YouTube TV app removed from Roku
I have a Roku TV, and 2 other Roku devices. I will be switching all my streaming devices and getting Apple TV or Google Chromcast since Roku thought it was a good idea to remove YouTube TV! These 💩 ...
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There are many Roku apps and only a fraction come pre-installed. Typically, if you set up a new Roku on the same Roku account as the previous Roku(s), then the same apps automatically download. However, if you have changed Roku accounts, then you will need to download them again.
Or if you mean those 4 buttons on the bottom of remote, those are for advertising (Roku gets paid to put those on there) so any new Roku might have any 4 preset buttons. But this doesn’t limit what apps you can run, it just means that some apps may or may not be accessible via a single button press.
I’m saying you can not download or get YouTube TV AT ALL on any new Roku device. Any newer device does not have it and you are not able to get the channel added unless you open YouTube and open YouTube TV through the regular YouTube app. Not ideal every time you want to watch tv. Look up Google and Roku dispute. Roku removed the app as a result of their dispute. I’m taking back my new device that does not have the option to download or use YouTube TV app.
Jtfendel72 wrote:I’m saying you can not download or get YouTube TV AT ALL on any new Roku device. Any newer device does not have it and you are not able to get the channel added unless you open YouTube and open YouTube TV through the regular YouTube app. Not ideal every time you want to watch tv. Look up Google and Roku dispute. Roku removed the app as a result of their dispute. I’m taking back my new device that does not have the option to download or use YouTube TV app.
It's there for my Ultra 4800, which is a new-ish Roku. Roku has not removed the app. That dispute was settled over two years ago. I suggest checking the channel store again for the YTTV channel.
It’s now integrated as part of the YouTube app instead of two separate apps.
It may be integrated into the YouTube app but a separate YouTube TV app is also still available.
Analogy: you can subscribe to AMC+ inside of the Roku Channel, but a separate AMC+ app is still available.
Are you saying that when you search the app store for "YouTube TV" you don't see this?
For a Roku stick/streaming or from a Roku TV? The one I did was RokuTV and it’s wasn’t available via RokuTV.
Are you talking about the dispute between Google and Roku which was settled in December 2021?
Yeah if you search for: youtube tv removed from roku
You get lots of news reports from 2021 when that happened, but that dispute ended long ago. I see nothing about any current issue, (Except for this thread.)
As a test, I just added YouTube TV to my current-model Roku. There was no problem doing that,
