Roku does not have a voice active remote, they have remote with voice search key, you have to press and speak to enable it.
Ruins this is a community forum, not tech support. The only Roku staff here are moderators, not tech help.
In my experience the voice remote mic is off unless you press the button. It's not like my Alexa device that is listening constantly.
So Roku staff doesn't respond but you all call yourself 'experts'. If that's something for how many times you post then it's misleading. Either you *are* an expert or you aren't. That's not meant to be inflammatory but it is meant to be judgemental.
Privacy and security concerns are real and nothing to be laughed at. Nor dismissed because *you* don't care. *I* care and so did the OP. There are other people that will never post but will quietly read and not get answers and, perhaps, never buy a Roku. I don't know.
I just think that if you don't have an informed, reasoned answer then you shouldn't be answering the question in a way that is meant to be a final answer. Couch it in 'this is my opinion' or 'I think such and such but I'm not all that concerned....' or whatever but don't just throw stuff out there just to throw stuff out there. (That 'you' wasn't directed at you but to the community at large. I do the same thing in my line of work. I never pretend to know all the answers. Nobody can and (just about) nobody does. That level of genius is rare and I've been privileged to work with a few.)
First, we don't call ourselves "experts". Roku has given us that label. So in general we usually have pretty good advice.
For this specific thread, I believe the question has been answered. For the standard voice remote, the mic is off unless the button is pressed. For the Voice Mic Pro, the mic is hot at all times, but can be turned off. Roku provides a privacy statement that can be found at this page. Note that this is specific to US users, and other countries might have a different policy.
