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Roku players are a series of digital video & media players manufactured by Roku, Inc. Roku partners provide over-the-top content in the form of channels used to stream TV and movies.

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.

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Most Reported Problems

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

  • 28% Crashing (28%)
  • 27% Sign in (27%)
  • 20% Buffering (20%)
  • 20% Playback Issues (20%)
  • 5% Video Quality (5%)

Live Outage Map

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

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Lexington Crashing 15 hours ago
Ringwood Playback Issues 16 hours ago
Reno Buffering 2 days ago
Woonsocket Buffering 2 days ago
Eustis Sign in 2 days ago
Junction City Sign in 2 days ago
Full Outage Map

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Roku Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • marekt
    Marek Tyrpa @marekt@dotnet.social (@marekt) reported

    @slinganswers Are you guys having issues with your Roku app? Two of my Roku devices updated the Sling app and now sling will not start. Just stuck on the red loading wheel.

  • HarveyJackalope
    Harvey Jackalope (@HarveyJackalope) reported

    @AppleTV and @Roku need to figure out why I can't watch @F1 without the Roku freezing and restarting after 10 minutes. Having no such issues watching on my phone.

  • mac_attack54
    Joe McIlvain (@mac_attack54) reported

    @Roku I’ve seen dollar stores in poor areas with higher quality product than you

  • captwfcall
    🌱 Colt Seavers 🦅 (@captwfcall) reported

    @Roku your stuff is still broken as of 5:37pm cst. cant load directv, hulu, etc. *did system restart

  • RiseLordWilson
    ✘ 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐒𝐎𝐍 (@RiseLordWilson) reported

    @Roku Day 9,000 of asking you to fix your **** *** private listening on your app.

  • Xuser784
    Greg (@Xuser784) reported

    @Roku system keeps crashing. This is a new issue as of today.

  • DrinkyUncle
    Kickball Legend (@DrinkyUncle) reported

    @MSNOWNews your channel on @Roku has not worked in two weeks. Every other channel works fine. It’s you. Maybe you can fix that ****?

  • MarkTapanes
    Mark Tapanes (@MarkTapanes) reported

    @RokuSupport @Roku I’ve emailed 5x on case 00135722 and then yesterday I got an email asking if I still need help. Still need help- thanks!

  • RichCEOAlpha
    Vash (old account suspended) (@RichCEOAlpha) reported

    Bro @Roku I hate you I tried turning the brightness up on my tv but now its pitch black and I can’t ******* fix it what ******** #rokusbiggesthater

  • RealtorNickH
    Nicholas Helton (@RealtorNickH) reported

    Anyone else have issues with @Roku remotes? 3rd time replacing it and now the one I bought in January is broken and they won't replace it either!

  • Smoke3x
    (Rebəl) Shane (@Smoke3x) reported

    @Roku your @espn app is STILL screwed up! Y’all need to fix it!

  • Witchmaster
    Witchmaster (@Witchmaster) reported

    @Roku @raizalicea Roku is still broken. My continue watching has necroed shows I've completed over a year ago, and still has items i cannot remove. I get it, you guys have no real competition so there's no reason to worry about quality or reliability.... Just outsource it to programmers that know

  • tonywhaley
    @tonywhaley@mastodon.world (@tonywhaley) reported

    @tagesschau Please fix the Tagesschau Roku app in the US! Viewers can't watch Tagesschau in the US. I've tried calling NDR in Hamburg to fix the problem, but they couldn't help.

  • RobbyThomas2525
    Robby Thomas (@RobbyThomas2525) reported

    iphone computer even my roku streambar just the streaming sticks is having this problem and the version i'm on for both my rokus are 15.1.4 @Roku @RokuSupport

  • harty2you
    Alan Hartland (@harty2you) reported

    @Roku well done , my HD Streaming stick is now getting BBC iPlayer that has been unavailable for the past few days. Obviously a major Tech problem.

  • Hubbyboogie
    Bill K. (@Hubbyboogie) reported

    @LCLoudmouth @Roku I think I read they’re going to be fixing that issue.

  • aaron_0903
    Aaron Berger (@aaron_0903) reported

    @hulu_support Well, my hulu live is 3 hrs behind on both ROKU and the HULU app on my LG TV. But the app on my phone is good. What's the problem?

  • inkredableXR
    snow hamas (@inkredableXR) reported

    get my HBO app to work or send me a new tv @RokuSupport @Roku

  • Mdvecchio1
    MDV (michael delvecchio (@Mdvecchio1) reported

    @Roku staying in a rental with a roku tv. Absolutely awful quality and user experience. This brand is toast lol what a piece of ****

  • imanidrayton27
    Imani Drayton (@imanidrayton27) reported

    @gcanderson57 @PlutoTV @Roku I'm using a Hisense Roku TV and mine does the same thing you've mentioned. I pretty much did everything reopened the app, restarted the TV and neither of those things worked. Like I said it could be the app that's causing the problem.

  • SarahDoesKC
    Sarah with an h (@SarahDoesKC) reported

    This is a total first world problem, but I lose my mind that it takes 12 minutes and 85 clicks to finally get to the show I’m trying to watch and one accidental step of my dog to wind up on Roku Greatest Hits.

  • TheBlogfines
    Matt Clapp (@TheBlogfines) reported

    @cbailsvcu And you didn't even see a Roku time slot on there. Those are the worst.

  • RobbyThomas2525
    Robby Thomas (@RobbyThomas2525) reported

    @Roku @RokuSupport i got a problem with playing video files from a NAS using the roku media player app i have videos that worked before but after i started using the format MPEG2 and AC3 and it's a .MKV file the video works but not the audio doesn't work it works on my

  • ManuteSwol
    Jason (@ManuteSwol) reported

    @Roku Are you guys having some kind of outage? One of my devices failed to update... I factory reset it and now cannot add Apps. Your web site says there is a known issue. How about an update?

  • MaleniYaritza
    Yaaarrittzzza☀️ (@MaleniYaritza) reported

    Anyone having issues with @Roku 😭

  • mkeuplvr
    TtMarie (@mkeuplvr) reported

    @paramountplus has the absolute worst customer service?I have ever seen in my life.I startED Paramount+ with the roku channel. They asked me for my debit card and started charging me two accounts and despite proof keeps saying nothing they can do! give me MY MONRY BACK!!!!

  • Ann_Elyse
    Ann_Elyse (@Ann_Elyse) reported

    @hulu_support Hulu live is down AGAIN on all platforms - Roku, app, etc. I've tried all of your steps and nothing works . . . the problem is on your end not the customer!

  • disappointedAF
    we_are_disappointed (@disappointedAF) reported

    @OGCrimsonJester Just caught Big Trouble last night on Roku.

  • redheadgrl04
    redheadgrl🍂 (@redheadgrl04) reported

    Let’s see if @Hulu will actually work today. I dunno if it’s on their end or @Roku but all week I’ve had problems.

  • johns_jewels
    John Anthony Morris (@johns_jewels) reported

    @hulu_support Network error message. Streaming on @Roku TV. Settings indicate I’m connected with excellent signal strength.