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JimL's avatar
JimL
Streaming Star
2 years ago

Thank you! Roku's Live TV Channel Guide fix for Favorites.

Just a quick note of thanks to the developers/mantainers for Roku's Live TV channel guide fix!  Apologies if this isn't in the right place but I couldn't find where I should drop this note of thanks.

For those new or not familiar with what I am referencing, when starting the Live TV channel app, as before, it defaults to the last channel watched.  However, instead of defaulting to All Channels as a category and having to scroll down to my Favorites every time I wanted to change channels, it now remains in my Favorites category.  When one goes through the trouble of selecting only the channels they want to watch, this is significant.

Again, thank you to the team that corrected this!

-Jim

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23 Replies

  • optikhog's avatar
    optikhog
    Roku Guru
    2 years ago

    Looking forward to seeing this change.  I checked last night and mine is still in the old ALL CHANNELS mode by default.

    • THSnow's avatar
      THSnow
      Newbie
      2 years ago

      Really?  Then how does one apply that fix? Is it only available on new TVs or by purchasing another attachment? 

  • Ckatziff's avatar
    Ckatziff
    Reel Rookie
    2 years ago

    Ok so how did you get it fixed back? I’ve been waiting forever for this answer and so far nothing.  

    • optikhog's avatar
      optikhog
      Roku Guru
      2 years ago

      I don't think we're looking for support here.  JimL described the scenario by which opening the Live TV guide defaulted to favorite channels for him, but we have not yet seen this behavior.

      • JimL's avatar
        JimL
        Streaming Star
        2 years ago

        It's still working on my three Roku units (Express, Express 4K+, and Streambar).  What I find is that if you were in Favorites when you left the app, you will be in Favorites the next time you start the app. 

        The confusion might be that when you go back into the app, you should already in Favorites, but you're selection is way to the left in categories.  So, if you move up or down from there, you will change categories.  Just move a couple of notches/blocks to the right when you start the app and you can then scroll up or down through your Favorites.  If this is what you're experiencing, you will quickly get used to it.  I'm still appreciating this fix!