In those cases, the apps involved will be HBO Max and ESPN+. Reports of network errors and app crashes on Roku had already emerged for several months. I performed a system restart and tried again. Left it there for a few minutes and nothing happened. A short while later, I attempted to open an app and got only a white box with “Loading” and a swirling circle. I have a 4670x Roku Ultra and, out of nowhere, the Roku restarted itself and opened with a screen about the new 10.5 update. Roku forced an update to 10.5 tonight and now my Roku Ultra won’t open any apps This update seems to have been forced by the devices, so users could not have avoided it. The problems reportedly started after the arrival of the v10.5 Roku update. Roku’s v10.5 update reportedly brought the issues Nothing has changed in my setup so I’m completely stumped on what could be causing the problem. Router says it’s connected just fine, Wi-Fi setting also say the same on the tv. I finally factory reset it but that didn’t work. Thought it was the router so I reset it, but that didn’t help. Some apps took a long time to open and then took forever to start playing a video (YouTube, Netflix ) or other apps wouldn’t open at all (Disney+, Hulu, prime video).

Yesterday I went to use it and noticed it wasn’t working right. I have a Roku TV in my living room and have had no problems since I put it up in April. Neither router reboots nor a factory reset to the device managed to help. Some apps not opening, crashing or giving network error on Roku devicesĪccording to user reports, some apps on Roku started to take a long time to open, while others never did it.Īlso, nothing that affected users have tried to resolve the problems has worked.

Everything would have started after a recent update. Roku users are reporting that some apps are not working well, throw network errors or just crash. However, lately it has been experiencing many operating problems. Roku is one of the most popular Smart TV platforms out there. Original story (published on November 18, 2021) follows: New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….

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