The remote for every Roku device in the house.

• Download RemoteWave for Roku, make sure your phone shares the same Wi‑Fi network as your Roku device, then open the app and select your Roku TV or player from the list
• You'll immediately get D‑pad navigation, playback controls, and channel shortcuts

• Yes — RemoteWave for Roku supports Private Listening, routing your Roku device's audio to your phone's connected headphones

• Yes — RemoteWave supports both built-in Roku TVs and standalone Roku streaming players and sticks

RemoteWave finds your Roku TV or streaming player by discovering it on your phone's Wi‑Fi radio, which Android treats as a device-discovery capability rather than a single named toggle:

• On Android 13 and newer, the app requests the Nearby devices permission — specifically for Wi‑Fi device discovery — which does not share your physical location
• On Android 12 and earlier, the operating system bundles Wi‑Fi device scanning under Location permission, even though RemoteWave never reads, stores, or uses your GPS coordinates
• You can review or revoke this permission anytime under Settings > Apps > RemoteWave > Permissions

No separate internet connection is required to use the remote:

• RemoteWave communicates with your Roku TV or streaming player directly over your home Wi‑Fi network
• An internet connection is only needed once, to download the app from the Play Store
• Streaming content on the TV itself still needs its own internet connection, independent of the remote control features

A handful of causes account for most connection drops:

• Weak Wi‑Fi signal near the TV, especially over long distances or through multiple walls
• Router congestion on the 2.4GHz band — switching the TV or phone to 5GHz Wi‑Fi where available often helps
• Android's battery optimization suspending the app in the background — see the next question
• A guest network with client or AP isolation enabled, which blocks devices from seeing each other even on the same Wi‑Fi

For the most reliable connection to your Roku TV or streaming player, yes:

• Go to Settings > Apps > RemoteWave > Battery, and set it to Unrestricted or disable battery optimization
• This prevents Android from suspending the app's background network activity, which is the most common cause of a remote that needs to be reopened to reconnect

Yes. Most VPN apps route all traffic through an external server, which blocks the direct Wi‑Fi path RemoteWave needs to reach your Roku TV or streaming player:

• Turn off the VPN while using the remote
• Or add RemoteWave to your VPN app's split-tunneling or per-app exclusion list if it offers one

RemoteWave is built to need as little as possible:

• Remote-control commands travel directly between your phone and your Roku TV or streaming player over your local Wi‑Fi network — never routed through our servers
• No Roku account is required to use the core remote-control features
• See our full Privacy Policy for details on diagnostic data

• Yes — the core features are free to download and use
• Any optional extras are always disclosed clearly on the app's Google Play listing before you install