Not clear if this is only for channel/app developers or if this will also be reflected in the main menus. I assume both...
Will this coincide with the release of the five new Roku boxes?
Almost assuredly.
I've been noticing lately, maybe because I'm using the Roku a lot more right now, how dated/clumsy some of the apps on the Roku are. HBO GO in particular is a much worse user experience than on other platforms.
I've had a Roku 3, with hardwired ethernet for a while which I used occasionally and was reasonably happy with, especially for the headphone jack in the remote feature for the bedroom.
Recently I got a TCL Roku TV for the summer place. My opinion of Roku has gone down considerably. First, there is a bug that it won't connect to wifi if the WPA2-PSK key has a comma in it. It's an open bug, I've been waiting two months to hear back from Roku on it. Rather than change every other device, I've added a separate (virtual) access point, with a 2nd SSID and password, just for the Roku TV.
Worse, on power up if they TV has problems connecting to wifi, it crashes and reboots, (screen goes blank, logo comes back up, few second pause until it finishes booting.)
Starting to wonder about the viability of the current Roku software platform.
Hopefully they will do a little more under the covers to make things more stable and give it parity with other devices.
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Not clear if this is only for channel/app developers or if this will also be reflected in the main menus. I assume both...
Will this coincide with the release of the five new Roku boxes?
Almost assuredly.
I've been noticing lately, maybe because I'm using the Roku a lot more right now, how dated/clumsy some of the apps on the Roku are. HBO GO in particular is a much worse user experience than on other platforms.
I've had a Roku 3, with hardwired ethernet for a while which I used occasionally and was reasonably happy with, especially for the headphone jack in the remote feature for the bedroom.
Recently I got a TCL Roku TV for the summer place. My opinion of Roku has gone down considerably. First, there is a bug that it won't connect to wifi if the WPA2-PSK key has a comma in it. It's an open bug, I've been waiting two months to hear back from Roku on it. Rather than change every other device, I've added a separate (virtual) access point, with a 2nd SSID and password, just for the Roku TV.
Worse, on power up if they TV has problems connecting to wifi, it crashes and reboots, (screen goes blank, logo comes back up, few second pause until it finishes booting.)
Starting to wonder about the viability of the current Roku software platform.
Hopefully they will do a little more under the covers to make things more stable and give it parity with other devices.