Went away for the weekend and my TCL roku TV apparently updated. Now in order to choose my av receiver input for gaming, I have to to into the "TV inputs" option, then choose av receiver. It used to be just a standalone choice. Please don't tell me there's no way to put it back the way it was. It's only one extra click but it's an entirely useless change.
Same for me. This was a big detriment to my parents who don't know technology. Suddenly everything "changed"
Same thing just happened to my TV. This is a huge step back in quality of life. I have those inputs in specific spaces on my screen because they are for different consoles and connections to the TV, which I use all the time. Now having them in their own sub-menu is going to cause so much wasted time and stress. Can we get an option to change it back?
Seeing the same thing. Had a bunch of inputs that are now nested and take more clicks to get to now.
Roku: please provide a way for us to change this back!
Seeing the same thing. Strange misstep for Roku. It either needs to go back to how it was where you could add the individual inputs to your channels list or they should provide an option to choose whether you'd rather have the consolidated "TV inputs" channel instead.
The same thing happened on my TV. When they make changes like this it should be an option. I know they are trying to "improve" the experience, but if nothing is wrong why try to fix it? What was simple has now become slightly more complex. The change was confusing at first because I had my apps arranged the way I wanted them and I had become accustomed to their location. And as I have stated this should have been an option and not forced on us.
I have hisense roku and am in my 60’s i have spent an hour looking for a work around i do not like this at all and if i didnt have 3 of these tv’s i would consider getting something else i dislike it that much i want to setup my home screen for what i use this is awful
Yeah this is terrible. My PS5 and Switch are both in there and I use them daily. Annoying to have to drill into a menu/folder to do that.
I really wish people making UX changes like this would talk to users and listen to what they want.
At the least we should be able to disable this behavior in the settings.
Roku is testing some changes to the Roku home page with some "lucky" random users. Changes I know of are:
• A Continue Watching bar
• Channel grid of 4 smaller tiles wide instead of 3 "normal" tiles wide
• On Roku TVs, tiles for individual input sources gathered under one single Inputs tile.
I urge anyone receiving these tests to feed back their opinions, positive, negative, or with suggestions for improvement, to Roku. About the only way to do this is by posting here in the Community as some of you have done.
Roku... reverse this strange and cumbersome change. Please let me put my individual inputs back on the home page, rather than have to click through to find them. At least give us the option to choose.
This is awful on so many fronts. First, this change is pushed out to a select few without their knowledge. Not a good practice at all. Second, it makes navigation to different inputs more cumbersome than it was before. I'm fine if they want to include this as an optional way to organize inputs, but to force extra steps to get to the input you want is a step back.
Also, think of the headache you just caused for your customers that aren't that technologically adept and those of us who provide support to them. The easy, clear, familiar way of choosing inputs just changed without any notice. Cue the phone call to the family member that helps them who has no idea why things have changed or how they changed. Cue the frustrating conversation, the visit to the house to see first hand what is going on. Cue the internet search to eventually see this page. Cue the new training session to teach someone not great with technology how to do things differently knowing that this may change again. Some people like or need stability and simplicity in their day to day. This makes navigation less straightforward and the way you rolled it out is just plain awful. Don't beta test on customers who have not explicitly chosen to participate. Reverse this, please.
Completely agree! My husband and and have been trying to fix for me to finally break down and Google it and find that it's not a bug, but a weird update! I really really hate it, as everything was simple and perfectly organized before! Why change this and make it more chaotic and harder to access? It makes no sense!
Mine keeps switching back and forth between the nested menu and having them broke out again tonight.
The love of God leave it unnested this was a terrible change I hate it so much glad to see it back even for a second it's so much better it's not even funny!
Welcome, and thank you for posting here at the Roku Community, Unpopular!
We hear you and certainly value your feedback, as your satisfaction and convenience are what we aim for. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused you. Rest assured that the Roku streaming platform is constantly upgrading its system and features.
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I'm just chiming in to say I also hate this change. Having them in a menu serves no purpose. Even just having to use the home screen to cycle inputs is a downgrade already compared to non-"smart" devices and PC monitors that managed it fine with the click of a button on the remote.
I'd rather place the apps and channels in their own menu since I have no interest in them and they needlessly waste a lot of space on the home screen. If I could've bought an HDR 4k TV without Roku for the price I paid I would have.
Glad to see these being discussed here.
Does anyone use Outlook.com for their email? Roku is worse than them! Outlook is constantly changing **bleep** that doesn't need to be changed and I'm sure it is because if the people didn't come up with ways to change **bleep**, they'd get fired, even if those changes aren't useful.
Roku, get rid of this and everything else you think you've "upgraded" over the years. If I could roll back my firmware to the date I bought my TV, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
