New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….
Original story (published on August 08, 2022) follows:
Discovery Plus is one of the most used streaming services on the Roku platform.
Since its launch on January 4, 2021, the main focus has been on providing quality programs from Discovery’s main channel brands, as well as original series, and other content.
Discovery Plus ‘Closed captioning’ not working on Roku devices
According to multiple reports, Closed captioning is not working for Discovery Plus users on Roku devices (1,2,3,4,5).
Affected Roku owners have turned closed captions on, but they are still unable to see captions on any Discovery Plus content on their smart TV. However, they work fine on Android and iOS apps.
Roku devices don’t seem to be the cause of this issue as many users tried closed captioning on other channels and it works fine. So it’s an issue related to Discovery Plus only.
Some have tried troubleshooting methods like turning their Roku device off and back on again, resetting it, and even logging in and out of their Discovery Plus accounts. But none of these fixed the issue.
One user allegedly claimed that developers are aware of this issue and are working on it. But there is no ETA for a fix yet.
Until then, we will be keeping an eye out on the problem and update this space as and when we come across more information so make sure you stay tuned to PiunikaWeb.
Update 1 (October 04, 2022)
06:48 pm (IST): One of those affected has confirmed that the issue with closed captioning has been resolved.
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