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As a person who has a Roku on every single one of their TVs and a TCL Roku TV as their primary, I will never buy a Roku again and will switch to some other platform if I cannot remove this new ‘On Now’ section at the top of my Home Screen. The first thing I see on my TV should not be ads, especially for content I have zero interest in.
I even removed all the various Roku channels that this section is obviously tied to and it won’t go away, all of the recommended content still launches and plays. Guess it’s not really removed after all!
I suspect we will have to wait for a new firmware version for this to be removed. Assuming they are actually going to remove it. Firmware updates average about 6 months apart. You can see release dates in the link below. It is unlikely we will see this changed before April 2024.
https://developer.roku.com/docs/developer-program/release-notes/roku-os-release-notes.md
- renojim2 years agoCommunity Streaming Expert
cuulblu1, these changes to the Home Screen that Roku has been making lately seem to be unrelated to the software version. Roku can apparently make changes at will. I have yet to see the "On now" row on any of my Roku devices that are on the latest software.
- ElWadster2 years agoChannel Surfer
It's gone. Thanks, Roku.
- cuulblu12 years agoChannel Surfer
Don't get excited yet. It's disappeared from my home screen twice and came back a day later. I have the latest update. What ever they are doing it's irritating. Either remove, let us hide it or leave it alone. Preferably remove it.