

Just open either app while your Roku is on the same Wi-Fi network, hit the Cast button, and then select your Roku from the list. With Netflix and YouTube, you can send videos from a phone or tablet to your Roku player just as you would with Google’s Chromecast streamer. Send video from Netflix and YouTube Jared Newman / IDG


Now, you can plug in some wired headphones, connect wireless earbuds, or even listen through your phone’s speakers. Head to the “Remote” tab of the app, hit the menu button at top of the screen, and then set the “Private Listening” toggle to On. If you have a Roku Ultra or any other player with a 3.5mm jack built into the remote, you can listen privately by plugging in any set of headphones or earbuds.įor other Roku players, you can listen privately through the free Roku app for iOS and Android.
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Listen privately (with wired or Bluetooth headphones) Jared Newman / IDG “Night” mode keeps the volume down during loud scenes, while “Leveling” compresses the overall volume range so you can hear quiet scenes without getting jolted from something loud a minute later. Roku offers a couple of easy ways to normalize the volume on its streaming players. You can also set the Replay button to include captions by heading to Settings > Accessibility > Captions mode, then choosing “On replay.” Make dialog easier to understand Jared Newman / IDG Missed a bit of dialog that was too hard to hear? Hit the remote’s Replay button (the one with the arrow moving counter-clockwise) to quickly jump back 10 seconds.
