YouTube Comes to (More) Rokus

[DustoMan]

Finally making good on a promise they made back when they were pretty much the only game in town besides AppleTV. Roku has finally made YouTube available to more boxes besides the Roku 3.

http://blog.roku.com/blog/2014/04/2...-available-to-all-current-generation-devices/

What do they mean by "Current Generation" devices?

*Current generation players are those introduced after July 2011 and include the Roku LT, Roku 1, Roku 2, Roku 2 HD, Roku 2 XD, Roku 2XS, Roku 3, the Roku Streaming Stick (both HDMI and Roku Ready versions) and the Roku HD model #2500.

So looking at the list of devices listed on Wikipedia, if you Roku model number is 2400 or higher- You are good to go.

Hell has frozen over....

 

[primestar31]

I've had this installed and working on my Roku 3 for two months. How come they are saying it just came now?

 

[TNGTony]

I've had YouTube installed on my first generation Roku boxes since the beginning of time!

 

[mike123abc]

I've had YouTube installed on my first generation Roku boxes since the beginning of time!

I have too, but I think this is just a new fancy youtube app.

 

[neljtorres]

Yup This new application looks good!

 

[Stargazer]

Do they have an app to type in the content from your phone or tablet onto the tv to make it easier?

 

[GaryPen]

Do they have an app to type in the content from your phone or tablet onto the tv to make it easier?

Roku app. It's been around forever.

 

[GaryPen]

Its the only official YouTube app.

I have too, but I think this is just a new fancy youtube app.

 

[GaryPen]

I've had this installed and working on my Roku 3 for two months. How come they are saying it just came now?

Because it only came out now for models other than Roku 3.

 

[concord]

I've had this installed and working on my Roku 3 for two months. How come they are saying it just came now?

It was only available on the Roku 3 model, not the current gen models 1 and 2, nor older models.

 

[robk299]

I think it was on the new streaming stick as well. I remember looking for and finding it in the channel store a couple of weeks ago.

Do they have an app to type in the content from your phone or tablet onto the tv to make it easier?

Using the YouTube app on your phone/tablet, you can cast the video to Roku.

 

[andy_horton]

I like YouTube on my Roku. And I love how you can use your laptop or smartphone to send the info to your Roku. Really cool.

 

[SATisfied]

It doesn't play nice with the roku remote when it comes to fastforwarding....the youtube channel that is....not sure why.

 

[Kraven]

Not sure about other Roku models, but the Ipad2 streams youtube directly to the Roku3

 

[NotMe546]

After update youtube now on Roku 2.

 

[navychop]

TKS. I'll have to check when I get back home. 2XS, IIRC.


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[DustoMan]

I finally got around to firing up and updating my Roku 2 XS. As I feared, the YouTube app is slow. The interface really lags and I had one glitch while playing back video where it froze and the skipped ahead to match up with the audio again. Nothing at all like what it is on the Roku 3. Or any of the other devices that this YouTube app is on. (Xbox One, PS3, Wii U)

 

[Hall]

This is another app that I'm unable to "install" from the website's channel store. Actually, it doesn't show it as available. I'm logged in and it knows what Roku I have. When I searched for "youtube" yesterday or the day before, I actually get 'no results found' but I can find it and add it from the Roku itself. This happened with other channels in the past too.

 

[navychop]

Slow?

It'd have to SPEED UP to make it to slow.

Barely usable on my 2XS.


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[NotMe546]

Works great on my 2XD. I've been watching police harassment video's with out any problems.