Changelog
What shipped in plot, newest first.
Every public ship lands here the same day, in plain language. Entries use New, Improved, and Fixed.
New
- Pick for Me is now Just Decide, and everyone gets one free pick a day
- Choose the poster, backdrop and logo you want on any title
- Home is built around your own titles: pin shelves, set their order, pick a card style and density, and rate what you have just watched in one loop
- A Watch together card on Home, and Watch together is on for everyone in the iOS app with a redesigned start page
- Episode ratings on title pages, regional age ratings, time left on a show and when it ends, and specials in the episode guide
- Imports run in the background: pick a source, queue a few, and start them during onboarding. Your sources now live in Settings
- A prompt for episode alerts and streaming arrival when you save a show or film
Improved
- Onboarding holds steady: your profile saves reliably and setup picks up where it left off if something interrupts it
- Title pages on the website load faster
Fixed
- Link previews for profiles and lists recover on their own after a temporary outage instead of staying blank
- Photo share cards show up in WhatsApp
- The web app recovers when a browser extension changes the page
- Imports recover from odd export files, and the import dialogs in onboarding are clearer
New
- Sign in with Apple on web and in the iOS app
- Just Decide, a tonight picker for Premium: answer a few questions, get a pick, and keep the searches you like
- Watch together: see what is on both your watchlists, swipe through picks with a friend, and build shared lists. Premium hosts, friends join free
- Smart lists that keep themselves up to date from rules you set, and collaborative lists you build with friends
- Follow actors and directors, a Your people shelf on Home, and an alert when someone you follow has new work. Continue watching shows what has an episode waiting
- Alerts for your watchlist: when a film arrives on one of your services or becomes free to watch, when a film on your list comes out, and when a show you follow has a new episode, with Add to calendar
- Taste overlap: compare your ratings with someone you follow
- Share cards from your profile and History: Highlights, Streak, Top 5, Activity, You vs the crowd, Genres and Your person, in a choice of themes
- Import your history from Plex, Trakt, IMDb ratings, TV Time archives and Simkl
- A live calendar subscription and theme families for Premium, plus a one-time calendar export for everyone
- Choose who can see your Want to Watch, and set visibility per list
- New onboarding on web and iOS, with a Finishing touches card on your first visit home
- A Lists from plot shelf of curated lists you can save, and Plot’s Picks that rotate on their own
- Horror, Romance and Thriller for shows, watch status chips on list titles, and a status filter with a progress bar
- In the iOS app: search titles, people and friends together, search across My Lists, export your data, change your profile photo, and a feedback section in the drawer
- A support page on the website
Improved
- Undo after removing a title, changing episode progress, or creating a list
- Quick one-line prompts to mark a title watched after you save it, and to rate it after you mark it watched
- One persistent foot bar on the title panel, on web and iOS
- The sidebar account menu holds your theme, Help build Plot and account links. History and Guide sit in the same place on iOS as on web
- History is cached between pages so moving around the app feels quicker
- The website has a new footer, uppercase navigation, and a homepage that says what plot is for: review, rate, remember
Fixed
- Five-star ratings save, and your rating and review stay when you watch a title again
- Searching a list no longer loses focus after one character, and custom lists can be filtered and searched on a phone
- Signing up is more reliable when a password is autofilled or the human check is slow
- Taps reach the hero and binge cards on phones
- Release notes say In theaters and write dates in US order, and home releases are no longer labelled as in cinemas
- Deleting your account copes with a dropped connection, and the newsletter Unsubscribe link opens a real page
New
- A public changelog at theplot.tv/changelog, so you can see what shipped without digging store notes
- A collapsible navigation rail on web that gives the page you are on more room
- A redesigned New Releases page with clearer browsing and filters
- A refreshed notifications layout that is easier to scan
Improved
- Mobile navigation and sheets feel tighter and more consistent across the app
- List controls and recovery when something goes wrong mid-edit
- More film and TV title pages for search and sharing
- Saving an article from What's On hands off more cleanly into the app
Fixed
- Poster quick actions on lists working again
- Genre filtering on New Releases completing as expected
- Favorites shelf staying compact on profiles
- Navigation rail and title panel polish that left controls misaligned