And Roku itself has some novel features such as private headphone listening through a smartphone, and
the Roku Feed for tracking favorite shows and movies.
That said, Roku still has some clever ideas, including
its Roku Feed feature that alerts you to new TV episodes and price drops on movies, and the ability to listen through headphones from any Android or iOS smartphone.
All of those channels — with the notable exception of Netflix — should also support
Roku Feed, a feature that notifies you when your favorite shows, movies, and actors have new content available for streaming.
On the other hand, Netflix doesn't support
Roku Feed, a universal watchlist that alerts users to new episodes of favorite shows, new content from favorite actors, and price drops on movies.
The Roku premiere is more user - friendly, makes getting at 4K content far easier, and with its private listening feature and
Roku Feed, it almost took the crown.
(Roku's comment: «We continue to encourage partners to participate in Search and
Roku Feed and are adding to the breadth available there all the time.»)
Roku Feed resides just underneath the main Home screen, under the heading «My Feed.»
Dubbed
Roku Feed — or «My Feed,» as it appears in the main menu — this feature lets you follow your favorite TV shows and get notified when a streaming service adds new episodes.
Roku once told me that if an app supported universal search, it would also support
Roku Feed.
Roku Feed, for instance, can track new TV episodes and movie availability across apps, though it hasn't received any new features in over a year.
If you own a Roku device and haven't bothered with
Roku Feed lately, it's worth another look.
Features like
Roku Feed and the Apple TV's «TV» app help you keep track of new arrivals, while Amazon includes recommendations directly on the Fire TV home screen.
Not exact matches
As mentioned above, NBC News's live event
feed will be available via its YouTube channel, but viewers can also watch directly on NBCNews.com or via the NBC News apps on mobile,
Roku, FireTV and Apple TV.
OverDrive's
Roku channel will have all the audiobooks and Streaming Video catalog that the libraries have been
fed by OverDrive.
Keeping track of when new episodes are available can be a hassle, but set up
Roku's
feed keep track of your favorite shows and you can see all new episodes in one place.
By the time I discovered
Roku, I was pretty
fed up with negotiating with my cable company for promotions to keep the cable bill down.
We already showed you how to search every streaming service with your
Roku, and that's the easiest way to add a show or movie to your
feed.
You're probably going to spend most of your
Roku time inside the streaming channels you've set up but don't neglect the My
Feed section of the main menu - it lets you subscribe to updates for your favourite shows and movies (whether past, present or future) and get alerts whenever there's new content available on your channels.
In addition to whatever apps you download, you can also scroll through a menu that shows you My
Feed (where you can monitor TV shows and movies for price drops), the FandangoNow store (
Roku's proprietary movie and TV shop), curated news from AOL and the system settings.
The app carries the ESPN3 live
feed and works on
Roku and other popular streaming devices like Amazon Fire TV.
The home screen lets you search for content, mark movies and TV for future reference in «My
Feed,» browse the Fandango movies and TV store (
Roku's preferred provider), read some headline news, browse for new channels, and get into the settings menu.
Scroll down, and you'll see My
Feed (where you keep track of availability on new titles), the FandangoNOW movie and TV shops (
Roku's proprietary content shop), some news highlights from AOL and the settings menu.
Roku also has a «My
Feed» option, which lets you track favorite shows, movies, and actors, and get updates whenever something new happens.
Perhaps you're waiting for that next season of Better Call Saul or The Walking Dead to become available for free streaming —
Roku's My
Feed will alert you when that happens.
Roku 3 utilities a series of
feeds and channels to curate all of its content into a more approachable format.