How to Use Voice Search on a Roku? - roku-comlinkhelp.com

The Roku streaming devices that were released around a decade ago excelled beyond once imagination. More than 450,000 TV shows and movies are available on the Roku channel store for the users to watch. This number has always kept the number of Roku users very high. The modern streaming devices manufactured by Roku are enhanced with more helpful features like the Voice search and screen casting. You can activate your device at roku.com/link in order to access these features and watch your favorite shows.

Roku Voice Search

One of the most intriguing features of the modern Roku streaming devices is the voice search feature which can be accessed via your Roku enhanced remote. You can only use the voice search feature if you have a roku.com/link account and are staying in America, UK or Canada. Some of the various things that you can do via voice search are:

• Find a TV show: Just press the voice search button on your Roku enhanced remote to search for a TV show or movie. For example, say 'Harry Potter' after pressing the button to search the Harry Potter movie series and all the channels on which the Harry Potter series is available to watch will show up on your screen.

• Search a genre: You can also search a genre by using the voice search feature. Simply press the voice search button again and say the genre name to give input. For example, say 'Show action movies' or 'Watch comedy' to search a genre.

• Search a genre on a specific channel: This is similar to the simple genre search. Just add the channel name after or before the genre search voice command to search a genre on a specific channel on your Roku.com/link device. For example, say 'action movies on Netflix.com/activate.'

• Find movies by actors: Just press the voice search button and say the actor's name to find all his or her movies. For example, say 'Robert Downey Jr.' and a list of all his movies will show up on your TV screen.

• Change channel: Give commands like 'last channel' or 'open Netflix' to change the channel through the voice command.

• Turn off your Roku streaming device: You can also use the voice search feature to turn off your roku device. Press the voice search button on your remote and say 'power off' or 'turn off' to turn off your Roku streaming device.

• Turn on your Roku streaming device: Similarly, you can also turn on your Roku streaming device by giving a voice input but for this, you need to activate the 'Fast TV start' option. To activate the Fast TV start option:

1. Go to ‘Settings.’
2. Select 'System.'
3. Select 'Power.'
4. Select 'Fast TV start.'

Once you have activated this feature you can simply press the voice search button and say 'power on' to turn on your Roku streaming device. When the Fast TV search is enabled, your streaming device will consume more power on standby mode.

Using Voice Search via Mobile App

Not all Roku streaming devices are pre-equipped with the voice search feature. However, you can still enable it on no-supported devices by downloading the Roku mobile app. Visit Google Play Store to download the Roku mobile app on your Android mobile or visit Apple App Store to download the app on your iOS mobile. 

Once you have installed the app, simply log in to your roku.com/link account USA and you can access all the above-stated voice search features on your Roku streaming device through your mobile phone.

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