app barely works even with the paid subscription. tried resetting cameras, wifi, reinstalling the app, still not working. we are canceling subscription and moving to anther service. do not recommend at all
Roku Smart Home
















App Information
| Version | 3.6.0.579 |
| Content Rating | Everyone |
| Android Required | 9 |
| Updated | Mar 28, 2026 |
| Developer | Roku, Inc. & its affiliates |
| Price | Free |
| Category | House & Home |
Description
Roku Smart Home is a mobile app in the House & Home category built around household organization and home-related tasks. It may be most helpful to users managing everyday activities around the home. A brief first visit should give users time to find their way around before they explore the finer controls. The confirmed store text is the basis for the option discussion below; anything not described there is left out. The store description points to tools for changing the app itselfearance or presentation of content. A practical first step is to try the central activity before changing notifications, accounts, or optional preferences. What matters most in Roku Smart Home is whether the route to household organization and home-related tasks remains understandable after the first visit. For the right user, the overall use should feel less like learning a new system and more like adding a convenient option to an existing routine.
Key Features
- A layout that lets new users explore one section at a time.
- Image capture appears among the promoted functions and will normally require camera permission.
- People can enter the app itself for a single task and return later without committing to a lengthy setup.
- A focused starting point for household organization and home-related tasks.
- Video is mentioned in the listing, either as content to watch, record, organize, or modify.
Pros & Cons
- Pros: New you can start with a basic action and discover additional controls over time.
- Pros: A phone or tablet can keep the main activity within reach during travel, breaks, or everyday routines.
- Pros: A clearly defined activity makes the app itself simpler to evaluate before spending much time on setup.
- Pros: Store material can help users compare the current release with older versions before installing.
- Cons: Performance can vary with storage, memory, operating-system release, and network quality.
- Cons: Users returning after a long break may need to learn a revised layout.
- Cons: The complete option set may not be accessible offline or without additional account and purchase requirements.
Functions
- Look over the accessible choices and select the option that relates to household organization and home-related tasks.
- Decide on the editing area, apply a single filter or effect, and compare the preview before saving.
- Use the in-app camera for a test photo first and double-check where the file is stored.
- Locate the primary section before exploring menus that are not needed for the current session.
- Decide on a video, check playback or editing controls, and double-check the output before saving changes.
How to Use
- Step 1: Bring up the recorded Google Play listing for Roku Smart Home on the Android mobile device where it will be installed.
- Step 2: Confirm that the app itself name and icon match Roku Smart Home. Because the developer is not recorded in the current data, do not guess it; use the listing itself to verify who publishes the app itself. Also read the operating-system requirement and make sure the mobile device is supported.
- Step 3: Use the listing to check what it says about the release, cost, privacy, and purpose. Do not infer facts the page leaves out.
- Step 4: Tap the store’s Install or Get control and wait until the verified store finishes downloading and installing Roku Smart Home.
- Step 5: Bring up Roku Smart Home from the mobile device’s app list or home screen. The opening view should make sense before you create an account or alter the default setup.
- Step 6: Do not approve permissions in a batch. Check the reason for each request and postpone anything unrelated.
- Step 7: Get started with one option described in the store listing and follow the labels presented inside the app itself. Complete a small test before using essential files, payments, or private data.
- Step 8: Return to the same verified store for updates. Look over any new permission request before accepting it, especially after a major update.
Downloads
User Reviews
it dont scroll to finish setting uo and wont download on my laotop
I have five Roku smart light bulbs and will never buy another. The app sucks and won't work half the time. Then the lights (yes all at the same time) randomly go offline and you cannot use them. I've had to delete the lights completely and set up as new light bulbs multiple times. The latest episode, nothing is working so I'm stuck with lights I cannot use. No more Roku for me.
Drains battery very fast. I can't turn it off because I need to receive notifications.
Great Free App
doesn't want to connect to my cameras most of the time
can't connect to the camera help
great
for one the camera has started to lose its night vision in color it flips back and forth to color to black and white. For another no matter how many times you set and save the cool down time and recording length it never saves it. always goes back to one min cool down and 15 second recording. And another thing it signs you out of the app every week just about sometimes multiple times n you have to sign back in. Don't think I will continue my subscription for this camera. Too many issues.
Only works 25 percent of the time. Always says my camera is disconnected even though I can use my wife's iPhone to watch the live feed from the camera. Another issue is the notifications only work half the time for the front door outside camera. Constantly says i need to subscribe in order to record or watch events even though i pay for a premium subscription. Found out that it signs me out of my account but it wont let me press sign out so that i can sign back in, definitely needs improved.