Update: I found a work-around on Reddit. I was able to get my private listening audio to work on my phone by changing the Audio settings on my Roku device from Auto to Stereo.
This happened to me before. And it happened again this week.
private listening works great except with Apple TV channel. Netflix no problem, Apple TV problem. Changing the audio settings fixes it. Thanks!!
Thanks, I have been trying to figure this out for a couple weeks. Happened for the first time 2022 with latest IOS updates. Finally worked immediately:
My ear buds and pile speakers have stopped working with the Roku app. They work fine with every other app on my Android phone. This started around 1-14-22. When I looked up the last update for the app, it was 1/14/22. I think they messed up the app on the last update...
I tried your solution several times it doesn’t work for me
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Danny
The last Update 15.2.1 on I pad and I phone seems to have fixed the sound problem
I have auto updates on and last night my I pad updated and now the private listening in roku app works.
I would suggest to anyone who is experiencing this problem to up date their I pad or I phone. Hopefully this is a permanent fix.
thanks
Did not fix unfortunately.
My devices:
TL;DR Roku private listening feature no longer connecting to bluetooth device, playing audio through my phone speakers.
For the past month I've been connecting my bluetooth speaker to my phone and using it with the roku app's private listening feature. Occasionally the app wouldn't play sound through the connected speaker and would play directly through my phone speakers instead, so I'd have to do one of several things until it worked: turn private listening on and off again, turn the speakers on and off again, restart the roku TV, or restart the roku app. Usually turning private listening on and off was enough.
Now, for the past few days, none of the previous solutions I used will work anymore and the private listening will only play through my phone speakers. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app and it's still doing the same thing. The roku app and TV are updated to their latest versions.
This is not an issue with the speakers, playing any other audio from any other source on my phone will successfully play through the speakers. It's only when I have private listening on the roku app that it plays through my phone speakers instead.
Make sure your phone is on the same wifi network as the Roku. I keep iot devices like Roku on their own separate network to protect my home network from insecure iot devices. Switching my phone to that Wi-Fi worked for me