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RigidTexasMeat's avatar
RigidTexasMeat
Newbie
5 years ago
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How to watch Roku Channel shows and movies on my phone

Does roku have an app so we can see our list of channels and watch movies on our cell phone? If not, why not? Is this type of app in the works? I would pay a monthly fee if necessary. 

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  • RokuMary-F's avatar
    RokuMary-F
    Community Moderator
    5 years ago

    Hi RigidTexasMeat,

    Thanks for the inquiry.

    We currently have a Roku mobile app and The Roku channel mobile app. The Roku channel mobile app is a free application for iOS® and Android™ designed to let you enjoy all the great content from The Roku Channel on your mobile device.

    For future reference, here's how you can install The Roku channel mobile app and Roku mobile app:

    We hope that's helpful.

    Thanks,

    Mary

     

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    • Hettar7's avatar
      Hettar7
      Newbie
      4 years ago

      Your reply is not at all helpful or, in fact, accurate. What you link to says you can watch roku "on the go" yet when you read the article it says in order to use the app you have to be connected to the same wireless network that your roku device is on. .... if i have to connect to my home internet why would i bother to watch something on the app on my phone instead of my large screen tv at home? I want to watch roku channels while i'm away from my home network. Information on how to do that, if possible, would be helpful.

      • DBDukes's avatar
        DBDukes
        Community Streaming Expert
        4 years ago

        Hettar7 

        The connection to the same network is for using the remote portion of the app. Roku has recently combined everything into a single app, but it looks like the support pages aren't updated.

        You can watch The Roku Channel content via the Roku app on your mobile device, regardless of where you are.

        Of course, this only applies to content accessible via The Roku Channel. If you're talking about the separate apps installed on your Roku -- think Netflix, Hulu, etc -- then you'd naturally use those apps from the app store for your mobile device, not Roku.

        Using Netflix as an example, if you had an Android, you'd download the Netflix app from the Google Play Store and watch it that way. If you had an iOS device, you'd download the Netflix app from the Apple App Store and watch it that way. Roku wouldn't come into play.