube and add it back- It works now happily- Source. Reinstalling the app is often a troubleshooting step, which if followed by YouTube users facing issues on Roku will not let them install the app again. The information came from the YouTube team on Twitter. The only way to access it is through the YouTube main. You can follow these easy steps: 1.
Open the YouTube app on your Roku drive 2. Contrary to YouTube support, a Roku employee are suggesting the complainants to try the basic troubleshooting step which invloves deleting the channel, then updating Roku, and then adding the channel again. While the issue is being looked into as we mentioned earlier , YouTube support is now suggesting the affected users to try the troubleshooting steps listed here.
So you can give this workaround a try. But not all will be getting the free subscription. Users can also add unlimited concurrent streams while at home which is a huge jump over the previous cap of three. As a result of the above offer and the entirety of the skirmish, Roku has now slipped 6. YouTube is now asking users to restart their Roku devices and reinstall the YouTube app in order to fix the problem.
Unfortunately, this does not seem to do the trick. Many streaming services allow us to set up a profile for kids, and for ourselves. There you go. Now you know all the possible ways of restricting and blocking YouTube on Roku devices.
Parental controls are usually useless without a PIN, so keep that in mind.
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