Finally, a Universal Watchlist for All Your Streaming Services
Streamer fatigue, when you endlessly jump from one streaming app to another, trying to figure out what to watch, is real. Or you stumble upon something online that you would like to watch but don’t know where to stream it. This is a problem that companies like Apple and Google have tried to solve but have not been able to. But now Plex, a small media server that could solve this problem.
The service now has a new Discover section in its public beta to help you search, add, and stream any movie or TV show across multiple services. You can finally maintain a single, universal watchlist in the Plex app (that syncs across all your Plex apps across all popular platforms), and when you select a title, you’ll see all available places to stream it. When you choose to watch it on Hulu, it will open the Hulu app and immediately start playing the media (thanks to some deep linking magic).
After you update the Plex app, you’ll see a new welcome screen that will ask you if you’d like to customize your preferences. You can then select the streaming services you subscribe to.
Done: The next time you’re looking for something, you’ll see a new panel called ” Watch from these places “. Select a streaming service to start playing. And of course, you can use the ” Add to Watchlist ” button to add a title to your watchlist in the Plex app. You can access your Watchlist at any time from the Watchlist tab on the home screen.
There’s another benefit to using Plex’s Universal Watchlist: Plex will keep track of where a movie or TV show is currently streaming. So even if a TV show leaves HBO Max and moves to Hulu, it won’t suddenly disappear from your watchlist.
If you skipped the initial setup, you can go to Settings > Streaming Services to select the streaming apps you subscribe to. The feature is in public beta at the time of this writing, so if you don’t have access to it, you’ll get it soon enough. However, you should keep in mind that since this is a public beta, there will be some bugs and crashes at the beginning.
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