A common troubleshooting step for issues such as this would be to remove the YouTube TV channel from the Roku device and then reinstall it, but that’s just not possible as things stand today. Oddly, this issue doesn’t seem to be affecting phone and tablet users.Īlthough this issue affects YouTube TV subscribers with all sorts of hardware, we first heard about it in the context of Roku users in particular, and it sounds like they're having a particularly hard time of it. TV fans on Reddit have reported the issue on their smart TVs (Samsung, Sony, LG), streaming boxes (Roku, Fire TV, Chromecast, Apple TV, Nvidia Shield), and game consoles (PS4, PS5, Xbox One) alike. Maybe a future SmartTubeNext update can add an embedded keyboard, similar to the original YouTube or other major Android TV. Sadly, Google did a really bad job regarding the search page and keyboard. Getting things working again tends to involve exiting the app and restarting it from the home menu. SmartTubeNext is following Google's officially recommended design/template for TV apps and is using the official, preinstalled Android TV keyboard. Over the last few days, users of multiple smart TV platforms have been reporting that the YouTube TV app - not just the stream - was freezing in the middle of playback ( spotted by 9to5Google). Unfortunately for users of YouTube TV, that idyllic Thanksgiving could be under threat as its live TV service seems to be having some problems. Many households have been ditching cable and moving to online services for their TV needs. Thanksgiving is right around the corner and that means two things: family and TV.

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