How to view a Roku Smart Home camera live feed while streaming content (Picture in Picture)
With Picture in Picture, you can keep an eye on your Roku Smart Home Camera feeds while also streaming your favorite content. Pin a feed to your screen to keep an eye on the kids or monitor the front door for deliveries without interrupting your favorite shows or movies.
Requirements
You can pin a Smart Home Camera feed to your screen with the following wired cameras:
- Roku Indoor Camera SE (models SCS11X and CS1000X)
- Roku Outdoor Wired Camera SE (models SCW11X and CW2000)
- Roku Indoor Camera 360
Pin a Smart Home camera feed to your screen
- Press Home
on your Roku remote
- Use the directional pad to navigate to the Roku Cameras App
- In the Roku Cameras app, navigate to the camera feed you wish to pin to your screen
- Press the Star
button on your remote to open the options menu for the camera
- Select Pin camera to your screen and press OK
- Confirm by selecting Yes, pin camera
- By default, the pinned camera feed will appear on the bottom-right of the screen
From a streaming channel
- While watching a video, press Star to open the TV Settings menu
- Select Pin Camera and press OK
to bring up a list of your cameras
- Choose a camera and press OK
Camera options
To open the pinned camera options menu while watching a show or movie, press and hold down the Star button for 3 seconds.
Unpin a camera feed
- While watching a video, press and hold down the Star
- Select Unpin camera and press OK
Unmute a camera feed
By default, the audio from the pinned camera feed is muted. You can unmute it, which will automatically mute your streaming content.
- While watching a video, press and hold down the Star
- Select Unmute camera and press OK
- To mute the camera's audio again, press and hold the Star
View a feed in full screen
- While watching a video, press and hold down the Star
- Select View feed in full screen
- Press OK
Switch live camera feed
- While watching a video, press and hold down the Star
- Use the directional pad to select Switch camera and press OK
- A checkmark appears next the camera that is currently pinned
- Choose a different camera and press OK
Move the camera feed
- While watching a video, press and hold down the Star
- Select Move and press OK
- Use the directional pad to move the camera feed to the desired location on the screen and press OK
Note: The camera feed can only be pinned to the edges of the screen
Supported Devices
You can pin a Smart Home camera feed to the screen on the following Roku devices:
| TVs | Support | Exceptions (Not Supported) |
|---|---|---|
| Roku 4k streaming sticks | Yes | |
| Roku 4k TVs | Yes | TVs with the following model numbers:
|
| Roku 4k Players | Yes | |
| Roku Soundbars/Streambars | Yes | |
| Other Roku devices and TVs | Players with model numbers
| Not supported if not otherwise listed |
| Cameras | Support | Exceptions (Not Supported) |
| Indoor Wired Camera |
| |
| Indoor Camera 360 |
| |
| Outdoor Wired Camera |
|
Check the model number on your device if you're unsure whether it supports this feature.
Troubleshooting
For additional help solving an issue with your Roku camera or one of its features, refer to the articles below:
- Learn about smart home cameras
- Detection settings for your camera or doorbell
- View recordings on your camera or doorbell
- Fix recording or scheduling issue on your camera or doorbell
Last updated at 2/25/2026 9:32:35 PM
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