Roku devices offer a highly customizable streaming experience. One great way to personalize your Roku is by changing the theme. Themes allow you to modify the look and feel of the interface to match your style.
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What Are Roku Themes?
Roku themes change the visual appearance of your home screen, menus, and screensavers. When you apply a theme, elements like wallpaper, icons, sounds, and fonts will update to match the theme.
Themes are a fun way to showcase your personality through your Roku device. There are themes based on topics like space, romance, or adventure that let you change the mood. You can also find themes tailored to holidays and seasons.
How to Change Your Roku Theme
Changing themes on your Roku is simple:
- From the Home screen, navigate to Settings
- Select Themes
- Choose Theme Packs to browse available themes
- Highlight a theme pack and select OK to preview and apply it
Roku offers a variety of free and paid theme packs to choose from. You can browse categories like New, Most Popular, Seasonal, and more to find the perfect theme.
Customize With My Themes
Along with premade theme packs, Roku lets you create customized My Themes. With My Themes you can:
- Set custom wallpaper from your photos
- Pick a screensaver video or album art to display
- Select sound effects to match your theme
- Combine elements from different themes
To build a custom My Theme:
- Go to Settings > Themes > My Themes
- Select Change wallpaper, Change screensaver, or Change sounds
- Choose images, videos, or audio clips to include
- Mix and match to create your personalized theme
Design a Custom Roku Theme
Roku does not currently allow developers to publish custom themes to share or sell in the Roku Channel Store. Themes available in theme packs and My Themes are created internally by Roku.
However, Roku does offer developer tools for building channels. Developers can use the Roku Advanced Layout Editor (RALE) to design custom channel layouts and user interfaces. The RALE tool allows dynamic editing and real-time previews when designing Roku channels.
So while you cannot design themes for the main Roku interface, developers can use RALE to create beautifully customized channel experiences.
Tips for Personalizing Your Roku
Beyond themes, Roku offers other ways to personalize your device:
Customize your home screen – Use the “Move channel” option to rearrange your channel order and group favorites together.
Add smart home devices – Control lights, thermostats, cameras, and more from the Roku mobile app.
Set up single sign-on – Conveniently sign into supporting apps without needing to enter credentials.
Enable voice commands – Use voice commands with your remote to easily search content. Personal results get smarter over time.
Follow movies and shows – Get notifications about new episodes and releases for your favorite titles.
Rate content – Roku’s recommendations improve when you rate movies and shows after watching.
Download mobile themes – Additional theme packs not available on your Roku may be downloadable from the Roku mobile app.
The Benefits of Themes for a Personalized Experience
Themes breathe new life into your device while allowing you to express your style. They can completely transform the mood and aesthetic to match your current interests or activities.
Changing up your theme is an easy way to keep things feeling fresh. Themes make great additions for the changing seasons or upcoming holidays. They also suit different viewers – switch to a bright, playful theme for the kids or a sophisticated style when entertaining adults.
So explore the many themes Roku has to offer! In just a few clicks, you can give your streaming experience a personal touch that feels uniquely yours.
