Roku App Update Helps You Figure Out 'What's On'

Roku simply released updated versions of its mobile apps for Apple iOS and Google Android that aid you access content faster than ever. Thusly, you tin, for instance, view and launch your favorite channels—like Hulu, Netflix, HBO Now, and YouTube— with a single tap.

Roku App Remote At that place's also a new navigation bar, located across the bottom of the app, that lets you admission popular features.

"When you launch the Roku mobile app you'll see a scrollable view of all of your streaming channels," Roku Senior Product, Manager Matthew, Wee wrote in a blogpost. "Once you launch a streaming aqueduct, the remote control volition automatically appear on the app giving you a seamless feel to find the show you were looking for."

Not sure what to watch? A new 'What'southward On' tab can suggest something—perhaps a superhero hit or a kids' show. The tab features "a manus-picked choice of entertainment to rent, buy or scout for gratis," Wee wrote.

With this update, Roku also gave the remote tab a bit of a renovation, making information technology more closely match the buttons on your Roku device remote and squeezing them closer together so it's easier to operate with one hand.

The updated app is available in the Apple tree App Shop and Google Play.

Almost Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag'southward skillful on fitness and smart domicile products. Teaching yoga for nearly ten years has helped her in evaluating a range of continued health products including fitness trackers, eye charge per unit monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength training machines, treadmills, and more. Angela also tests smart dwelling devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, just to name a few.