• Restored the ‘Play All’ button for the ‘New’ list. • Fixed an issue that could sometimes prevent the player from saving the current playback position.

This update includes several improvements and features based on user feedback from the past weeks: • New setting to include a Quick Actions section in video details for faster access to key features. Go to Settings → Video Details to configure. • Videos now automatically pause when you create a new bookmark, allowing you to focus on writing. Playback resumes as soon as you finish typing your bookmark. • Ability to edit the video duration in Edit Metadata. • Ability to filter duplicate videos in Manage Videos. • Shared video links now include the point you’re currently watching. • Ability to share a video at a specific moment from chapters, transcripts, and bookmarks. • Actions that previously opened a random video in its source app will now show the item details in Play by default. • App Intent: The Find Video action now lets you find videos that don’t have a specific title, channel, description, URL, or notes. • App Intent: New Open Video action to open the specified video in Play. • Minor UI adjustments in Channels Inbox.

• Channels Inbox now supports Nebula creators, letting you receive new videos from both YouTube, Vimeo, and Nebula in a unified feed. • Added a new “Sync to Video” button in Transcripts to scroll and highlight the part of the transcript matching the current video playback. • Added the ability to save bookmarks straight from video chapters for quicker access to key moments. • When creating new tags, Play now remembers your last selected color, making it easier to keep related tags visually consistent.

• Introducing Bookmarks: Save and easily access key moments in a video — add notes, jump back instantly, and keep all your insights organized. • Ability to copy video summaries or append it to the video’s notes. • Improved reliability when importing videos from YouTube playlists. • The Notes text field is now larger on bigger phones, making better use of the available screen space.

• Videos will now play their original audio track by default, preventing automatic dubbing. Go to Settings → Video Player to customize. • Tinted widgets now display images in full color. • Fixed a performance issue where Channels Inbox could freeze on launch. • Fixed button style when adding videos via the share sheet. Version 2.6.0: Play now features a modernized UI that adopts Liquid Glass, updated app icons, and Apple Intelligence features that help you throughout the app. FRESH DESIGN - Deeper separation between content and navigation controls, buttons that animate and shift shape as you move between different views, and playful navigation transitions for a polished user experience. Video lists now include a subtitle with relevant metadata, and the search bar has been relocated to the bottom for easier access. Modal sheets throughout the app have been redesigned to only take up the space they actually need, making them less likely to get in the way of other content you’re viewing. UPDATED APP ICONS - Play now supports every icon appearance for customizing your Home Screen. VIDEO SUMMARIES - On supported devices, tap “Generate Summary” in the Information tab of a video for a concise, AI-generated overview. TAG AND ICON SUGGESTIONS - On supported devices, you can now get AI-generated tag and icon ideas for your content.

Play now features a modernized UI that adopts the new design language, updated app icons, and intelligent features that help you throughout the app. FRESH DESIGN - Deeper separation between content and navigation controls, buttons that animate and shift shape as you move between different views, and playful navigation transitions for a polished user experience. Video lists now include a subtitle with relevant metadata, and the search bar has been relocated to the bottom for easier access. Modal sheets throughout the app have been redesigned to only take up the space they actually need, making them less likely to get in the way of other content you’re viewing. UPDATED APP ICONS - Play now supports every icon appearance for customizing your Home Screen. VIDEO SUMMARIES - On supported devices, tap “Generate Summary” in the Information tab of a video for a concise, AI-generated overview. TAG AND ICON SUGGESTIONS - On supported devices, you can now get AI-generated tag and icon ideas for your content.

Fixed an issue that could cause the in-app player to not load.

• Videos from Home Screen widgets now open directly in the app. • Improved performance for calculating complex Smart Searches. • Fixed an issue where Channels Inbox wouldn’t hide shorts by default. • Fixed an issue where the confirmation dialog would appear twice when deleting all videos in Channels Inbox. • Fixed an issue that prevented “Play All” from working with pinned Tags and Smart Searches.

This update brings a fresh new start screen and sidebar design, a streamlined way to add videos, smoother animations, and more: • Redesigned start screen and sidebar on iPhone and iPad. • Ability to customize which default lists are visible. • Adding from playlists and multiple items is now centralized in the Add Video sheet. • Pasting video URLs from the clipboard no longer requires permission. • Zoom animation when opening video details. • Two-column layout on iPad for easier navigation. • Context menus for videos now display a large artwork preview. • Ability to retrieve videos by tag in Shortcuts. • Ability to retrieve a video by its identifier in Shortcuts.

• Ability to include/exclude watched videos from search results. • Support for tinted widgets. • Fixed an animation glitch when adding/removing videos in Channels Inbox.

• Fixed an issue preventing interactive transcripts from loading on certain videos. • Support for tinted app icons.

• You can now setup Channels Inbox filters with multiple keywords, separated by commas (e.g., tutorial, review). • Redesigned the video details view with separate tabs for each section: attributes, chapters, transcript, recommendations, and actions. • Tag folders now display correctly in the Share Sheet when adding videos from other apps. • The video details view now shows the highest-quality artwork available. • Fixed an issue in Channels Inbox where swiping to delete a video removed the last video tapped, instead of the one being swiped.

• Search now finds videos across the whole app, not just in the selected list—and it’s blazing fast! • Search now also lets you choose which video attributes to match. • Improved scrolling performance in list view mode. • UI refinements across the app.

• Ability to set your favorite channels to automatically save new videos for later when refreshing Channels Inbox. • Customize Tags, Smart Search, and folders with colors and icons of your choice. • New “Scheduled for Date” attribute indicating when upcoming video broadcasts are scheduled to begin. • Smart Search now supports filtering by Date Watched. • Smart Search now supports filtering by Date Scheduled. • Smart Search now supports filtering videos with no ratings.

• Channels Inbox now supports Vimeo creators, letting you receive new videos from both YouTube and Vimeo in a unified feed. • New “Get Video Transcript” action to retrieve the transcript of any YouTube video for your automated workflows in Shortcuts. • Transitions throughout the app now animate more smoothly. • Performance improvement when selecting a Tag folder. • Fixed an issue where videos from playlists remained in Channels Inbox after saving for later. • Fixed an issue where the share sheet was unexpectedly dismissed when sharing a video to an app that requires text input, like Messages or Mail.

• Introducing Transcripts: Play now provides interactive transcripts, letting us navigate the video by tapping any phrase. Transcripts are also searchable, making it easy to find and jump to specific parts of the video. • In addition to syncing data with iCloud, Play now also automatically backs up daily to iCloud Drive for extra protection. • Fixed an issue where Smart Search in some cases could filter items incorrectly based on tags.

• Channels Inbox now updates 2x to 4x faster. • Performance improvements when selecting a Tag or Smart Search folder. • Fixed a rare issue that prevented signing-in with a YouTube account. • Stability improvements.

Fixed an issue where a small number of specific videos could be incorrectly categorized as YouTube Shorts. They are now correctly classified and will appear in your Channels Inbox.

• Channels Inbox can now hide all shorts, including those without #shorts in the title. Go to Settings → Channels Inbox → General Filters to configure. • Improved performance when refreshing the Channels Inbox, especially for users following many channels. • You can now select a custom color for Tags using the system color picker. • Ability to configure the video player size on the iPad, available in Settings → Video Player. • Ability to choose if Play should remember your playback position automatically. Go to Settings → Video Player to configure. • Ability to play/pause videos using the space bar on connected keyboards. • Fixed an issue preventing Play from following a channel shared through the Share Sheet from other apps.

• Polished Recap animations. • Polished app text in several areas for greater clarity. • Users who previously enabled the Delete Watched parameter now can view and adjust it in Settings → Video Player. • Fixed an issue where updates to an auto-tagging condition would not be reflected in the UI. • Fixed support for Apple TV content.

• Time to look back at the year’s highlights! Go to Settings → Annual Recap to view your 2024 Recap. • Redesigned the Manage Tags view to support folders and search. • Redesigned Tag menus throughout the app to support folders.

• By default, Play will now open the video when adding via the Share button from other apps. You can configure the default behavior in Settings → General. • Small and medium widgets can now use the system background color. • Ability to customise the “Show Video” shortcut action to either open the item in its source app or view it in Play. • New shortcut action to add or edit notes for a video. • Pinned items will no longer appear in both the Pinned section and the corresponding Tags or Smart Searches section in the Start Screen.

• Support for playback speeds faster than 2x. To configure, go to Settings → Video Player. • Better chapter extraction from video descriptions with some specific formats. • New button for moving a channel to a folder from within the context menu. • Ability to unfollow a channel without exiting the search results in Channels Inbox. • Temporarily remove support for widget accented mode due to a system issue that stops links from opening their associated items. • Editing an Auto-Tagging condition and changing the 'When' attribute no longer unnecessarily clears the 'Contains' field. • Fixed an issue that caused videos marked as watched through Shortcuts to not update the Date Watched attribute correctly.

This update includes several improvements and features based on user feedback from the past weeks: CHANNELS INBOX • You can now customize the double-tap gesture between “Save for Later”, “Watch on YouTube”, or “Watch in App”. To configure, go to Settings → Channels Inbox → Gestures. • Related settings are now conveniently accessible in Settings → Channels Inbox. • Chapters and Recommendations are now displayed when previewing new videos that were not saved for later. • When importing from Google Takeout, you now have the option to overwrite existing channels. This will remove any channels you follow in Play that are not included in your Google Takeout archive. • Included the ability to add a channel to a folder right when following it. VIDEO DETAILS • The video player now shows a warning when the creator disabled watching outside YouTube. • Added a dedicated button to open the video in its source app. To configure, go to Settings → Video Details → Actions. • Added the ability to edit video description. • Fixed an issue where video notes could briefly duplicate while typing. AUTO-TAGGING • Saving an Auto-Tagging will now automatically apply it to existing videos. If you have any feature requests, don’t hesitate to reach out via email. And if you’re enjoying the latest updates, please consider leaving a review on the App Store!

• Support for tinted widgets. • Fix a bug that could cause some recommended videos to miss metadata during addition.

Chapters and Timestamps • Play will detect and extract chapters listed in the video description, enabling you to easily navigate to specific sections. Recommended By • Likewise, videos suggested by the creator in the description are now shown in a dedicated section, making it easier to add them to your queue. Video Player • The video player now stays visible while scrolling through the description and other video attributes. • Improvements in playback position syncing. • Stability was greatly improved on the iPad.

Play 2.3.0 adds support for the features introduced in the latest OS updates. It offers controls for Control Center, includes new app icons that match your Home Screen style, and deeply integrates with Spotlight. It also brings new forms of interaction via App Shortcuts that allows you to add and retrieve data using Siri, Spotlight, the Shortcuts app, and more. And you can now translate video descriptions to your preferred language: APP ICON • New app icon for dark and tinted variants. CONTROLS • New Control for quickly launching Play from the Control Center, Lock Screen, or Action button. APP INTENTS • New intent for navigating to search results for the specified search term, which integrates Play’s search functionality with Siri throughout the system. • New App Shortcut to quickly view and access your latest videos. Just say “Siri, show videos in Play” or access it from Spotlight or the Shortcuts app. You can also use it as a shortcut in Control Center to view and open Play items from anywhere. • New App Shortcut to watch a random new video with a single tap. Just say “Siri, watch a random video in Play” or access it from Spotlight or the Shortcuts app. • New App Shortcut to follow a channel. Just say “Siri, follow channel in Play” or access it from Spotlight or the Shortcuts app. SPOTLIGHT • Play’s content is now searchable in Spotlight. TRANSLATION • The video description can now be translated to your preferred language.

• New setting for inline video playback on iPhone. Go to Settings → Video Player → Auto Enter Fullscreen to configure. • New button to watch in Picture in Picture (PiP) mode. By default, PiP automatically starts when you swipe away a fullscreen video, but you can now also activate it from the player’s toolbar (Player Settings → Enter PiP). • Improved stability on iPad. • iPad now uses the native system player when watching in fullscreen. • iPad now takes advantage of all available space to display video details and the inline player. • iPad now properly supports Picture in Picture (PiP) mode. • The player now saves your playback position when exiting the detail view as well as when pausing the video. • The modal video details screen (available only when “Tap to Watch” is enabled in Settings → Video List) now uses the app’s tint color. Previously: • Built-in Player: The video player now features a new toolbar to control playback, skip back and forward, adjust speed, and more. • In Progress: A new playlist for videos you’ve started but haven’t finished. • Playback Speed: You can now change the playback speed for all videos in Settings → Video Player. • Fixed an issue where videos from channels with similar names were displayed under both channels in the “New by Creator” section.

• Built-in Player: The video player now features a new toolbar to control playback, skip back and forward, adjust speed, and more. • In Progress: A new playlist for videos you’ve started but haven’t finished. • Playback Speed: You can now change the playback speed for all videos in Settings → Video Player. • Fixed an issue where videos from channels with similar names were displayed under both channels in the “New by Creator” section.

This update includes several quality-of-life improvements based on your suggestions: • New option to show video descriptions in Channels Inbox. • Moved the Edit button to the top bar in Channels Inbox for easier access. • Added a “New Folder” button to the Channels Inbox menu for quick access. • The video description is now directly below the artwork and title for better visibility. • Added a quick view option for notes when tapping and holding a video. • The Show Full Title preference configured in Settings → Video Details → Metadata is now separate from the one in the video list. • Play now suggests channels as you type when setting an Auto-Tagging condition by channel. • New URL scheme for viewing video details: play://view?id= • Improved iconography to clarify certain actions. • Added “Open Details” as a swipe option in lists.

Fixed an issue that could group videos from channels with similar names in the New by Channel section.

• Pinned Tags and Smart Searches now sync across platforms, and there’s no limit to the number of items you can pin. • You can now follow a channel by searching its name, without needing to copy and paste the URL (though that’s still an option if you want to follow a specific channel directly). • Redesigned My Channels view to highlight the different options for following channels and playlists.

• New option to hide titles in grid view, for a cleaner look. • The notes text editor now features live markdown syntax highlighting and improved controls. • New option in Settings → Video Details → Metadata to always show the full video description. • Search now offers title, channel, notes, description, and tag as categories for more granular control. • Manage Videos now offers more filters and lets you play all selected videos on YouTube. • Deleting items is now safer and less likely to be done accidentally. • New button to edit a video’s channel by touching and holding it in Channels Inbox. • You can now choose a tag when saving multiple videos in Channels Inbox. • Revamped UI when adding items from the share sheet. • Added links to some examples of shortcuts you can create using Play’s actions in the Help section. • Improved Play’s initial launch experience.

• New optional layout for Channels Inbox that groups videos by channel and provides categories such as “All”, “Today”, and “Slow Feeds”. • You can now organize your Channels Inbox subscriptions into folders. • Channels Inbox now supports per-channel settings to filter new videos according to their title and description. • Added the ability to edit the channel name in Channels Inbox. • Performance improvements when refreshing Channels Inbox. • New button in the video’s context menu to quickly filter by that creator.

• Over 2x faster performance when finding new videos from channels you follow in Channels Inbox! • Fixed an issue where the Delete Videos Above would be disabled after saving a video for later using the double tap or swipe gesture.

This update: Fixed an issue where the app could crash when launched by users with numerous tags and tag folders. Previously: Play 2.1.6 brings a host of user-requested enhancements and new features across the app: • You can now customize the sorting order of your Channels Inbox. • Added the ability to share the video directly from Channels Inbox. • New button for adding a tag to a video saved for later when swiping in Channels Inbox. • Tag and Smart Search folders can now be edited and deleted from the sidebar. • Tag folders now display the item count. • The video list now indicates which videos have a star rating or notes. • Included buttons to help with Markdown formatting while editing a note. • The 'Find Video' shortcut action now supports filtering by URL. • Resolved a problem where the 'Manage Tags' screen would unexpectedly close while modifying video tags. • Resolved a problem where the 'New by Creator' section would lost the selected item when changing the count of videos to watch.

Play 2.1.6 brings a host of user-requested enhancements and new features across the app: • You can now customize the sorting order of your Channels Inbox. • Added the ability to share the video directly from Channels Inbox. • New button for adding a tag to a video saved for later when swiping in Channels Inbox. • Tag and Smart Search folders can now be edited and deleted from the sidebar. • Tag folders now display the item count. • The video list now indicates which videos have a star rating or notes. • Included buttons to help with Markdown formatting while editing a note. • The 'Find Video' shortcut action now supports filtering by URL. • Resolved a problem where the 'Manage Tags' screen would unexpectedly close while modifying video tags. • Resolved a problem where the 'New by Creator' section would lost the selected item when changing the count of videos to watch.

• The list of supported streaming services has been significantly expanded. If Play couldn't fetch metadata for a video you tried to add before, there's a good chance it can now handle it. • Play now also supports a wide range of content types, including articles, posts, and so on. This opens up various possibilities, such as saving links to movie reviews, social network posts with an embedded video, Instagram Reels, and so on. • New context menu action available in Channels Inbox to 'Delete Videos Above'.

The video player now expands to fit the available space, ideal for a more immersive experience on iPad!

• You can now choose between Thumbnail and Color & Icon for the Tag, Smart Search, and Creator sections on the Start Screen. Go to Settings → Start Screen to configure. • Improved the UI for managing Tag and Smart Search folders in Settings. • Settings now shows a live preview of the selected layout. • Improved animations throughout the app. • Fixed an issue that could cause the Watched list to not be sorted in reverse chronological order.

• Shared videos now include the Start At attribute in the URL. • Added a shortcut action to recover recently removed videos from your Channels Inbox. • Fixed an issue when trying to add items from Disney+. • Fixed an issue that could cause performance issues when importing channels from Google Takeout.

• Import your YouTube channels using Google Takeout. • Select and manipulate multiple videos at once in the Channels Inbox. • The Start Screen now shows thumbnails for each Tag, Smart Search, and Creator. • You can now view the number of videos on each Smart Search. • Watch a random new item when pressing and holding a Tag or Smart Search. • Fixed an issue where Smart Searches, when filtering by durations shorter than a specified amount, failed to save the selected comparison condition.

This update introduces the ability to follow YouTube playlists, pin Tags and Smart Searches in the start screen, lots of Smart Search improvements, and more: • Follow YouTube playlists: you can now follow a specific playlist to get new videos as they are published. • Pin up to two Tags or Smart Searches at the top of the start screen for quick access. • Smart Search now supports filtering by video duration, description, and URL. • Smart Search now supports filtering videos that do not include a specific tag. • Smart Search now supports customizing the criteria between 'Contains' and 'Doesn’t Contains' when filtering by video title, channel, description, URL, or notes. • Drag and drop a tag into a video to assign while in grid view. • New 'Watch in App' button when pressing and holding a video throughout the app. • The 'Actions' section now shows a button to quickly access 'Manage Videos'. • New 'Set Start At Position' shortcut to save the current playback position for the video that’s currently playing, or for a specific video by ID. • Fix: dragging a video to a tag no longer changes its added time and status. Feedback is welcome! Please feel free to share any suggestions for features or ideas on how I can enhance your experience with Play.

Fixed an issue that could prevent the most recent videos from channels from appearing in the Inbox.

This version brings customizable gestures in Channels, improvements in Tag Folders and Auto-Tagging, support for watching in the DuckDuckGo browser, and fullscreen on iPad with Stage Manager: • Customize swipe gestures in the Channels Inbox list. Go to Channels → More → Swipe Actions... to customize. • Tags now show their associated folder names across the app. • Quickly create or update an Auto-Tagging rule for a specific channel. Press and hold a tag in the Manage Tags view to use. • Support for watching videos in the DuckDuckGo browser. Configure in Settings → General → Watch With. • Fixed an issue that caused the iPad app to don’t play videos in fullscreen when Stage Manager was active.

• Added the ability to watch new videos from your channels inline, without having to first save them for later. • The Get Videos shortcut action now supports filtering by multiple tags. • List and Dense List layouts can now show the complete video title. Configure in Settings → Video List. • Fixed a crash when trying to set the Start At attribute on videos that have a 0:00 length.

Channels • Interactive widget for tracking newly released videos from channels you follow. • Added an option to show the full video title in the Channels Inbox. • You can now quickly follow a channel from the video details screen. Additional Improvements • Added Date Watched as a possible attribute for filtering and sorting videos in the Find Video shortcut action. • Rows in the New by Channel section now support the Play All New on YouTube action. Bug Fixes • When the Mark as Watched parameter is enabled, selecting Play All New on YouTube will now accurately play the selected tag and smart search. • The Channels Inbox status bar now converts the elapsed time into hours if it has been more than 60 minutes since the last update.

• Follow channels from your existing videos in Manage Channels → Import From URL → Add Existing Channels. • You can now merge two different Tags. Go to Settings → Tags, long press one and select Merge... • Configure a custom Piped/Invidious instance to watch videos. • New action to delete YouTube channels from the Shortcuts app. • Keep up with all the latest updates with the new What’s New in Play document, available in Settings → What’s New. • Bug Fix: Resolved an issue where deleted videos could reappear in the Channels Inbox.

This update improves the in-app player experience: - AirPlay support. - Picture in Picture (PiP) support on the iPhone. - Fullscreen support on the iPad. - Long press the Start At button to set it as the currently running time. It also adds the ability to create an Auto-Tag rule based on the video description. --- Play 2.0 brings the ability to follow YouTube channels and get new videos as they're released. You can save the ones you want to watch, and delete the rest. It integrates harmoniously with the existing feature set, allowing you to have a complete YouTube experience within the app - get new videos, save, organize, and watch without algorithms! It also adds the ability to create folders for Tags and Smart Searches, giving you more ways to catalog and organize your videos. These features are part of Play Premium, a subscription designed for features that extend Play's capabilities beyond saving videos for later. It brings a more sustainable business model to the app and allows me to invest in more advanced features, ensuring the app's long-term development.

Play 2.0 brings the ability to follow YouTube channels and get new videos as they're released. You can save the ones you want to watch, and delete the rest. It integrates harmoniously with the existing feature set, allowing you to have a complete YouTube experience within the app - get new videos, save, organize, and watch without ads and algorithms! It also adds the ability to create folders for Tags and Smart Searches, giving you more ways to catalog and organize your videos. These features are part of Play Premium, a subscription designed for features that extend Play's capabilities beyond saving videos for later. It brings a more sustainable business model to the app and allows me to invest in more advanced features, ensuring the app's long-term development. Play 2.0 also brings the following bug fixes and improvements: - Added a button to open the main app when adding a video from the Share Sheet. - The large widget now shows 12 videos when configured with the ‘Minimal UI’ option. - The in-app player now starts the video according to the ‘Start At’ attribute. Update 2.0.1 brings: • Added double tap gesture to add a video from Inbox to watch later. • The Actions section in the start screen now features a button to open a random new video. • Playing all new videos now gives you the option to watch without marking them as watched when the ‘Mark as Watched’ parameter is active. • Fix: Importing videos from a playlist no longer duplicates existing videos.

Fixed a bug that could cause video metadata to be missing when importing links with a specific URL format.

This update brings major improvements to widgets, the ability to customize the start screen and sidebar, an option to group videos by channel, a denser grid layout, and more: • Widgets have been reorganized to offer unified options for the Lock Screen and Home Screen. There are now two types of widgets: List and Add Video. I also added more sizes, specially the smaller ones, allowing for more flexible widget setups. Large and extra-large interactive widgets now have two new background colors: Black and System, which follows the system’s defaults for light and dark mode. They also offer a ‘Minimal UI’ option that hides every UI element. • Customizable Start Screen and Sidebar: You can now customize which sections are visible in the start screen/sidebar. Show or hide tags, smart search, a new list of actions for quickly adding videos, and even a new section that automatically groups videos by channel. Go to Settings → Start Screen to configure. • Play can now optionally group videos by channel, allowing you to easily catch up on new videos from a particular creator. Channels with new videos to watch will be shown in the start screen/sidebar and are sorted by the count of new videos and then by name. Go to Settings → Sidebar → View Channels to activate. • New ‘Dense Grid’ layout option that shows more videos per page. If you’re on the iPad, try pairing it with a two-column layout for a more focused video list. Go to Settings → Video List to configure. • Smart Search now supports filtering by multiples channels when using a comma to separate the channel name (e.g., Christopher Lawley,Marques Brownlee,iJustine). • The ‘Add to Play’ share sheet action now supports adding videos manually. When adding video from an app that Play can’t get the metadata automatically, the window will allow you to manually type the missing metadata. • The video’s star rating is now present in the response of the ‘Find Video’ shortcut action, and also available as an attribute for filtering.

Play 1.4.2 brings new features for iOS and iPadOS 17 including interactive widgets, support for StandBy mode on the iPhone, support for Lock Screen widgets on the iPad, and more. It also adds the ability to watch YouTube videos within the app, for a more seamless experience: New on iOS and iPadOS 17 • Interactive Widgets: Edit a large or extra-large widget to customize and configure interactive Tags and Smart Searches. • Support for the iPhone’s new StandBy mode. • Support for Lock Screen widgets on the iPad. • Play now shows tips about features you may not know about. Improvements and bug fixes • Play YouTube Videos Inline: You can now watch YouTube videos within the app for a more seamless experience. • The Watched section now always sorts videos by the date watched attribute. • New ‘Add Video Manually’ shortcut action allows you to add videos manually by filling in all the required metadata. • Added the ability to open Play without playing a random video when tapping the View a Random Video Lock Screen widget. • Improved dark mode support and legibility for tag colors. • Play now remembers the state of the Tags list (shown/collapsed). • Fixed an issue that caused some URLs not to be recognized when adding videos manually.

• Introducing a new widget design that optimizes the content to the available space and widget's size. • New option to use a two-column layout on the iPad. Configure in Settings → Video List. • Play now remembers and shows the previously viewed section upon launching the app on the iPad. • Added support for links from youtube-nocookie.com • Added the ability to edit the thumbnail URL of videos added manually. • Fixed an issue where tapping the ‘Done’ button could discard all changes when editing notes in a video.

Play now supports adding videos from any platform! For supported platforms, Play will automatically fetch metadata and save the video. And for other platforms, you can manually fill in all the required fields.

• Support for adding entire YouTube playlists as a single item rather than importing each video individually. • Support for Twitch and Hulu. • The Play All feature now marks videos as watched, according to the 'Mark as Watched' user preference. • Enhanced the process for importing videos from playlists. • Support for Apple Music videos in the format ‘https://music.apple.com/us/post/…’. • Support for YouTube videos in the format ‘https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=...&fbclid=...&v=...’.

Introducing Play All: watch your new YouTube videos with a single tap! Play All generates a playlist on YouTube, allowing for automatic, continuous playback. To use Play All, look for the play button on the toolbar of your list of new videos. You can also use it on specific Tags and Smart Search by long pressing them.

• Added support for videos from Apple Developer, Disney+, TED, Khan Academy, O’Reilly Learning, and BBC. • Fixed a bug that could cause the action extension to not completely close after tapping Done.

• Redesigned tips section when adding a new item. • Rate items when adding from other apps in the Share Sheet extension.

• Support for the Apple TV app: movies, TV shows, and episodes. • Support for Netflix: movies and TV shows. • Support for movies from Letterboxd. • Support for videos from your LinkedIn Learning courses. • Category suggestions in the search bar are now optional and disabled by default (configure in Settings → Video List). • Added “Source” as a new attribute in Auto-Tagging.

View the number of new videos in the app’s icon badge, open a random video with a new Lock Screen and Home Screen widget, add live videos from YouTube, and more: Show Badge Count • Show the number of new videos on Play’s icon. • Enable it in Settings → General → Show Badge Count. Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets • New widget to open a new random video with a single tap. Support for additional services • Added support for Live videos from YouTube. • Added support for Odysee. General improvements • The Find Video shortcut action now accepts filtering by Description and Notes. • Improved colors in dark mode.

• Search enhancements: find videos more easily by combining category suggestions and multiple keywords. • On the iPad, video description and notes are now visible in a popover component. • Added a shortcut to add/remove tags by long pressing the Tags button in the video details view. • Added a “Done” button to dismiss the keyboard on text fields. • Adding Auto-Tagging conditions now uses a smaller, medium-height modal view.

Improved accessibility support with VoiceOver and Voice Control.

• Home Screen widgets can now be configured with a Smart Search. • Videos marked as watched will show a new “Date Watched” attribute. • Added the ability to sort videos by the new “Date Watched” attribute. • The “Tag” attribute can now be used as an Auto-Tagging condition. • It is now possible to configure an Auto-Tagging condition to check if the title or channel does not contain text. • Added “Full Title” as a metadata option for the detail view.

• Shake to Watch: watch a new random video by shaking the device. • The Add Video shortcut action now supports Twitter videos. • Added the ability to collapse the list of tags in the Start Screen. • You can now search tags when adding videos from the Share Sheet.

This update introduces support for Focus Filter, Predicate Filtering in Shortcuts, Twitter and Nebula videos, and more: New features: • Support for Twitter and Nebula videos. • Focus Filter: Configure a Focus mode to limit the videos and tags shown in Play. • Predicate Filtering: Use the new Find Video action in Shortcuts to search videos using complex filters, predicates, and sort options. • New shortcut action to change the app's settings. Bug fixes: • Fixed a bug that could cause the Add to Play action not to appear in the Share Sheet when sharing Apple Music videos. • Fixed a bug that caused the duration to be formatted incorrectly when the video is less than 10 seconds long.

Play 1.2.7 brings support for music videos from Apple Music, the ability to view notes in the List layout, bug fixes, and more: • Added support for music videos from Apple Music. • View a preview of the video's notes in the List layout. Go to Settings → User Interface → List to configure. • Added Source, ID, and URL as optional metadata in the details screen. • Increased the size of the success dialog when adding videos from the Share Sheet on the iPad. • Fixed a bug that could cause videos to have a wrong URL when watching videos with Safari. • Fixed the layout of the extra-large widget on devices that use the More Space in Display Zoom options.

• Dense List layout. See twice as many items as before! • Choose which metadata you want to see in the details screen. Long-press a metadata and tap Hide, or go to Settings → User Interface → Video Metadata to configure. • Customize actions visible in the details screen. Long-press an action and tap Hide, or go to Settings → User Interface → Actions to configure. • Redesigned details screen with actions always visible in the navigation bar and tags that are easier to manage. • Ability to sort by star rating. • Support for a URL Scheme to open an item: play://open?id=videoID

• Stability improvements when adding videos. • Added the possibility to automatically close the Share Sheet after adding. • Added the possibility to hide Tags tips from the Start Screen. • Added support for Yattee and Piped. Go to Settings > General > Watch With to configure.

Play 1.2.4 brings new Lock Screen widgets for you to quickly see and access your saved videos.

Play 1.2.3 introduces Smart Search and allows you to customize tag colors. It also changes the way new/watched videos are displayed, brings improvements to Shortcuts, and more: • Introducing Smart Search: automatically filter videos based on a set of rules. • Added the ability to customize the tag color. • The Get Videos shortcut now accepts the Video ID as a parameter. • The Add Video shortcut now also works with YouTube playlists. • Changed the way the app indicates a video is new/watched. New videos will now have a "NEW" indicator, and Play will no longer apply a fade effect to watched videos. • Fixed a bug that caused the video to not open from the widgets when using the Delete Watched setting.

• You can now import videos from a YouTube playlist. Press and hold the + button and choose Import From Playlist. • Added support for Vimeo. • Added support for Invidious and Piped. • Fixed the widget's background color when the Hide Title Bar option is enabled. • Minor UI improvements.

• Added support for Shorts. • The Add Video shortcut action now has the Date Added and Notes optional fields. • You can now write Notes when adding videos from the share sheet. • Play now properly format the duration of videos shorter than one minute.

• Added the video description to the details. You can also search videos by the description. • Improved the video details view by bringing the most frequently used controls to the top. • Improved the UI to view and edit notes. • Added troubleshooting instructions for issues with iCloud Sync. • Added a parameter to show/hide the title bar in widgets.

• Rate videos with starts. • User Interface options are now available in the list of saved items. • The Get Video shortcut response now contains the list of video tags. • Added a new screen to check the iCloud sync status. Available in Settings > General > iCloud Status • The Manage Videos screen now allows editing watched videos. • Added the ability to remove tags in the Manage Videos screen. • Fixed a bug that ignored filtered videos when selecting all in the Batch Edit screen.

This update brings the ability to save timestamps, apply Auto-Tagging retroactively, new URL Schemes to add videos, support for Firefox and Brave, and more: • You can now add a specific timestamp to control from where the video should start playing. • Added the ability to apply Auto-Tagging retroactively to existing videos. Tap and hold an Auto-Tagging item and choose "Apply". • Created two new URL Schemes: • Launch Play: play:// • Add Video: play://add?url={video url} • Added a menu to choose where to watch a video when pressing and holding the Watch With button (YouTube App, Safari, Brave, Firefox, or Invidious). • Added support for Firefox and Brave. Go to Settings > General > Watch With to configure. • The Manage Videos screen now allows you to select and edit videos without having to tap the Edit button first. • Added the ability to create a new tag from the Manage Tags screen. • Added the ability to edit a Tag when tapping and holding them on the Start Screen/Sidebar. • Added an Edit button to make it easier to edit notes inside videos. • The Send Feedback via Email action now uses the user's default mail app.

• Added a new Grid layout option. Go to Settings > User Interface to configure. • Shows the total running time of all new videos in each group. • Added a search bar in the Manage Videos screen.

Play 1.1.5 brings an easier way to manage a video's tags, Markdown support for Notes, drag and drop improvements, and new Shortcuts actions and attributes. Tags • Added a new modal view to manage a video's tags. Available in the context menu when touching and holding a video. • Added the ability to drag and drop videos into a tag. You can use this to assign a tag to the video. • Added the option to count played albums and songs in the total number of videos of each tag. Go to Settings > User Interface to configure. UI • The Notes field now formats Markdown text. It accepts **bold**, *italic*, ~~strikethrough~~, `monospaced` and [link](https://apple.com) text. Shortcuts • The Get Videos shortcut now shows the number of videos found when run. • The Add Video shortcut now accepts multiple tags. • Created a new Get Tags shortcut to get all tags in the app. Drag and Drop • Added the ability to drag videos out of the app. You can use this to share a video by dragging and dropping it into another app. • Increased the drop area when dragging and dropping an album or song. • Improved the progress indicator when adding a dropped video.

UI • Play now always shows the search bar by default. Go to Settings > User Interface to configure this behavior. • Added the ability to customize the swipe actions. Go to Settings > User Interface to customize. Widgets • Added two new color options: Black and Pure Black. Tags • Added the ability to create new tags when creating a new Auto-Tag. Shortcuts • Added the Notes, Artwork URL, and Artwork URL (Maximum Resolution) attributes to the Get Video action response. • Added a new action to delete videos by ID. Add Videos • Play now accepts YouTube links in the format: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=... • Added links in the Add Video view that explain how to use drag and drop and the share sheet. Bug fixes • Play now ignores the watched status filter when accessing the Watched category.

This update introduces an entirely new UI on iPhone and iPad! You can now filter by tags with a single tap. In addition, new categories make it easier to access new, played, and untagged videos.

Play 1.1.2 introduces Auto-Tagging and adds UI refinements and improvements throughout the app. Auto-Tagging • Use Auto-Tagging to automatically tag videos when adding them, according to user-defined rules. You can create rules based on the video Title, Channel, and Duration. Go to Settings > Auto-Tagging to configure. Metadata • Added the ability to edit the video Published Date and Added Date. UI • Refined system icons throughout the app. • Refined the UI of the video details screen. • Refined the UI of the video list item in both List and Grid view. • Added an explanation label in the Tags Settings screen.

Play 1.1.0 is the Tags update! It adds the following improvements to tag-related operations: • Added the ability to create new tags from the Add Video screen. • Added a new button to manage tags from the navigation bar of the video details screen. • Improved how tags are sorted throughout the app by using natural sorting.

• Added the ability to search videos by notes. • Fixes a bug that caused the app to differentiate between lowercased and uppercased channel titles when sorting by channel.

This update prevents duplicate videos from being added. Instead, when adding a video that already exists, Play will update its added date, and status to New.

Announcement • Play is now available on the Apple TV! What's New • Added the ability to write notes in the video. • Added editing metadata capabilities, allowing users to change the title, channel name, and notes. These new features allow users to use Play to save videos for later and to catalog videos for reference.

• This update adds the much-anticipated option to sort videos by duration! • It also shows the video duration in the large and extra-large widgets.

This update brings the second batch of new features that users suggested via feedback: Widget • Added a widget configuration to show video title. It works on large and extra-large widgets. Filter • Added option to filter videos with no tags. Sharing • Added the ability to share the video using the Share Sheet. It is available from the detail screen and the video's context menu. Tap to Play • Added a button in the video's context menu to open details when using the Tap to Play option. Bug fixes • Fixes a bug that could cause the Share Sheet action extension not to appear when sharing from apps such as Firefox or Reeder.

This update introduces many improvements and new features that users suggested via feedback, such as: Watch Videos • Added an option to choose where to watch. You can choose between the YouTube App, Safari, or Invidious. Go to Settings > General > Watch With to configure. • Added an option to immediately play the video when tapped, rather than opening details. Go to Settings > UI > Tap to Play to configure. Sorting • Improves the sorting by Title by comparing strings with numbers according to their numerical value. Manage Videos • Added option to create a new tag inside the "Tags..." menu. Tags • Tags will be automatically assigned to the selected videos when creating a new tag. Widget • Added an option to sort the videos randomly.

- This update fixes an issue that caused some videos to be added without metadata info, such as title and channel name. - Videos affected by this bug will be automatically fixed upon opening the app. Thanks for downloading Play, and for all the feedback and feature suggestions! New features and improvements will be released soon, starting with version 1.0.2.