--- title: I dropped Roku for Google TV, and losing the ads alone... description: A personal account of switching from Roku to Google TV, driven primarily by Roku's increasingly aggressive advertising — including autoplay video ads before... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-dropped-roku-for-google-tv-and-losing-the-ads-alone-was-worth-it-idr4klagz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I dropped Roku for Google TV, and losing the ads alone was worth it | daily.dev og:description: A personal account of switching from Roku to Google TV, driven primarily by Roku's increasingly aggressive advertising — including autoplay video ads before... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-dropped-roku-for-google-tv-and-losing-the-ads-alone-was-worth-it-idr4klagz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Idr4KLAGz.png og:image:alt: I dropped Roku for Google TV, and losing the ads alone was worth it og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I dropped Roku for Google TV, and losing the ads alone was worth it **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal account of switching from Roku to Google TV, driven primarily by Roku's increasingly aggressive advertising — including autoplay video ads before reaching the home screen. Roku's advertising revenue hit $613M in Q1 2026, up 27% YoY, signaling the trend won't reverse. Google TV isn't ad-free, but its basic TV mode, cross-platform watchlist, Google Assistant voice search, and casting integration make it more usable day-to-day. Performance issues on Google TV are attributed more to weak TV hardware than the OS itself, and upcoming Gemini integration may further improve the experience. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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