@James_NYC@Matusow@DBDukes (et al)
TL;DR:
RokuTV's often have delayed/confused YT/YTTV versions/build updates due to differing RokuOS builds/hardware capabilities and are the "red headed step-child" of Roku and therefore Google support.
Non-4K/HDR player models dont have the speed setting because they are on an older/less capable platform build.
Contact BOTH Roku & Google to address the old-build/delayed-functionality of YT/YTTV apps for Roku TVs.
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Google's YT/YTTV apps (and those of some other developer's like NetFlix) use a dual-layered app approach, with a platform layer that delivers platform/hardware-specific functionality (updated via the platform's update process via updates published to the platforms app servers/system), and a UI layer that delivers a capabilities-based "universal" user interface (updated at run time via download from Google's servers).
These two layers together form the app on a given device, and the dual layers have different versioning, the (external) platform layer being dependent on the platform's versioning system (e.g. 2.21.94005088), and the UI layer being dependent on Google's (internal) "universal" UI versioning system (e.g. web_20220309_10_RC00)
For the Roku platform, Google uses both model (range) & RokuOS version/build specific platform-layer app builds for the YT/YTTV apps (it can be complex/complicated).
Generally, it breaks down as follows per current versions/builds:
- Legacy: 2.0.93900086 (e.g. 2710)
- Non-4K/HDR: 2.20.93005147 (e.g. 3800/3910)
- 4K/HDR: 2.21.94005088 (e.g. 3810/4670/4800 - This was 2.20.xxxxxxxx until late last year/early this year, when they were bumped up to Latest version/build)
- Latest release model(s): 2.21.94005088 (e.g. 3820)
- Roku TVs/others: 2.21.94005088/2.20.93005147/etc
Generally speaking, the newest models (which are almost always on a different RokuOS track: X.X.1) get the newest YT/YTTV (and NF for that matter) versions/builds, and 3-12 months later this version/build is expanded to all capable models.
You'll notice that Roku TVs are their own category, and they often have different RokuOS builds for different TV's with different capabilities (e.g. 4K/HDR vs 1080p vs 720p vs etc) - because of this, their YT/YTTV versions/builds are often behind/delayed relative to the player models, and even if current, their functionality limited/"confused" at times due to the differing RokuOS builds.
This is a routine/occasional problem for the YT/YTTV apps for RokuTVs, and is only addressed when both Roku and Google are pressed on the issue (the TV manufacturers are out of this loop).
