Roku Android App Volume Control

[Shelly Takacs]

Iam using the iOS Roku app to control my Roku stick on my Vizio TV. It doesn't seem to control the volume on the TV. I tried using the volume buttons on my phone (since there are no volume controls in the app itself) and that did nothing. Am I missing something? Thanks!

I don't believe the phone app has ever been able to control the TV volume. Remember that not every Roku remote even have volume buttons. Those that do will either control the volume via CEC, or by using IR. And you phone has no IR emitter to allow such control. I don't know which Stick you have, but my 3600 doesn't have volume buttons.

Thank you for replying and for making sense of the lack of volume control (that the app doesn't work via IR). My 3800 remote does have volume control so I was hoping the app would as well. I really wanted to use the app instead of the remote because of the app's keyboard. (Why are remotes these days so freaking minimalist?!) So it looks like I get to choose between a keyboard or a volume button. Sigh. Anyway, I appreciate the explanation!

I know. I just bought a new TV for my Family Room, and one of the requirements was a remote with all the buttons. I realize I could have just bought a generic remote, but with a TV I think it's stupid to offer a remote that doesn't allow entering a channel number directly. On screen numeric keypads do not count!

No there isnt volume control on the app. I think Roku should definitely add it though. If you lost your physical remote then you wouldnt be able to control your volume unless you have the control on your actual tv.

Volume control for your TV is not available in the Roku mobile app when connected to a Roku player. The mobile app only offers volume controls for Roku TV models, or when using the mobile private listening feature. (If you have headphones connected to your phone, and are using mobile private listening, you can control the audio level using your phone's volume control for this type of playback.)

This is false. Volume controls are available through the app and work. They just have them disabled for some reason. (I know this because I had a glitch where an on screen remote WITH volume controls came up one time in the app and it did infact work with my tv) However, a workaround for this, is to use the voice control function. Tap the mic icon on the top right of your screen and say "turn volume up" or "turn volume down" when you are in the onscreen remote and it should change your volume.

When I purchased my Roku last week, I didn't even think about volume control--this is such a basic feature. I'm extremely disappointed that I can't control the volume with the app. Chromecast is able to do this without even needing an app open--you just use your phone volume control buttons.

@manofwill2468 I tried using the speech recognition and it appears to work as the Roku thinks about it and indicates that it is changing the volume or mute. However, it does nothing. No volume change, no mute.

@Shanku Make sure you enable tv controls in the options of roku (they call it something like "allow roku to auto switch inputs" or something). I'm not currently at my roku but I will let you know how to do that at a later time

Roku TVs make it easy to enjoy all your favorite entertainment in one place. However, many Roku users find that the volume is too low or too high on Roku TV and have no idea about how to turn volume up on Roku TV without remote or how to turn volume down on Roku TV without remote.

The Roku App is an official remote app for Roku devices. It does not come with volume buttons but a microphone button. The microphone button allows you to perform voice search and voice control, including controlling the volume on Roku TV.

It integrates many necessary remote functions, including volume adjustment, channel switching, quick text input and navigation, etc. Aside from multifunctions, the app boasts high compatibility, controlling Roku TVs and Roku streaming sticks and running well on Android and iOS devices.

How to turn up volume on Roku TV without remote? Use an HDMI-CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) compatible device, such as a soundbar or AV receiver if you have connected one such device to your Roku TV.

If everything goes well but only the volume on your Roku TV cannot be adjusted, the most possible reason might be volume buttons get stuck. For that, use wet wipes or other mild cleaners to clean the volume buttons on the remote.

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I have been trying for hours to use the power and/or volume buttons for the actual Roku Ultra within automations and button clicks but it is not working. I see the option to "Select a key to add a child switch for, and save changes to add the child button for the selected key" and have tried using that to add the volume up button as a device. But every time I save, it shows up in component devices but when I go back to the devices list, it is not there. Then when I go back into the component devices, it disappears. Am I doing something wrong?

Maybe I am trying to do something that's not even possible. My Roku remote has volume buttons on it and my TV is connected to Sonos. I have to be really close to the TV with the remote in order for it to control the volume on Sonos. I was hoping to setup a rule so that when I click volume up on the Roku remote, it increases the volume on the Sonos. Idea being that Hubitat can recognize the volume up even though the IR does not.

Another use case: I just want to turn the TV off as part of an automation. But the Power button is not accessible as a device. When I try to click it via custom attribute, it does not seem to control the actual power...

If those work, then I imagine this app should work for you as it calls in directly to your Roku to perform these functions. This app cannot do what your Roku cannot do, nor what some Roku remotes can do if they are sending IR blasts to your TV instead of commands through the Roku service and say CEC via your HDMI cable. I hope that makes sense.

For example, on my iOS device I can do the following via the Roku app, and all of these functions work on my RokuTV: e.g. All of the navigation commands, and Volume, and Power on/off.

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First and foremost, this driver and integration app were created for Televisions with Roku built-in, but it was discovered that it works great with Roku media players too, so I enhanced it to better support them as well. Support for roku media players is more difficult because the abilities vary by device.

In the case of On/Off and volume, if the app cannot turn on the TV by pressing the on or off buttons in the driver, then volume also will not work. This means you need to first fix your HDMI-CEC issue. This may be as simple as rewriting your system.

Make sure the roku is connected directly to the TV.

Make sure the hdmi port on the TV is NOT the ARC port

Ensure your HDMi cable supports CEC (not all do, but must 1.3 cables should work.

Verify on the TV that HDMI-CEC is enabled,

Make sure the remote power on option is turned on for the TV.

For volume control to control the Sonos, connect the Sonia to the HDMI-ARC port of the TV. This option allows the TV to send audio backwards form TV to Sonos while ensuring Video still goes from Sonos to TV. This interface also uses the CEC protocol, so once the TV is working then the Sonos should work, if it supports CEC. If it does not, then you probably will need to use WiFi and find a Sonos driver for Hubitat to control the Sonos,

In both cases, this turns the Hubitat into a powerful remote control, but you will need to use rules to create integrations between them, and neither will perform well using if you use the TV remote in hopes for the HE to respond to the remote, because these devices do not notify HE of changes.

Thanks @armand for the connection advice. I had actually been using the optical adapter and TV's optical digital out port for some reason. I should note that the reason the remote has to be close is because there is a garland in front of the Beam. But I just switched it to use the HDMI ARC and changed the TV setting accordingly. Now the Roku remote works for the volume even with the garland in the way and from any distance. So now I don't need Hubitat! (kidding)

I would still like to be able to turn the TV off in an automation. But since I cannot control volume and power with the Roku android app, that means I will not be able to control them with this driver. Is that correct? (The Power on the physical remote does turn the TV off and I see those Power and Volume commands in HE, they just don't work)

That is not correct, no. There are several android apps, and many simply don't implement power. Power is available in the ECP protocol on all Roku devices, but whether it works depends on if you have HDMI-CEC. Your android app simply doesn't support it.

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