Roku Remote (Official)

What it is

Roku Remote (Official) is the first-party control app for Roku streaming players and Roku TVs. It is published by Roku, Inc. and its affiliates, listed under Entertainment, free, and rated Teen. It has been on Google Play since March 2012, with the most recent update on 2026-09-22.

What it does well

According to the listing, the phone gets a complete remote layout that mirrors the physical controller. Entering search words, passwords and Wi-Fi details can be done on the phone keyboard in place of the on-screen letter grid. Voice search is included, and so is private listening, where you plug headphones into the phone. You can cast photos and video from the phone to the TV, add apps to your Roku device and launch favorites. A free TV section offers movies and live TV from the phone.

What the ratings show

The app holds 4.71 across 4,756,889 ratings and has 100,000,000+ installs. About 83.9% of ratings are five stars and 9.3% are four. One-star ratings are 2.4%, two-star 0.9% and three-star 3.5%. That is a tight, positive spread, and it fits an app with one clear job.

Where it falls short

The listing is open about regional limits. Voice search is tied to region: English for the US, UK and Canada, Spanish for Mexico and the US. Watching the Roku Channel inside the app is possible only in the US and Mexico. Paid channels exist too, and the lineup differs from one country to the next. Certain features need your phone and Roku device on the same wireless network, and some may need a Roku account sign-in.

Anyone with a Roku player or Roku TV who has lost the remote, or who is tired of typing with arrow keys, has an easy reason to install it. Outside the supported regions, expect to use fewer features.

Put together, the data describes a small, single-purpose utility with very high approval. The restrictions are all about geography and network setup, which the developer lists openly, so there is little hidden in the listing. The main unknown is how well each feature behaves day to day, which the ratings suggest is generally fine.