We're grateful to have you here in the Roku Community, @PamN!
Thanks for sharing your input about utilizing your remotes. We'd like to provide further information about this.
Some Roku voice remotes incorporate both wireless and infrared (IR) technologies to seamlessly control your Roku streaming device and aspects of your TV. Once you set up your Roku device and voice remote, you can control power on/off and volume for select TV brands and models.
We have a support article dedicated to this: How to set up your Roku voice remote to control your TV
However, this feature is not available on the Roku Players (simple) remote. If you want to upgrade your remote, you may visit our Product website.
We hope you find this information helpful.
Best regards,
Carly
Carly Y.
Roku Community Moderator
