You can imagine how incredible it is to control your Roku device using your voice command. Isn’t it interesting? So, to enjoy such kind of privileges, you will have to connect your device to Google Home. Be sure to follow the procedure carefully to achieve a successful connection.
Requirements for connecting Roku to Google Home
As you are bracing yourself to connect your Roku device to Google Home, you first need to ensure that you have all the necessary requirements in place. This will allow you to smoothly and easily connect the two together without any hindrance. Therefore, you must ensure you have a Roku Account and your Roku device should be updated to the latest software version. To work with Google Assistant, your device must be running Roku OS 8.1 or later versions. To check or update the software version of your device, you will have to follow the steps below: Furthermore, you will need to have the Google Home app in your Android device or iOS device. This can be downloaded from the Google Play Store or the App Store. To achieve so, follow the steps below:
For Android users:
For iOS users:
Also, you need to ensure that you have a stable internet connection and both devices must be on the same Wi-Fi network. Once all of the above are all available, you will be now in a good position to connect the two devices together.
Connecting Roku to Google Home Assistant
Now that you have everything in place, you can now begin to connect your device to Google Home. Be sure to follow the systematic procedure outlined below in order to achieve a fruitful connection:
Note: You can only link a single Roku device to your account at a time. After completing the steps given above, you can now easily control your Roku devices like Roku streaming sticks, streaming box or Roku Ultra among others using the Google Home Assistant. You can now start issuing your voice commands and confirm whether everything works as it should. The voice command should always start with “Hey Google” or “OK Google” followed by the command you want to issue. For instance, if you want to watch one of your favorite shows, you can say “Hey Google, launch Hulu on my Roku.” It will respond by displaying to you the shows to watch.
