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| Topic: | ROKU update today This thread has 10 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on July 7, 2026 at 19:14 |
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My ROKU updated spontaneity today. The screen layout is different. There was a cute announcement stating that they had approved things for me. I’m not so sure about “improvement” because I liked the old scheme better. It seems like this new scheme makes it easier for them to push content on me. I haven’t yet heard from any customers.
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| OP | Post 2 made on July 7, 2026 at 20:05 |
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If you go to the Home Screen settings, you can “hide” most of the new ‘features’. Edited minor typo.
Last edited by buzz on July 7, 2026 21:58. |
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| Post 3 made on July 8, 2026 at 11:55 |
Brad Humphrey Super Member |
Joined: Posts: RC XP: | February 2004 2,725 666⭐︎ |
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You are late to the party. They have been announcing this change all year. And for the last several months, any new Roku's you installed would have had the new home screen by default. To catch you up on Roku news. Fox bought Roku last month. What this is going to mean for Roku is yet unknown. But everyone agrees, they don't think it's good. And yes, the new home screen is all about pushing ads. It is noticeably worse than the old home screen we have had for a decade. But as the old saying goes "If it ain't broke, fix it anyway".
And to elaborate on this even more = They were getting pushed a lot by the younger generations, that their home screen looked so dated. This is why we can't have nice things - everyone* under 30 with their mental issues & ADHD just can't be happy with perfection. They are not happy unless something is screwed up and broken. * I know not everyone but damned if it doesn't seem like the majority of them. |
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| OP | Post 4 made on July 8, 2026 at 17:06 |
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Interesting. About a month ago I installed two newly purchased Ultra’s and didn’t notice a significant change. They did change their networking support and I had to react to that. (I’m using IP control.) It was my home unit that updated and freaked me out because I’m expecting customer contact.
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| Post 5 made on July 8, 2026 at 22:06 |
Brad Humphrey Super Member |
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Weird. You should have gotten the new home menu on those you did last month. There was an option to switch back to the original home menu at that time. Now I believe no one has a choice but to use the new home menu. |
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| Post 6 made on July 8, 2026 at 22:57 |
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My daily used Roku which is Roku Streambar Pro didn't get the new Home screen until a couple of days ago. No other Roku in the house has gotten it yet which includes two Ultras 4800 and 4850.
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| Post 7 made on July 10, 2026 at 12:03 |
internetraver Advanced Member |
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I know this thread is about Roku, but I'll extend the bitch session to Samsung and Sony. Now we can't even finish set up a TV with a fkng Google or Samsung account. Samsung has been this way for a while but now Sony. I don't really use LG, are they the same? The level of tracking and ad face slapping is insanity. |
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| Post 8 made on July 10, 2026 at 13:47 |
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I sell only Sony and I never sign in to a Google account. I also don’t use any of the TV’s built in apps as all my clients use Apple TV. I stop and disable as much as I can. The TV effectively becomes a dumb monitor.
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| Post 9 made on July 10, 2026 at 21:12 |
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I noticed the new home screen, nice to have smaller tiles. However, some things cannot be disabled, the frequent promotions can be whack-a-moled away. And if you search for secret menus you can have the ad on right side of screen disappear with some persistence. These 2 are phoning home often on my home network and are blocked:
scribe.logs.roku.com (adblock turned on in unifi)
samples.voice.cti.roku.com
display.ravm.tv (infrequent) My own rules:
samples.voice.cti.roku.com
img.roku.com
display.ravm.tv
samples.voice.cti.roku.com
customer-feedbacks.web.roku.com
amoeba-plus.web.roku.com
p.ads.roku.com
digdug-g2.logs.roku.com I won't start about Samsung and their analytics.... |
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| Post 10 made on July 11, 2026 at 19:08 |
internetraver Advanced Member |
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On July 10, 2026 at 13:47, P2P said...
I sell only Sony and I never sign in to a Google account. I also don’t use any of the TV’s built in apps as all my clients use Apple TV. I stop and disable as much as I can. The TV effectively becomes a dumb monitor. So you don't even update the TV's? The new Sony's don't seem to let you even do that without signing in. |
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| Post 11 made on July 13, 2026 at 14:48 |
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On July 11, 2026 at 19:08, internetraver said...
So you don't even update the TV's? The new Sony's don't seem to let you even do that without signing in. Not sure about the new 2026 models as I haven’t put one in yet, but you don’t need to sign in to anything on the previous ones. First thing I do with a new TV is update firmware, disable / delete everything I can, then do all of the normal setup things like disabling unused inputs, etc. Lastly I go into the installer menu to change any CI features. |
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