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 (28%)
• Crashing (28%)
• Sign in (23%)
• Playback Issues (17%)
• Video Quality (4%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Walnut Creek	Crashing	16 hours ago
Albert Lea	Playback Issues	17 hours ago
Pittsburgh	Playback Issues	17 hours ago
Pittsburgh	Crashing	17 hours ago
Litchfield Park	Crashing	18 hours ago
Smyrna	Playback Issues	18 hours ago

Full Outage Map

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Roku Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Keny2 (@yas6444) reported 1 minute ago

  @Roku POOR execution! great idea. I have many roku sound bars thinking they had all I want - WRONG! They all, within 9 months, have problems with: pairing to TVs, won't turn on TV or Roku box, sound crackles, Batteries drain FAST, etc. AND NO CUSTOMER SERVICE reply! don't buy...

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  Mary (@Fogatmidnight) reported 2 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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  John Joseph Bonforte (@BonforteJohn) reported 3 minutes ago

  @Roku Problems since the update: 1. Sound goes away for DVD player. 2. Sometimes DVD player will no longer play to TV. Restarting fixed it temporarily - until today. 3. Spontaneous resolution changes after a sleep timer is used. 4. Trouble communicating with cable box.

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  Alex (@undeadunion78) reported 4 minutes ago

  @Roku This is awful. Please let me revert back to the old home screen. I've praised my Roku tv and from here on out no more praise will be had.

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  Rob Ables (@rables73) reported 8 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.

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  cats collectibles tcg (@Catscollecttcg) reported 10 minutes ago

  @Roku PLEASE HELP 🫪🫪🫪

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  Ken Kallembach (@imken24) reported 10 minutes ago

  @Roku I will NOT send a DM so you can ignore me there. Solve the problem here in public so anyone with the same issue can find a solution.

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  Bryan Wayne (@mrhappybw) reported 10 minutes ago

  It took until July for me to get this “New” Roku Home Screen and it is awful. And reading the comments since @Roku rolled it out seems it has been awful for a month now. A two year could have done better. Reverse this ****.

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  Wallybonkers™️ (@WhtTheActualFuk) reported 10 minutes ago

  Just a consumer FYI!!! @Roku WILL NOT HONOR A WARRANTY. My Roku ultra will not keep connectivity. Done ALL troubleshooting. Called my internet provider. JUMPED THROUGH A MILLION HOOPS, still boots off. After all this I get told sorry, your warranty don’t cover connection issues🤔

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  alex (@alexsears97) reported 16 minutes ago

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

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  court (@allherdanger) reported 17 minutes ago

  Idk wtf Roku did but every time I'm paused too long now it doesn't go to the screensaver I have set up, it goes to a Roku thing and then I can't get out of that screen without going to the home screen first?? FIX IT @Roku and don't you dare blame me, I checked my settings

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  Lisa (@_lovablecurves) reported 19 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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  Brian Kemm (@BrianKemm) reported 20 minutes ago

  @mrhappybw @Roku Boooo. Thanks for the intel. And, well, sigh. If I wanted to go through all the hassle (with no guaranteed fix), I’d just as soon start using a different brand if I have to log into everything again 🤡 These tech companies really are entirely out of their minds

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  Peter Jones (@Peter_B_Jones) reported 21 minutes ago

  @Roku after being a long time customer for over 15 years and bought over 15 devices from you, the best you can offer is 30% off when one of your most expensive devices stops working because of a hardware issue?!?! Not to mention terrible customer support!!!

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  Melt Wizard (@melt_wizard) reported 23 minutes ago

  @Roku @DeeRugz718 This **** is awful!!! Change it back!!!

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  Brett Bear (@MikeyBoom32) reported 23 minutes ago

  @Roku Roku tells you force restart, unplug and do the secret remote cache restart. None of it works because the new software sucks. If your lucky enough to not have a bricked tv you are left with just horrible service. FIX THE SOFTWARE UPDATE.Hopefully Fox will rethink the purchase

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  Eff-the-left (@norcal06warrior) reported 26 minutes ago

  @Roku All other steaming apps work fine, it's only happening with Netflix

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  Meghan S (@DrMeghanS) reported 29 minutes ago

  @red_chem_lite @Roku My yorkie used to chew and we got bitters spray. That helped her a lot. Now she only chews on her toys. My other dog the bitters spray didn’t work as well but he eventually grew out of the chewing phase after a year or two. Maybe try the bitters spray on the remote cover?

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  Missouri_Gamer (@ultramantis7) reported 29 minutes ago

  @Roku FoxOne on the Roku Channel does not work; Fox apparently cannot stream the games to Roku. It isn't Roku's fault, but why am I paying $20 a month?

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  Kris G. (@Gundament) reported 29 minutes ago

  @Roku Hey can you guys fix a bug on your new Home Screen? When you click on the inputs from the home screen shortcuts, we are getting a green and blue lines all over the screen. But when we click the Inputs from the "Input List" tab, they work fine. Please fix in the next update.

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  trapuh (@trapuh) reported 38 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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  Lee 🇺🇸 (@redneckleeusmc) reported 39 minutes ago

  @Roku @mohzam1997 Roll it back. Its awful.

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  tac0ghost 👻🇺🇲👻 (@tacooghost) reported 41 minutes ago

  @Morticia121212 @Roku The Roku sub shouldn't matter. Seems like an issue on their side.

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  Connor Smith (@CK_Smitty) reported 42 minutes ago

  @foxone App isn’t working on @Roku. Turns on for 5 mins then goes back to Home Screen. Help.

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  Sanah (@sanahbequiet) reported 44 minutes ago

  Had to buy another Roku stick cause mines just randomly stop working like first it was my Roku tv now it’s the stick like Roku is the problem g I’m so irritated @Roku get y’all’s **** together

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  Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) reported 50 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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  Arika ⸆⸉ ♡ (@arikajeannoel) reported 54 minutes ago

  @Roku This is TERRIBLE! How do I revert back to the old home screen. Literally no one asked for this

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  Kaiju Cowboy (@GojiraOmega) reported 56 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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  Heather Larson 955,703 (@WriterHeatherL) reported 57 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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  Mario Banda (@largemarge707) reported 58 minutes ago

  @Roku just got home from work, sat down to watch the game on Peacock. But guess what. Your stupid widget had the France Spain score displayed. One of the last few world cup matches left to watch and your stupid home screen ruined it for me🤬🤬🤬🤬