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Karma_'s avatar
Karma_
Roku Guru
8 months ago

Roku please add a Shuffle and Repeat buttons for your next remote for music apps such as Spotify

Id really appreciate if there were repeat and shuffle buttons on the next model remote for Roku Ultra. This would allow me to change the shuffle or repeat šŸ” šŸ”€ state just by pressing remote buttons.

Maybe put a white light above the buttons showing what state of repeat is currently used. And to see wether Shuffle is currently ON or OFF just by looking at a white light above the remote button. Spotify has repeat for current playlist/album or repeat current song. Or Shuffle.

The Live button and streaming service buttons are useless to me and just ads. I never use those and they add unnecessary clutter to the remote.

Roku, please instead add usual functionality buttons to the remote such as repeat, shuffle.

Remove the Live and Streaming services buttons which are basically ads, because the Streaming services such as Netflix, Disney+ paid you to have a permanent place on the remote. 

 

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7 Replies

  • atc98092's avatar
    atc98092
    Community Streaming Expert
    8 months ago

    Why put buttons on the remote that are only useful for certain apps? Roku keeps their remotes simple by only having buttons that can be used on all available apps. I can't think of any streaming player that has buttons that only works with specific apps, so this isn't specific to Roku.

    • Karma_'s avatar
      Karma_
      Roku Guru
      8 months ago

      atc98092 Iā€™m sorry did you read the title? It says for music apps as such as Spotify. This includes all music apps not only Spotify, and adds useful functionality when youā€™re using music apps. So adding those buttons in the next remote would be useful for any music app. Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, you name it.

      Also you claim ā€žRoku keeps their remotes simpleā€œ which is very obviously not true. Because of the clutter of streaming service buttons and the IMHO useless Live button the Roku remote is anytime but simple unfortunatelyā€¦ They are paid by these streaming services to have their apps added to the remote regardless of wether people pay for and use those appsā€¦

      So Iā€™m not sure why youā€™re opposed to this idea of adding useful functionality for ALL music streaming apps. 

      • atc98092's avatar
        atc98092
        Community Streaming Expert
        8 months ago

        It's still only a limited number of apps that would use those buttons. The majority of apps used on a Roku are video based, and there's little use for such buttons on that sort of media. You also mentioned the button on the remote should have a light indicating the current status of the button in use. That would be a huge power draw, not only for powering the light but the need for constant two-way communications between the remote and the Roku. Simply not practical.

        The Roku Media Player does have the ability to repeat and shuffle playback, but that's within the app itself. The music apps you refer to can add the same ability within their apps if they desire.

        I'm not against Roku adding useful buttons to their remote. Roku has been asked for many years to add number buttons for direct access of channels on the TV version or within apps that have channels (such as Pluto TV). Those would be useful for many more users than the music only apps, but Roku has ignored that request for a very long time.