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.
makaiguy Is there someplace that shows what tests Roku are running? How do you know this is just a test and not a permanent change? Just curious.
This stupid test takes away one of the last remaining features that made owning a Roku TV unique: being able to customize the home screen with your own inputs and making them easily/quickly accessible—NOT requiring extra clicks to do so.
This along with the absolutely nonsensical way the Live TV menu doesn’t just let you stay within the favorite channels section (it reverts to All Channels each and every time) are making me want a new tv—from another brand.
quipsterk wrote:makaiguy Is there someplace that shows what tests Roku are running? How do you know this is just a test and not a permanent change? Just curious.
Once in a long while, if we squeeze them hard enough, Roku actually feeds the handful of users they have designated as Experts a little info we can use to answer questions.
i have all these you listed and for the most part i have enjoyed them .. except the nested tv input. one fix would be if i my tv input that i wanted to continue watching would show up in the list or if the continue watching list was customizable.. now that would be ok with me
My inputs have returned to my home screen! They are no longer nested and i am thrilled. “Continue watching” is located on “what to watch screen” and i love that. Also know that i seem to be one of the testers as i have had unexpected features. Thanks for listening Roku!!!
I'm glad they fixed it for you! Unfortunately, my Roku TV still has the inputs buried in the "TV Inputs" folder with no option to move them to the home screen 😞 I should mention that it is not a TCL (it's an Element branded Roku TV), but I assumed that the Roku TV interface software is the same for all manufacturers.
I haven't received these test items on any of my Rokus, but if there are items you would prefer not to have in this Continue Watching list, I've been told if you click the remote * button on them, you'll be given the option of removing them.
Yes, with the * button you can remove items from the TV inputs nested menu list, but you still have to go to the TV Inputs menu to get to Live TV, Cable TV, HDMI, etc. You cannot have one or two single choices show on the home screen, like before. It is ridiculous and very annoying!
