Roku is a smart device that allows you to stream multimedia content on your smart TV. It can efficiently run YouTube on your smart TV but sometimes it does not launch the app at all creating errors. Go through this article to find out the methods to troubleshoot this issue and apply them to get your problem solved.
How to fix youtube not working on Roku?
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To find out the methods of troubleshooting the issue of youtube not working on Roku, you need to follow the given steps.
1.Restart Roku
- The first thing you need to do is to restart your streaming device
- This can be achieved as:
- First, Go to the menu and press the restart button
- Second, perform a power cycle. To perform that, you need to remove the main power plug from the electrical outlet, wait for about 30 seconds and then plug it in back again.
- After performing either of the two above given methods, wait for some time then try to open the YouTube app to check if it is now working properly.
- Restarting the device reboots it and fixed the possible bugs present
- Even after restarting the device, if the YouTube app does not work, then you need to follow other methods
2. Factory reset your device
In case, simple restarting is not able to fix the issue then you might need to factory reset your Roku device to fix it
- Factory resetting your device will delete all the existing data and make the software brand new. It’s just like when the device comes from the factory.
- Before you start performing the factory reset, make sure that you remove your account from the smart TV.
- This will delete all the data
- Press and hold the reset button
There is another method also to perform the factory reset as follows:
- Use Roku remote control and go to settings by pressing the Home button
- Go to System
3. Click on Advanced system settings
- Click on the factory reset option
- Follow the prompts on the screen
- Make sure that YouTube isn’t down
- When you hear that YouTube is down, it means that the YouTube servers are not working or are not available
- It is not a common problem but when the app is down, then you are not able to watch the videos
- If the server problem is there, wait for YouTube to fix it because this is not a problem from your side.
- To check if there is an outage, you can try to run YouTube on your devices other than the smart TV like your phone or computer.
- However, if YouTube is working without any issues on your other devices, then you need to check for the other causes
4. Check your Internet Connection
- YouTube requires more data and a good internet connection
- In case of a poor internet connection, the videos on YouTube take time to run or don’t run at all
- In such a case, a message is generated on your screen showing, “poor internet connection”
- You can also perform a power cycle on your router to get rid of any internet-related issues.
5. Check the video quality
- In case of a weak internet connection, you are not able to stream the videos in high definition
- However, you can still watch by reducing the streaming quality of the video
- You can reduce the quality by performing the following steps
- go to settings
- Open the Display section
Reduce the video to your desired resolution and check if the app is working with a video of lower resolution
Update Roku
- Smart devices need updates. In many cases, some functions don’t work if the device is not updated
- That may be one of the reasons too that YouTube is not working on Roku
- You need to update your Roku OS manually
- Follow the given steps to update
- Go to settings
- Click on System
6. Select System Update
- Click on ‘Check Now’
- the OS will be updated
- Check YouTube
- Uninstall and install the YouTube app again
- In this way, the cache memory will be deleted
- Bugs will be fixed
- The app will be updated
Follow the given steps to reinstall YouTube
- Open Channel Menu
- Click on the remove option
Follow the prompts
- Click on confirm
- Restart your TV
- Select YouTube from the menu
- Click on Add Channel
- This method is most likely to fix your issue.
Reason Why YouTube Not Working on Roku TV
There could be various hardware, software or internet issues due to which YouTube does not work on Roku TV.
The most common reasons are:
- Slow internet connection
- Unupdated Roku device
- No internet at all
- Issues with YouTube-Server
YouTube App Not Showing Up/ Available/ Found On Roku
If you are not able to find YouTube on your device then there is a fair chance that there is some fault at your end:
- Go to the Roku Menu
- Click on Streaming Channel
- Type YouTube in the Search box
- Select YouTube from the results shown
- Tap on Add Channel
- Wait for it to install and now you can find it on your Roku app.
YouTube Won’t Download/ Install on my Roku
This issue can be a result of some software issue on your Roku. Reset your Roku by following the steps mentioned in this very same article to troubleshoot this issue. Reinstall YouTube after running the reset and you are done.
YouTube Sound/ Volume Not Working
Follow the given steps if you are not able to hear any sound while streaming on YouTube:
- Stream any video on YouTube
- Press the asterisk on your remote control
- From the Menu, click on the Volume Mode option
- Click on Turn the Volume Mode off and turn it off and there you go!
Final Talk
The above-mentioned troubleshooting methods will fix your problem, It will also fix some other issues you can face related to sling tv or peacock tv. At last, you will be able to watch YouTube on your Roku TV. If these methods don’t work, then you need to contact YouTube assistance.
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