As part of a round of new features, Roku has confirmed sports fans will soon gain access to real-time score updates. Roku is also adding Reminders for sports events in a bid to ensure sports fans don’t miss a minute of the action.
Key Takeaways
- Roku is introducing live score updates directly within its Sports Zone, allowing users to track multiple games simultaneously.
- For those that prefer not to know what’s happening, there will be the option to disable live scores, avoiding spoilers in the process.
- A new “Remind me” button lets users set alerts for upcoming games, including the option to receive mobile notifications ahead of game time.
The Roku Sports Zone can already be used to keep up to date on a variety of sports, whether it’s finding when a live game is due to be shown or on which streaming services it can be watched on.
Soon, with the introduction of live scores, Roku plans to make it even easier for fans to keep up to date on what’s happening, and in real time.
These live scores will be shown directly at the bottom of each game title in the Sports Zone. As scores will be shown for each live event, sports fans will be able to see how the action is unfolding in multiple sporting events at the same time, and in the one place.
Naturally, not everyone wants game spoilers and Roku has prepared for this situation. Although the real-time live scores will be enabled by default once the feature rolls out, Roku users will have the option to disable the feature again, ensuring scores remain hidden from view.
As for Reminders, these work exactly as they sound. Roku users will soon gain the option to bookmark an upcoming game by clicking on a new Remind me button.
Once clicked, the reminder will be set, and the user will receive a notification when the game is about to begin. In fact, users will able to receive mobile notifications so that when a reminder is set, they will be notified on their mobile device that the game is about to start.
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