Roku widgets on your iPhone's Home Screen
Most of what anybody does with a remote is four or five buttons. Roku Remote's widgets put those on your Home Screen, where they work without the app opening first.
Add a widget
- Touch and hold an empty part of your Home Screen until the icons jiggle.
- Tap Edit, then Add Widget.
- Search for Roku Remote and choose it.
- Pick the size you want — small for the remote, medium for channels and volume — and place it.
- Tap Done. The buttons work straight from the Home Screen.
What each size gives you
- Small — Remote: the four arrows, OK in the middle, and power. The core of the remote, in one tile.
- Medium — Channels & Volume: the channels you have opened recently, volume up and down, and play/pause. Tap a channel and it opens on the TV.
- Lock Screen — Remote Button: a single circular button among the others under the clock, for the one key you press most.
Which Roku they control
The one you last used in the app. The widgets and the app share the same storage on your iPhone, so switching TVs in the app switches what the widgets talk to. Both devices still need to be on the same Wi-Fi — a widget is a shortcut to the same command, not a different route to the TV.
FAQ
- A widget button does nothing.
- Check that your iPhone is on the same Wi-Fi as the Roku and that the TV is on. A widget cannot show an error the way the app can, so a command with nowhere to go simply does nothing.
- My recent channels are empty.
- The medium widget lists the channels you have opened from Roku Remote. Open one or two from the Channels tab and they appear.
- Do widgets need PRO?
- Yes. The widgets and the Control Center controls are one of the three things Roku Remote PRO unlocks, with private listening and the keyboard.
Roku Remote is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Roku, Inc. Roku is a trademark of Roku, Inc.
The remote you never lose
Roku Remote gives your iPhone a touchpad, a keyboard for searching and signing in, your channels, private listening through your headphones and a sleep timer. It finds your Roku on your Wi-Fi — no account, and nothing through our servers.
Coming soon to the App Store for iPhone.