Roku Search Works Better Than Expected

Roku Search Works Better Than Expected


Roku Search


Either using your voice or typing on screen, if you have not been actively using the Roku search feature, you may miss out on a helpful tool to make watch streaming TV easier.

Search results are accurate and especially after using the search feature on Fire TV, or Chromecast Roku has their search function dialed in. It can be a real timesaver when using it in apps like YouTube, where you simply need to speak the title of a song, and it plays right away with no need to push more buttons.

Another outstanding feature we really like about the search function on Roku, is that it always shows the results from the Free to the most expensive. This makes it especially nice to find lower priced and free content. And, this is something that does not work as well on other platforms as expected.



How to Use the Roku Search Tool


Roku Search indexes 500,000+ movies and TV episodes from a wide range of over 500 top streaming channels. The global search function will not work with private Roku channels, with these channels you need to use the search function from within the channel itself.

The Roku supported English search function will only work in the following countries: Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.A.


There are three ways to use to search for content.

1. From the On-screen Keyboard - Go to Home, than scroll down to Search in the menus.
2. Using Voice on your Voice enabled Roku Remote.
3. Using the Roku App on a mobile device.



You can Search the Roku Channel from your web browser. Just click the magnifying glass to bring up a search box. On The Roku Channel you can only search by titles. The Search by Actor, Director function does not work.

No matter which method you use, the search tool is a significant feature and Roku did an outstanding job implementing it on their streaming TV platform. So if you have not yet learned to depend on Roku Search to find new or older content, give the Roku search tool a try. You may find, you use this nifty tool more than ever.