Twitter for Roku

SORRY - Twitter for Roku is no longer available in the Roku Channel Store.

Quick Look: Twitter for Roku won't let you tweet or follow any of your friends' Twitter accounts, but you can stream live video and view recent videos and tweets. When you launch the channel you can choose from videos that are currently streaming live. At the time of my review, live streams included a Bloomberg Technology newscast and the Patriot League Women's Lacrosse Semifinals.

The channel also has listings under "Today on Twitter." During our review, there were just over 20 topics, which included US News, Health, NFL, World News, Weird, Music, Celebrity, and NCAA Football. Each topic consists of recent tweets on a single subject. For example, I clicked on World News and found a short blurb with the headling "UAE wants to tow an iceberg from Antarctica to the Gulf. That was followed by nine tweets, both text and images, about the subject. Each tweet identifies the account-holder's name and Twitter handle, but there are no timestamps, so I don't know how recent the tweets are.

It's an interesting concept, but I don't find it very useful unless there is a particular live broadcast that you want to watch. Unfortunately, there is no schedule of upcoming live events on the channel, so you'll just have to tune in and see if there's anything worth watching. Some may find channel to be interesting as something to run in the background, since the Today on Twitter feed auto-loads a new subject after one finishes. But if you depend on this for keeping up with current events, you'll be woefully uninformed.

-- Information is current as of May 5, 2017

Developer's Channel Description: Watch live sports, entertainment, and news with Twitter on Roku. Live stream the show for free and get the full story with all the Twitter commentary. See what everyone is talking about with expert analysis, on the ground exclusives, bonus video feeds, and celebrity buzz. No account required

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Twitter for Roku is no longer available in the Roku Channel Store.

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