Upcoming Minimum Roku OS Requirements

Important Note!

Roku is forcing us to update our minimum device firmware targets by October 1, 2026. Currently we support old Roku OS versions going back into Roku OS 12, but they are forcing us to change the minimum to Roku OS 15.1.

Releases will be blocked if we do not make this change.

Y'all on older devices that are no longer updated or y'all who block automatic Roku updates have 3 options that I can see.

Buy a new device
Stop receiving Jellyfin for Roku updates after October 1, 2026
Sideload the Jellyfin app, knowing some things may stop working as we make required changes to support OS 15.1

We'll communicate with y'all as we start work on supporting this, but know IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF US! We're being forced to do this, so if you're affected, contact Roku.

Don't yell at us. 😐

Please share to spread the news so peeps have as much time as possible to make decisions.

https://forum.jellyfin.org/...

Corngood 15 points 3 months ago

First of all, fuck them.

Secondly, thank you for working on this app. I know Roku is a bit of a liability, and I'll eventually have to move to something open source, but it's been my main media player for a couple of years and I've been very happy with it. o7

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1hitsong 2 points 3 months ago

🤘 Glad it was useful.

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kalpol 1 point 3 months ago

Im still kicking a Roku 3 along. Works fine for my stuff.

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1hitsong 1 point 3 months ago

Nice!

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AverageGoob 11 points 3 months ago

Dont buy Roku :D

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kalpol 4 points 3 months ago

Fire sticks are horrible too. Kodi is really hard to use. What's left?

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rainwall 6 points 3 months ago

Im a kodi fan personally, but Apple TV is apprently pretty nice.

They also have tailscale app support, so can drop the recommened jellyfin client and tailscale on the device and have a good "out of the box" setup for remote users.

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Voroxpete 3 points 3 months ago

Nvidia Shield. It's the GOAT, and it always has been.

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TwiddleTwaddle 2 points 3 months ago

I have an android TV, but there's obvious problems there too.

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Majestic 1 point 2 months ago

Kodi's own chart on devices including a decision tree: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=376035

Short of it is lots of Amlogic based devices from China under various brands (including Ugoos, DuneHD, Homatics, etc) that can have CoreElec (version of Kodi) installed to boot from, Fire TV Cube (though probably going to be locked down in future so questionable choice I think), Xiaomi Box S 3rd gen.

Also if you just want Kodi and don't need premium streaming services there are devices like VeroV.

Shield is an option but a more expensive one especially given it hasn't been refreshed in years and Nvidia is making too much money on AI to likely care.

AppleTV devices are another option, cheaper than shield, do premium streaming, they don't presently have Kodi but Jellyfin itself should work fine and there's also infuse which works with Jellyfin and is a bit more refined.

Right now with higher prices for RAM and storage the prices of most of these options have gone up. Amazon's options are cheaper because they're subsidized and AppleTV's are cheaper because they're Apple and they're fighting for price on this one. There will likely be sales around summer on some or most of these (not shield though, very rarely goes on sale).

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1hitsong 2 points 3 months ago

🤔 Technically, #1 could mean buy a new, other type of, device.

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ShortN0te 1 point 2 months ago

And i actually thought, Roku is one of the better Options to choose for "TV Sticks". At least I evaluated getting one for my next TV. Dodged a bullet i guess.

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Majestic 1 point 2 months ago

It's one of the worst in terms of privacy.

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