How to set up your Roku Touch™ tabletop remote

The Roku® Touch is a tabletop remote that lets you start music, use voice commands, or control playback on your Roku device or Roku TV™. It is wireless, battery-powered, and designed to work alongside your handheld Roku remote, not replace it.

You can place Roku Touch anywhere you can hear your Roku device, such as on a kitchen counter, desk, or entryway table.

Note: Roku Touch must be within listening distance of your Roku device. Range can be reduced by thick walls or weak Wi-Fi signal.

Roku Touch tabletop remote

Set up Roku Touch

Step 1: Put your Roku device in pairing mode

On your handheld Roku remote, press:
Home > Settings > Remotes & devices > Pair new device > Remote

Roku Touch remote with buttons labeled

Step 2: Put Roku Touch in pairing mode

  • Remove the battery cover and insert 2 AAA batteries
  • Press and hold the pairing button (inside the battery compartment) for 5 seconds, until the light inside the compartment flashes
  • Roku Touch will announce it is “searching for devices”
  • Once pairing is complete, your Roku device will return to the Remotes & devices menu

Use Roku Touch

Voice commands

Press and hold the Voice buttonmicrophone icon and speak naturally. Examples:

  • “Play classical music on Pandora”
  • “Play Stuff You Should Know on iHeartRadio”
  • “Play Today’s Hits on TuneIn”

Note: Pandora and TuneIn require you to sign in with an account. iHeartRadio lets you play free content without one.

Personal shortcuts

You can save a voice command to the shortcut button:

  • Hold the Voice buttonmicrophone icon and say a command (e.g., “Play Pandora”)
  • After it runs, press and hold the shortcut button until you hear a success tone
  • Now, pressing the shortcut button will repeat that command
  • You can reassign the shortcut at any time

Troubleshooting

Volume buttons do not work

  • When paired with Roku players, Roku Touch volume controls may not work unless your TV, AVR, or soundbar supports HDMI-CEC
  • Make sure HDMI-CEC is enabled in your TV settings

Note: Some brands use different names for HDMI-CEC: Sony BRAVIA Sync, LG SimpLink, Samsung Anynet+, etc.

Remote won’t pair

  • Check that the batteries are new and installed correctly
  • Restart your Roku device and repeat the pairing steps

Remote not responding

 

Last updated at 6/3/2026 10:51:08 PM

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