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Roku Details AI Voice, Live Scores, and Search Upgrades in Platform-Wide Update

The changes start reaching devices in the coming months, targeting Roku’s roughly 90 million streaming households.

Overview

  • Roku updates its voice assistant with AI that answers natural-language questions on screen and links to relevant movies and shows.
  • Roku Sports adds real-time Live Scores with an option to hide results plus mobile Reminders for upcoming games.
  • Platform search reaches more surfaces, including the Live TV Zone, with Live TV Channel Guide support planned, and titles will surface up to two apps based on active subscriptions.
  • The mobile app gains shortcuts for closed captions and the sleep timer, a find-my-remote option, daily trivia, and a Rate button to improve recommendations.
  • Trailers get a Ways to Watch button for instant playback, and Bluetooth headphone mode expands to Roku Streaming Stick and Streaming Stick Plus, with features rolling out over the coming months.