Some people have been experiencing random power-ons recently.
You're sound asleep in the middle of the night when, all of a sudden, your TV turns on. You know you turned off the TV before you went to bed, no one else is awake, and there's nothing near your remote to accidentally push the power button. What — or who — could have turned on the TV? A bored spirit haunting your home? A burglar looking to take a quick break?
Those scenarios are highly unlikely. But, unfortunately, some Roku TVs and Roku streaming device owners have been jolted out of their slumber by those products inexplicably powering on randomly over the past few months. And no one really knows why it's happening. There may be a few explanations, however, and a couple of potential fixes to try if your Roku device has gone rogue during the wee hours.
When Roku OS version 15.3 went live in August 2026, owners of Roku TVs and Roku streaming devices began reporting these middle-of-the-night disturbances. Not every Roku TV or streaming player has been impacted by this supposed 15.3 bug, but the timing of the reports with the software update seems more than coincidental.
What's odd about that, though, is that there was nothing in the 15.3 update that involved autoplay features or even…
