Roku update allows you to share photos and customize your screen saver

Roku is bringing new updates to its users so that they can customize their devices, including photo streams and set one of them as a screen saver.

The new features are part of Roku OS 11, which will be released in the coming weeks and will eventually reach all regions. This update will allow you to change the screen saver to display your own photos or images with Photo Streams.

According to Roku's statement, Photo Streams will not only allow users to display photos from their desktop or mobile device on Roku, but users will also be able to share Streams with other Roku device owners. Once a Stream is shared, other Roku users can add it, allowing everyone to collaborate on a shared album.

“With Roku OS 11, we're offering a platform with new custom updates in search, audio, content discovery along with a new feature that allows our customers to display and even share photo albums across Roku devices,” said Gidon Katz, senior vice president of products and experience on Roku.

Roku OS 11 will also introduce a new “what to watch on Roku” menu, a personally selected hub added to the home screen menu that will suggest TV, popular and recently released movies.

- Live TV in the Home Screen Menu: You can watch recently watched live TV content and discover the latest local and national news, sports, movies and more in the Live TV section now located in the Home screen menu.

- Voice-enabled keyboard: Roku Voice simplifies device setup and channel login for compatible apps by allowing users to enter email, password, and PIN information with their voice. With OS 11, voice-enabled keyboards will be available in Spanish, German and Portuguese in the US. Department of Commerce and supported countries.

- Speech clarity and automatic sound modes: Roku's new automatic voice clarity setting dynamically identifies and amplifies dialogue.

- New sound modes: Standard, Dialogue, Movie, Music and Night that can be selected by pressing the star button* on the Roku remote control or via the Roku mobile app.

- A/V Sync: Expands to compatible players and audio devices with a simple calibration tool within the Roku Mobile app, syncing audio with on-screen action. This feature is available to users with a Streambar player or device connected to the Roku mobile app.

Also the mobile app was updated and now has a more visual navigation, according to Roku, highlighting which channels are streaming content for free or where it can be streamed within existing subscriptions, allowing everyone to get more channels than those who are paying for.

New content details on the mobile app also show visual images of the cast and crew to help the user choose what to watch.

Roku OS 11 is expected to be deployed to compatible Roku streaming players, Roku TV models, and peripherals in the coming weeks.

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