Roku’s new home screen is a big change, here’s how to use it

The new design emphasizes content over apps, but you can tweak it.

Jared Newman   |   May 27, 2026

Roku is shaking up its home screen with its most substantial changes in over a decade.

A new design debuting this week adds recommendation rows, quick action tiles, and genre subsections to what was once a simple grid of apps. In some ways it’s an overdue change that helps users make sense of all their streaming options (while also helping Roku make more money), but it’s also likely to polarize some users who’ve grown accustomed to Roku’s stripped-down menu system.