Yep, problem solved. It’s an issue with photo streams.
update Google photo streams First as an app. Go in edit add your own photos and connect to backdrops, and it will load.
hope that helps!
Hey everyone!
Thanks for sharing the issue with the photostream! We want to dig into this a bit more. Could you send us the following:
Appreciate it!
Roku Community Team
I have a bunch of family photos on Photo Streams. I'm upset; I use it while I'm cleaning during the day. It's soothing to watch the pictures change while listening to music and cleaning. I hope this doesn't last.
Sometime during the middle of the day today, I started receiving a message that the Roku Photo Stream Channel has been removed after clicking on the Roku Photo Stream App.
I'm using a Roku Ultra Model 4660X.
Software Version is 14.1.4.7709.
It's been working great for the longest time.
I also went through the debugging steps which I've seen in community posts of removing the Photo Stream app, restarting the device, and reinstalling.
No change.
It's a nice feature to have and have enjoyed it.
Any advice on how to get this working again would be appreciated.
The Backdrops and Photostream Apps are not working. When you click on the app(s), it states that the channel has been removed. Tech support not aware. They escalated the issue to a specialist, also not aware. I explained that others in the Community were reporting the same problem today 4/17/25. Ran through the troubleshooting steps I took: Removing the app(s), restarting the ROKU player, then adding the apps back to my home page, but that the same message appears. Tech Support had me click home button 5 times then Back button 5 times to create a tracking issue ID. I gave them the information and then I told them I noted that there were at least 15 to 20 replies with the same issue in the ROKU Community forum. They then wanted to know my internet provider. They also stated that they now have confirmation that there is an issue and were going to escalate the issue further. This is their reply:
From Tech support: I've escalated your case to our Engineering team to review, and you can expect that once we've fixed the issue, your device will update on its own, so there's no need to follow up. This may take some time, but rest assured that your issue will be investigated as quickly as possible. We may reach out to you if our Engineers need more information, so please keep an eye on your email.
I already provided the Tracker Issue ID information to a tech support specialist who stated this:
From Tech support: I've escalated your case to our Engineering team to review, and you can expect that once we've fixed the issue, your device will update on its own, so there's no need to follow up. This may take some time, but rest assured that your issue will be investigated as quickly as possible. We may reach out to you if our Engineers need more information, so please keep an eye on your email.
Hoping it’s just a glitch in the Matrix. If it has been permanently removed, extremely disappointing!
Perform a manual update. You'll be back in business;
Thanks for sharing this Photo stream and Backdrop issue with us. Let's see if this will work for you.
Do I send those photos to you or someone else. I followed the instructions, I just don't know who to send them to.