Android

Product Updates

<p>In February, we talked about limits. Fair use. Data quality. Physical and digital libraries.</p><p>We also opened a new home for feedback as we continue building more in the open.</p><p>Some of these conversations were intense. That's okay.</p><div data-type="horizontalRule"><hr></div><h2>📏 Limits, Fair Use &amp; What This Means</h2><p>We first shared a draft of the <strong>Fair Use Policy</strong> and opened it up for feedback: <br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="link" href="https://forums.trakt.tv/t/draft-trakt-fair-use-policy-feedback-welcome/100842">🛠 Draft: Trakt Fair Use Policy (Feedback Welcome)</a></p><p>Then we followed up with <strong>Updated Limits for 2026</strong>: <br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="link" href="https://forums.trakt.tv/t/updating-trakt-limits-for-2026/101592">📢 Updating Trakt Limits for 2026</a></p><p>And finally, we clarified things about Fair Use and Limits: <br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="link" href="https://forums.trakt.tv/t/follow-up-fair-use-abuse-prevention-what-happens-at-the-limits/102004">📌 Follow-Up: Fair Use, Abuse Prevention &amp; What Happens at the Limits</a></p><p>If you are a heavy user tracking, rating, curating meaningful lists, you're not the target.</p><p>Structural misuse, automation abuse, infinite retry loops, and "export-the-entire-database" patterns? That's what we're addressing.</p><p>We know this is sensitive. History, ratings, and library are core Trakt features.</p><p>That's why we're being transparent early, sharing drafts, and explaining the reasoning instead of just flipping a switch.</p><div data-type="horizontalRule"><hr></div><h2>📀 Physical Library Update</h2><p>One of the strongest feedback threads was about Physical Library handling: <br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="link" href="https://forums.trakt.tv/t/update-on-physical-library-handling/99933">📚 Update on Physical Library Handling</a></p><p>Here's where we landed:</p><ul><li><p>Physical entries stay mixed with Digital/Playable Library</p></li><li><p>No migration to List required</p></li><li><p>At least <strong>two metadata fields (Format + Resolution)</strong> are now required</p></li></ul><p>Why require format and resolution? Because Library is structured data. Without minimum metadata, Physical entries become indistinguishable from generic entries and start breaking assumptions across apps, exports, filters, and third-party integrations.</p><p>The goal isn't to redefine what your Library is. It's to keep your Library meaningful while ensuring long-term consistency and sustainability.</p><div data-type="horizontalRule"><hr></div><h2>🧭 A New Home for Feedback</h2><p>We moved away from Productboard, had a little pause, and re-launched roadmap.trakt.tv using Featurebase: <br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="link" href="https://forums.trakt.tv/t/a-new-home-for-feedback/101559">🧭 A New Home for Feedback</a></p><p>Why?</p><ul><li><p>Less friction</p></li><li><p>Public discussions and votes on ideas</p></li><li><p>More community-driven</p></li></ul><p>We're currently testing and iterating with VIPs only and will open up more when we're ready.</p><div data-type="horizontalRule"><hr></div><h2>🔄 App &amp; Web Updates</h2><p>February also brought steady improvements across platforms.</p><h3>🍎 iOS</h3><p>Recent updates focused on:</p><ol><li><p>📅 Fully Redesigned Calendar A complete visual and structural overhaul with a smoother, modern layout -- plus smarter grouping of episodes airing at the same time into a single item.</p></li><li><p>🏠 Home Screen Widgets for Everyone Widgets are no longer VIP-only. All users can now add Trakt widgets directly to their iOS Home Screen.</p></li><li><p>🔄 Automatic Tracking for HBO Max Automatic Tracking for HBO Max is now available to all users, with behind-the-scenes improvements to increase tracking accuracy across the app.</p></li></ol><p>See full notes here:</p><ul><li><p>https://forums.trakt.tv/t/trakt-for-ios/80418/7</p></li></ul><div data-type="horizontalRule"><hr></div><h3>🤖 Android</h3><p>The new Android foundation continues to evolve quickly.</p><p>Recent updates include:</p><ol><li><p>🔍 Powerful Lists Upgrade Users can now search official and custom lists, like custom lists, manage liked lists from the Lists screen, and view seasons and episodes directly inside lists (read-only).</p></li><li><p>🎬 Now Watching Available Everywhere "Now Watching" (aka Check In) is now accessible through track menus across the entire app, making it faster and more consistent to log what you're watching.</p></li><li><p>🔄 Automatic Tracking for HBO Max All free users can now link their HBO accounts for Automatic Tracking, expanding streaming integrations beyond VIP.</p></li></ol><p>Release notes:</p><ul><li><p>https://forums.trakt.tv/t/trakt-for-android/96628/2</p></li><li><p>https://forums.trakt.tv/t/trakt-for-android/96628/3</p></li><li><p>https://forums.trakt.tv/t/trakt-for-android/96628/4</p></li></ul><div data-type="horizontalRule"><hr></div><h3>🌐 Web</h3><p>Web saw multiple incremental updates this month with:</p><ol><li><p>🎨 Major UI Refresh A significant visual refresh of the Light Theme (less gray, standardized shadows, improved CTAs) alongside redesigned Profile Pages optimized for larger screens and tablets, plus a new carousel component for richer layouts.</p></li><li><p>⭐ Enhanced VIP Experience &amp; Sentiment Analysis A revamped VIP upsell page with clearer limits/usage display and direct upgrade flow, plus enhanced Sentiment Analysis where VIP users get full insights while free users see structured previews -- all within an improved UI.</p></li><li><p>📚 Powerful Lists &amp; Library Improvements Expanded Lists capabilities including List Search, improved sorting (with visible sort values), "Add to List" from media popups, pagination for Library items, and clearer like counts -- making list management and large libraries more scalable and usable.</p></li></ol><p>See all and detailed notes:</p><ul><li><p>https://forums.trakt.tv/t/trakt-for-web/97506/2</p></li><li><p>https://forums.trakt.tv/t/trakt-for-web/97506/3</p></li><li><p>https://forums.trakt.tv/t/trakt-for-web/97506/4</p></li><li><p>https://forums.trakt.tv/t/trakt-for-web/97506/5</p></li><li><p>https://forums.trakt.tv/t/trakt-for-web/97506/6</p></li></ul><p>📝 We are publishing more comprehensive, consistent release notes for Web on a weekly cadence. 👉 Small changes. Frequently shipped. Less mystery.</p><div data-type="horizontalRule"><hr></div><h2><strong>🔭 What's Next</strong></h2><p>We'll continue refining the changes introduced this month, listening closely to your feedback, and making steady improvements across the ecosystem.</p><p>Thanks for reading, for testing, for pushing back when needed, and for helping shape where Trakt goes next.</p><p>🍿 The Trakt Team</p>