Roku Voice Remote (Official) for Roku Players, Roku TVs and Roku Audio

1) layout is good

so first of all this is a real roku remote that’s a perfect replacement for the remote that came with my tcl roku tv. All the buttons are in the same place with two exceptions: the voice search button is added in between the back arrow and star button and the the preset buttons were arranged two rows of two instead of vertical. That said, this upgraded remote was made with a feel so similar to the original remote that i needed 0 time to become accustom to the new layout.

2) false advertising regarding preset buttons

so if you’re like me, you see the blank preset buttons in the product photos, and think ‘finally, i’m rid of useless presets and can set my own.’ nope! The four presets came loaded with netflix, parmount plus, and two services that i don’t have: disney plus and apple tv. This what i hated most about the original remote which had a preset for amazon prime and netflix, but also included sling and cbs news (seriously it did) which i didn’t have. Roku, let me choose presets when ordering the remote if i can’t set them myself instead of sending me remotes with the presets apparently randomly chosen!

3) pairing was easy

i’m the type who reads the instructions, but they were short and simple. Go to the roku home screen. Put the batteries in, and press the pairing button located in the battery compartment until the indicator light in the battery compartment flashes green. I didn’t even get to pressing the pairing button. As soon as the batteries in, the indicator starting flashing, and the word ‘pairing’ started flashing on my tcl roku tv. Within seconds i had a second working roku remote (and the other one continues to work too so i can use either now).

4) voice search works

i was a little concerned that this feature wouldn’t work well given the inexpensive price, but it does! I can request to open a particular roku app like amazon prime or youtube, but i am also able to use voice to navigate around inside of an app. So for example, 1) i was able to use the voice feature to go to netflix, and then open a particular show inside of netflix; and 2) i was able to use voice to go to youtube, and then specifically request by voice to open my watch later list. Oh… And you can search out a particular show from the home menu with voice so you can simply say ‘house of the dragon’ and it will pull up options to watch it.

Overall:

i was disappointed by the presets were pre-populated, but at least roku didn’t stick cbs news on one of them this time. I was surprised at how well the voice function works as it makes finding programs so much easier. Overall, this is worth the relatively inexpensive price to upgrade your roku experience, and i really wish i had seen a mention sooner that roku voice remotes existed.

I have several roku devices (tvs and stand alone players) and have used the cheap remotes that come with some of the budget options (cheap roku tvs, stick model) and am always disappointed with their performance. The roku voice remote has a tv power and tv volume buttons and has rf capability, everything i could ever want in a remote. I do not use the voice option, so i cannot say anything about that functionality.

I was skeptical when i purchased it because it was so cheap, but the remote works terrific on my tcl roku tv. The best feature is the voice command to search for a show on a streaming app without having to spell it out using the abc buttons on the screen. The remote can talk into it to search for a show title. It makes using streaming apps so easy. Best thing i bought on amazon recently.

I purchased this as we lost our remote control and i had to keep borrowing one from another television, pairing it, then returning it and pairing again back to the original. My only regret is not looking closer to see that there was no headset option. I love this feature so that i can watch tv without disturbing anyone else in the house!

This remote is exactly what we needed. We have a small roku streaming box and an old school insignia tv. This remote controls the roku and the tv! I love having one remote for power, volume, etc.
The best part, it took less than 3 minutes to sync. Praise be.

First, i bought the new rechargeable remote that roku makes. I trust them fully as a company but this one they messed up on. Every 3-4 days i have to recharge it. I have no idea why. Maybe it’s defective? But its a real pain, so i downgraded to this one, (this is the model right below the rechargeable) it basically has all the same features (most of them at least) except it uses batteries. Which is so much better. They last longer (months not days or weeks) i wish it had the remote finder as the upgradeable one does, on this one… But thats my only critique. You can however use your phone to find the remote if you lose it. You just download the app.

I bought this to replace the remote that came with my roku ultra remote because it didn’t have a mute button. When i pressed a button on the new remote, it immediately paired and has worked great. I tried several other universal remotes before this and all had something that wasn’t quite right. This finally worked perfectly.

Until i got this remote i didn’t use my roku tv that much, was a pain in the butt to use, since getting this voice activated remote, boy what a difference i now enjoy using the tv

This remote is perfect. Makes finding the programs you are looking for easy as the touch of a button.

Using with a roku 3. I’m thrilled that the remote can turn the tv on and off and control its volume. Setup was compleyely painless. It even figured out what tv we had ( few years old lg)..

It’s a great remote, but we threw 2 replacement remotes out because it wasn’t pairing with our older roku stick. It would pair, but then stop working after about 15 seconds. Turns out it just needs a firmware update that it got automatically when we attached it to our newer roku, and then we re-paired it with our older stick and it works fine. Out 40 bucks because it was too late to return the ones we had purchase earlier, then didn’t figure out how to resolve the issues until the new one was doing the same thing!

This remote works well and it seems better made than the original i got with my roku stick. The only thing that is dissapointing is i cannot use the volume control nor the mute button with my soundbar/tv. I have a slightly outdated soundbar connected via optic cable. I may decide to upgrade to a new soundbar with hdmi (arc) so that i can control it with the roku remote. Still this is an a+ rating all around as a remote. The only feature that’s dropped is the 3.5 mm jack

Picked this model after many questions were answered that this remote had a hulu button. Purchased same day shipping since my dog ate the previous one. To my dismay, no hulu. Otherwise as expected.

I think this issue is getting better as we get used it it, but the volume control especially seems to be just not sensitive enough: the roku player doesn’t recognize it immediately and you have to press a couple times at different angles to make it work.

Volume control and mute capability are great additions to the original version. The voice control will probably be a good feature for people who use it. I don’t use it for any of the other remotes that have it. It’s too intrusive for others in the house.

The old remote was getting bad to the point where we had to aim remote at tv from 5 feet away and still had issues.

This remote works very well and was easy to pair with roku tv. I can change volume and channels from the other side of living room of about 15 ft even when behind my back.

The con was the voice recognition. I’ve never had this before so not hundred percent sure if it’s remote or the roku app itself but after trying the voice recognition with 4 people it does a horrible job picking up what you said and performing the request.

Other then that, 5 stars!

Roku always makes excellent products. Make sure your roku platform can use the voice command feature.

We bought this as a replacement device for a roku stick. It paired up with it fine and so far has worked well. I have not used the voice recognition feature and i have not used it on an actual tv so i do not know how well it would pair up with a tv.

This is a pretty nice remote control the voice works well everything works well on it except those buttons on the side up and down volume and mute on the right hand side of the remote no matter what you do you always hit these buttons and i mean all the time what a bad location for these buttons but i have to deal with it would recommend but they really need to change the location of the volume in mute button

A roku remote is a roku remote. Other than differences in features, they’re all about the same.

However, they seem to have changed the material the buttons. Rather than the nice grippy rubber material of the past, these buttons are harder and more slippery. A minor point, but the tactile nature of the previous material was better in my opinion.

Other than that minor point, you of course get the same ease of use and solid build.