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Roku’s new AI‑enhanced voice features turn the TV into a more conversational, intuitive system that can answer natural questions, improve discovery, and personalize viewing through smarter interaction.
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Roku is getting a Gemini-style AI upgrade to make your TV even smarter

15 October 2025
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Roku is rolling out one of its most ambitious platform upgrades yet, bringing an AI‑powered voice experience that mirrors the conversational intelligence of Google TV’s Gemini.

These changes aim to make your TV feel less like a menu system and more like a responsive, intuitive companion that understands what you want to watch and why.

🤖 A New AI Brain for Roku Voice

Roku Voice is receiving a major upgrade that allows it to answer natural, open‑ended questions about movies, shows, and actors — not just execute commands. Users can now ask things like “What kind of fish is Nemo?” or “How scary is The Shining?” and receive spoken responses, marking a shift toward interactive, context‑aware assistance.

💡 Smarter Conversations and Follow‑Up Questions

The new AI engine doesn’t stop at single queries; it can handle follow‑up questions that build on your previous request. This conversational flow makes browsing feel more human, letting you refine searches or jump directly into recommended titles without repeating yourself.

🔍 Better Discovery Across Live TV and Streaming

Roku is expanding its search tools across the platform, including the Live TV Zone and soon the Live TV Channel Guide. Trailer previews now include a Ways to Watch button that shows where a title is streaming and lets you launch it instantly — a small but powerful upgrade to everyday navigation.

🎧 Bluetooth Headphone Mode Goes Global

Another welcome improvement is the global rollout of Bluetooth Headphone Mode for the Roku Streaming Stick and Streaming Stick Plus. This feature lets viewers enjoy private listening with wireless headphones, making late‑night viewing or shared spaces far more convenient.

📱 A More Connected Roku Ecosystem

Beyond the TV interface, Roku is enhancing its mobile app with new features such as live sports scores, reminders, and improved shortcuts. These updates strengthen Roku’s ecosystem, ensuring that discovery, control, and personalization extend seamlessly across devices.

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Roku’s Voice Upgrade

Context Memory Echo
The most transformative part of Roku’s new voice upgrade isn’t that it can answer questions — it’s that it quietly learns how you ask them. Over time, the system begins to build a subtle “echo” of your viewing logic: the genres you reference, the way you phrase curiosity, the emotional tone behind questions like “how scary is it?” or “is this good for kids?”. This means Roku Voice isn’t just responding to content — it’s responding to your personal decision‑making style, shaping recommendations around the patterns in your questions rather than the questions themselves. In other words, the real power of the upgrade isn’t conversational AI — it’s that your curiosity becomes part of the interface, turning your habits into a hidden layer of personalization that feels almost intuitive.

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