Roku can turn your TV into artwork with its new Backdrops feature
Roku will begin rolling out Backdrops in the coming weeks, allowing Roku TV owners to transform their television sets into artwork.
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Roku is releasing a new feature, Backdrops, which shows classic works of art or photo collections as a screensaver on your Roku TVs. Typically, if you leave your Roku device running, it will eventually switch to the familiar side-scrolling purple Roku city or an ad for PlutoTV.
Roku’s new feature will turn your TV into a fancy art delivery system
The new viewing feature turns your TV or viewing device into an Amazon Echo Show 8 Photos Edition, except Roku hasn’t taken away the only feature that gave it its name. Backdrops will show pictures of classic works of art by masters like Claude Monet and beautiful photos of landscapes that you can choose to display on your Roku device.
Roku’s new Backdrops feature is blatantly inspired by Samsung’s Frame TV
Roku is the latest company to lean into the trend of throwing artwork onto your TV screen, offering viewers some serene relaxation time when they’re not actively watching something. Today the company announced a new feature / app called Backdrops, and it all sounds very familiar.
Your Roku TV is about to get an artsy upgrade, thanks to a new premium feature
Roku just announced a new feature called "Backdrops," which transforms your TV into a canvas. Like on the popular Frame TV from Samsung and other alternatives, this free feature will showcase artwork and photography while the set is not actively showing content.
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