Roku® OS 9 Release Notes
Today we’re beginning to roll out Roku OS 9, an update to the operating system that powers Roku® streaming players, Roku TV™ models and new Roku TV™ Wireless Speakers. This update includes new features such as Automatic Volume Leveling for select Roku devices, voice enhancements including “free” genre search, and performance improvements aimed at delivering the best possible streaming experience when using supported Roku devices.
Roku OS 9 will begin rolling out to select Roku streaming players starting today and is expected to rollout to all supported streaming players by the end of the year. Roku TV models are expected to receive the update in early 2019. A list of key Roku OS 9 features and updates, as well as supported Roku devices, is included below.
Note: Some updates apply to specific Roku devices. In those instances, additional information on where to view supported devices is included.
Key Roku OS 9 features:
Note that this feature will be available on Roku TVs running Roku OS 8.2 when they are paired with the new Roku TV Wireless Speakers.
In addition, customers can now control media playback using their voice to pause, fast forward and more. When using voice search and control, customers will see a new heads-up-display (HUD), as well as receive audio feedback, to provide confirmation that their voice intent was understood.
Additional information about voice search and controls, as well as supported devices, can be found here.
This feature is already available on Roku TV models running Roku OS 8.2.
To view the full list of Roku devices that support voice controls, please click here.
Voice control of these music services is already available on Roku TV models running Roku OS 8.2.
Spotify will be available to add on Roku TV models running Roku OS 8.2.
Supported Roku devices receiving Roku OS 9:
* Note: Streaming channel developers, content partners, advertisers and anyone who would like information related to SDK updates and additional improvements within Roku OS 9 can find more info on the Roku Developer Blog or in our SDK documentation.
Happy Streaming!
"drphibes13" wrote:
Is there going to be a way for a manual update, for those of us extremely eager to finally have Spotify back? It's been almost a whole year, which is almost a whole year too long!
"aphexacid" wrote:
Looking forward to getting Spotify back. Hopefully this doesn’t screw stuff up like the last big update.
"RokuShawnS" wrote:"drphibes13" wrote:
Is there going to be a way for a manual update, for those of us extremely eager to finally have Spotify back? It's been almost a whole year, which is almost a whole year too long!
It will be a while before we allow manual update while we monitor logs.