Roku status: streaming issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Roku reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Roku users through our website.

• Buffering (29%)
• Crashing (26%)
• Sign in (25%)
• Playback Issues (15%)
• Video Quality (4%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Roku outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Cuernavaca	Buffering	11 hours ago
Chaska	Crashing	13 hours ago
Wills Point	Crashing	14 hours ago
Germering	Sign in	2 days ago
Dallas	Crashing	2 days ago
Cleveland	Crashing	2 days ago

Full Outage Map

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Roku Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Ben (@Fly_Guy79) reported 2 minutes ago

  @Roku ya its terrible. where the save list go? terrible ui change. glitchy screen freezes. back up job nerds

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  Fletch will return in Avengers Doomsday (@IMFletcher2) reported 3 minutes ago

  @BigKorn80 @Roku That doesn't work now.

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  Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) reported 6 minutes ago

  The biggest problem with our @Roku TV: It's not earning the company any money because it is stuck in an unfixable boot loop. I bought this TV at Best Buy three years ago. It was for an elderly family member. She loved it. Until she didn't. As I was packing for the StreamTV Show last month, she called me to say her TV kept rebooting itself. "It's stuck on the spaceship thing," she said. I had no idea what that meant. I gave her my Sony TV to use while I tried to fix the problem. And let me tell you something, I have tried literally everything. I searched online for a fix, and found a number of Roku TV users who have encountered the same thing: For no reason, their TVs just randomly started boot looping, and trying to download and reinstall the firmware through Recovery Mode was no help. Some people suggested holding down the reset and power buttons for a certain length of time. That didn't work. Others suggested draining "zombie power" by pressing the power button for a half-minute while the TV is unplugged. That didn't work. A few said connecting to a mobile hotspot while in recovery might work. It didn't. One person suggested hooking the TV into a router via Ethernet. Well, this TV doesn't have an Ethernet port. This is the second Roku-powered TV that has caused us an issue. The first was a Walmart Onn-branded TV that died after six months. I figured one of Roku's own TVs was a reliable replacement, because the company told us as much when it started making its own TVs a few years ago. Then, executives promised that shipping Roku TVs where the company controlled the entire supply chain would help it make better-informed decisions about how its users were interacting with their devices, which would lead to better hardware and software experiences. Ultimately, our issue likely boils down to this: Roku uses cheap hardware in its smart TVs and streaming boxes to keep costs low. Executives said as much earlier this year when they affirmed that the ongoing processor and RAM shortage was likely to be a boon for Roku's business, because the company's operating system doesn't require premium hardware to operate. But the decision to use cheap hardware also means that it is more prone to breaking, and that is a major problem for a company like Roku. The company's $1.1 billion platform business is inherently dependent on consumers having reliable hardware that allows them to interact with said platform. When streaming devices and smart TVs break, it not only prevents customers from using their platform, it leaves a sour taste in their mouths — and customers are prone to abandoning the platform for a competitor. Which, in my family member's home, is now what has happened. She's inherited my six-year-old Sony TV, and she loves it. She's not giving it back. It runs Android. There's a bit of a learning curve, but she's committed to figuring it out. "I'm done with Roku," she told me. "I hope Fox knows what they're buying." $ROKU

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  Bryan Wayne (@mrhappybw) reported 6 minutes ago

  @Roku Man, this update totally screwed up my TV when it finally landed on my TV, the hdmi inputs keep screwing up for the cable box, isnt the cable or box because they work fine on other TV’s. Dog **** new home screen and this issue make me never want another one from y’all.

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  Nomadic Aaron ✝️ (@AaronWL42) reported 10 minutes ago

  @Hisense_USA So I call Hisense and they were helpful but didn't fix the problem. They referred me to @Roku support. After a brief time on the phone with them the issue was corrected. Both were helpful which frankly is surprising these days.

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  Pencil Army (@pencil_army) reported 10 minutes ago

  Hey, @Roku, how many times do I have to hide "Soccer Zone" from my Home Screen before it actually stays hidden? Or is this some new feature where I will have to continue to keep doing every day? Would be nice if you could get the Hide function to work.

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  Random Acts of Crochet Kindness (@stuckathomemom) reported 18 minutes ago

  @LeetOffice @Roku Someone just posted this How to FIX your #ROKU home screen: Go into: -Settings -Home Screen -Recommendation Rows ---> set to HIDE -Quick Access ---> set to HIDE Now everything is back to normal!

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  Rhymes with funky (@KirkYuhnke) reported 18 minutes ago

  @MatthewKeysLive @Roku Problem is... finding an actual "dumb tv" is almost impossible anymore. The business model for TV companies has shifted. They don't make $ when I buy the TV anymore.

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  Jake K (@Jakewk) reported 22 minutes ago

  Ok @Roku I’m trying to watch Fracture on my Roku TV Channel and you have a perverse glitch that when I try to rewind for a short time, it sends me back to the first few minutes of the movie and when I try to get back to the spot, it makes me watch all the ads again. WTAF.

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  Rob Ables (@rables73) reported 25 minutes ago

  @Roku Hi @Roku thanks but as I stated in the original post, it does it on all 4 of my Roku devices, so it is not a restart issue. Also, it is only the @MLB app. None of my other apps have this issue or other buffering. The MLB app does it multiple times per game and gets stuck.

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  Buttery Duck (@Nauseum62) reported 25 minutes ago

  @Roku It's terrible. Absolutely terrible. I should be able to arrange my home screen the way I want to.

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  Lisa (@_lovablecurves) reported 27 minutes ago

  @Roku wtf your backend is bent and broken it’s making use a 2FA but after trying and begging it for a ******* code to my email twenty times it hasn’t sent me a single ******* one you are the reason people are miserable and insane this **** is so ******. I hate companies like yours that make life hard for no ******* reason. I gave you a correct password and login let me get in my account wtf you ******* ********. You’re wasting my precious time on your failing tech and you fail you’re incompetent and you suck ***.

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  Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) reported 28 minutes ago

  @Roku UPDATE: I was proven wrong! The Roku TV in question suffered from a software bug, one that the company is aware of and is in the process of fixing. A small number of TVs experienced the glitch, and the company is working to address it. Roku's terrific customer support restored my faith in the company, and I'm so glad we don't have to replace this TV!

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  1980s Boxing (@80sBoxing) reported 29 minutes ago

  @Roku It's awful. More clutter I do not need and I need to click down just to get to all of my apps. Simple and streamlined is always better. Why are you trying to fix things that aren't broken?

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  RaiderNeil (@Rdrneil) reported 30 minutes ago

  @Roku i've never had a problem with roku, had to reverse a Cable one time and that was it, and I love the new voice remotes that are rechargeable, only issue I've had is with Disney not being able to click on it and it comes on says can't login from your area error 43 error 83

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  Vakom Sunrunner (@VakomSunrunner) reported 35 minutes ago

  @Roku @RokuSupport Couldn't figure out where to report this but the episode order for The Transformers (1984) series is massively out of order. Not only are episodes not in the official chronological order, you've got season 2 episodes in season 1 and such. Please fix this.

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  Mary (@Fogatmidnight) reported 35 minutes ago

  @Roku Ghaaa......What did u do?! Update bad! Please don't fix what is not broke. Let user decide! 2 nights in find organize LOCAL ANTENNA channels, renam lil tile, now it's GONE! 😱 Where is it? Want on home screen! Hisense Roku TV

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  Morticia (@Morticia121212) reported 39 minutes ago

  @tacooghost @Roku Well, they still never fixed it. It's a problem with the Roku TV version, I'm pretty sure. I went & got the free trial at Amazon video & it is on there! Yay!

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  alex (@alexsears97) reported 39 minutes ago

  @FehInsane @Roku Happening to me too. This update was terrible

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  Heather Larson 955,703 (@WriterHeatherL) reported 43 minutes ago

  @SaThomas__ I get it with every “smart” tv. Roku, Google, the Amazon thing… they all stink. Same class. All annoying. @Roku is no different to me. I had no problems with OTA tv, js

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  burownidl (@burownidl01) reported 44 minutes ago

  @Roku @TheRokuChannel @foxone For anyone following and has the same issue. I contacted Roku support via their website and chatted with online support. It looks like they fixed my problem as I can see the Worldcup pregame show now

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  🌪Jeff Schipull🦌 (@ojkoj) reported 47 minutes ago

  @Roku And like… if i reset the tv itll work sometimes, but its a big hassle, and after troubleshooting it appears to be a software issue with the update.

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  trapuh (@trapuh) reported 47 minutes ago

  @Roku Problem started July 5th I’ve tried everything, sound still works but tv screen is still like the picture above, I’ve seen on Reddit that your tvs do this to plenty of people i don’t think anybody has a fix for it yet

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  Reductio ad absurdum, PhD. 🐑🥫😘 my 🫏. (@tweetbuster01) reported 47 minutes ago

  @Roku @calvinbrain97 I have a issue with it. On several Roku’s and EXCLUSIVELY ON SPECTRUM app, the closed caption feature just stops working even though it says it ON. And it’s in ALL programs and channels on the app. WTF. I have to exit app, load something else then come back to Spectrum to fix

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  Arlene (@zfatcat2) reported 47 minutes ago

  @EarperMarine @Roku Are other people having the same problem? It's a Roku and/or TV programming issue that affects the apps running on it. Jeez...what a pain...I'm sure. 😳

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  Kaiju Cowboy (@GojiraOmega) reported 49 minutes ago

  @Roku @RokuSupport This was not worth the awful updates you made to this tech. I can't even organize my inputs anymore

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  Ken Hudson (@shareastronomy) reported 51 minutes ago

  I need to get off of @Roku here in the US. Changing the home page was the last straw. Any suggestions for an alternative? I could use some help.

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  Meredith Porterfield (@meredithep) reported 58 minutes ago

  @Roku @foxone I don't want to watch FIFA but I would like to watch other apps and would appreciate it if they actually worked on Roku. I have no problem with the apps on other devices. Just Roku

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  Ken Kallembach (@imken24) reported 58 minutes ago

  @Roku Nevermind. Not only do you refuse to help, but you completely reformat the home screen to “suggest” 20 different apps or shows and only show 1/3 of my installed apps so I have to search for them. You’re useless. **** off. Buying Firesticks Saturday.

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  Rob Ables (@rables73) reported 59 minutes ago

  @MLB can you please fix your streaming app for @Roku and Apple TV so they don’t suck? EVERY SINGLE game I watch on ANY of my streaming devices stops at least 3-4 times per game with spinning circle of death. No other apps have buffering problems on my 1GB line and mesh WiFi.