Summary
- Roku users are experiencing an issue where YouTube TV disappears from their device.
- Updating your Roku device potentially solves the problem.
- Alternatively, you can access YouTube TV through the regular YouTube app on Roku.
YouTube TV has emerged as one of the most popular streaming services for live TV in the US, attracting over eight million cord-cutters who have chosen to subscribe. It is accessible on most smart TV platforms, including Google TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Roku.
If you are looking for the YouTube TV app on your Roku device and suddenly can’t find it, don’t worry; you’re not alone. Many Roku users have turned to Reddit, Google Support, and Roku’s forums to report that the YouTube TV app has disappeared from their devices. Searching for YouTube TV on your Roku and resetting the device doesn’t help either.
One user on the Roku forum reports “I was watching YouTube TV when it suddenly crashed and then the app disappeared from the app list.” Fortunately, there are a couple of solutions to resolve the problem.
YouTube TV
- Simultaneous streams
- 3
- # of profiles
- 6
- Live TV
- Yes
- Price
- Starts at $83 /month
- Free trial
- Yes, length varies
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How to get YouTube TV back on your Roku
Updating your Roku might be bring YouTube TV back
Roku and Google have yet to say what the exact cause of this issue is (via 9to5Google). Roku says “we’re aware of the issue where YouTube TV is missing for some users and are investigating.” Luckily, there are two methods users have been found to sucessfully YouTube TV back on their Roku devices.
The first is the easiest, and involves simply updating your Roku device to the latest software update. Here’s how you can do this on your Roku.
1. Press Home on your Roku remote.
2. Select Settings.
3. Choose Software update.
4. Select Check Now.
5. Your Roku will now be updated.
If updating your Roku doesn’t work, you can also access YouTube TV via the regular YouTube app instead. Thankfully, the YouTube app hasn’t disappeared, and you can access YouTube TV through it by navigating to the left-hand menu of the app, scrolling to the bottom, and selecting YouTube TV.
This is quite an odd issue to suddenly arise, so I hope Roku can get to the bottom of it soon. However, it seems a simple software update resolves the issue if you’ve encountered it on your Roku device.
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