• The Create Tag shortcut action now includes an optional Folder parameter. • Smart Searches now make it easier to filter by channel by allowing you to browse and search your channel list. • Added more ways to access YouTube search through App Shortcuts. • Added separate settings for marking videos as watched after playback finishes or when opening them in another app. • Added quick hover actions to Channels Inbox, making it easier to watch, save, or delete videos. • Improved system widget backgrounds to better match the system in Light and Dark Mode.

• Ability to search YouTube directly and add videos to Play without leaving the app. • AI Assistant now responds using your preferred app language and regional conventions. • Added drag-and-drop tagging support. Drag any video onto a sidebar tag to tag it instantly. • Channels imported from OPML files will now properly load their thumbnails. • Improved Channels Inbox performance.

• Added OPML import for Channels Inbox, making it easy to bring your followed channels back into Play from an exported OPML file. • Your Play library is now reliably indexed in Spotlight, making it easier to find and access from anywhere. • Improved the Add Video shortcut so its completion message shows the title of the video that was added instead of a generic confirmation. • Fixed an issue where the Add Video shortcut couldn’t ask which tags to apply when running from Shortcuts.

THIS VERSION: • Fixed an issue where some changes made through Shortcuts might not be saved after restarting Play. GENERAL: • Redesigned list view for better usability and readability. • Ability to press 1-9 while watching videos to jump to 10%-90% of playback. • Support for opening multiple selected videos using the Command–Return keyboard shortcut. • Added support for copying and pasting tags between items. • Added support for copying and pasting custom colors when creating or editing tag, smart search, and folders. • Added support for duplicating auto-tagging conditions. • Added 187 new icons to customize your tags, smart search, and folders. SHORTCUTS AND WIDGETS: • Expanded Shortcuts support so you can add, edit, open, tag, and delete videos more easily. • Added better tag support in Shortcuts, including finding tags and applying them to videos. • Improved Shortcuts reliability across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. • Cleaned up outdated shortcut and widget options for a simpler experience. FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS: • Channels Inbox now waits for iCloud sync before refreshing, helping prevent outdated items from reappearing. • Fixed a crash when importing large Google Takeout subscription files. • Fixed an issue where creator counts in “New by Creator” could stay outdated after watching a video. • Also made smaller improvements and fixes to keep Play running more smoothly.

GENERAL: • Redesigned list view for better usability and readability. • Ability to press 1-9 while watching videos to jump to 10%-90% of playback. • Support for opening multiple selected videos using the Command–Return keyboard shortcut. • Added support for copying and pasting tags between items. • Added support for copying and pasting custom colors when creating or editing tag, smart search, and folders. • Added support for duplicating auto-tagging conditions. • Added 187 new icons to customize your tags, smart search, and folders. SHORTCUTS AND WIDGETS: • Expanded Shortcuts support so you can add, edit, open, tag, and delete videos more easily. • Added better tag support in Shortcuts, including finding tags and applying them to videos. • Improved Shortcuts reliability across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. • Cleaned up outdated shortcut and widget options for a simpler experience. FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS: • Channels Inbox now waits for iCloud sync before refreshing, helping prevent outdated items from reappearing. • Fixed a crash when importing large Google Takeout subscription files. • Fixed an issue where creator counts in “New by Creator” could stay outdated after watching a video. • Also made smaller improvements and fixes to keep Play running more smoothly.

• The Play Safari extension now takes you straight to the video’s details after adding it, so you can tag it, add notes, or start watching right away. • New URL Scheme: Add and View. Use play://add-and-open?url= to add a video to your library and immediately open its details — perfect for Shortcuts and other automation workflows. • Resolved some issues that could cause the app to crash on startup. • Improved performance when loading sidebar items.

• You can now customize Channel Inbox folders with your own colors and icons. • Several performance improvements for large libraries. • Bug fixes.

• The notes editor is now much more capable for detailed video notes: - Editing tools now appear directly above the text field for faster access. - You can format text with Markdown and add links more easily. - New tool for quickly referencing tags and other videos. - Ability to export your notes as a Markdown file. • Ability to create a new tag directly while adding tags to a Tag Folder.

Fixed an alignment issue in the video list where the blue “new” indicator could appear uneven across rows.

• Search now starts in the list you’re viewing, making results more relevant right away, with an option to switch back to searching everywhere. The search filters have also been redesigned to be easier to scan and adjust. • Fixed an issue where Play would fail to fetch metadata for TED talks.

• The Add Video dialog now supports importing videos from YouTube playlists, allowing you to add both individual videos and entire playlists in one place. • Search results can now be narrowed to a specific tag, making it easier to find the exact saved videos you’re looking for. • Shortcuts: You can now choose a tag folder when creating a tag via the Create Tag action, and it also returns a deep link to the new tag.

• Transcripts can now be kept in sync with video. • Added the ability to copy a channel’s “all uploads” playlist URL, which you can use to import every video from that channel. • Added YouTube account connection status in Settings, so you can immediately see whether your YouTube account is signed in or not.

• You can now reorder sections on your sidebar. Go to Settings → Sidebar to customize. • Fixed an issue that caused the About window to freeze when opened. • Fixed an issue where videos added from the Share Menu could fail to immediately appear in Play after returning to the app.

• You can now reorder sections on your sidebar. Go to Settings → Sidebar to customize. • Fixed an issue that caused the About window to freeze when opened.

Fixed an issue where adding videos via the Share Menu or Shortcuts could fail in some cases.

• Play is now free to download, so everyone can get started with the core experience. All paid features now live under Play Premium, making purchases clearer and easier to manage. • Added the ability to export video transcripts as .txt files. • Fixed an issue where pressing Space while watching a video could open additional hidden player windows in Channels Inbox. Now Space correctly controls playback in the active player. • Fixed an issue where widget artwork rendered incorrectly when the widget was dimmed.

Performance improvements when scrolling the list of videos.

• Managing Channels Inbox filters is now simpler, with a new easy-to-use editor replacing the previous inline text fields for filtering by title and description. • The “New by Creator” section has been restored in the sidebar and is now turned off by default. • Fixed a Notes editing sync issue where newly added bookmarks were not showing up.

NEW: • Safari extension for quickly adding the current page to Play. Tip: use the Control-Option-P keyboard shortcut for even faster access! • Support for TikTok videos. BUG FIXES: • Fixed an issue where the video count in the list subtitle did not update after adding or removing videos. • Fixed an issue where changes to the tag list were not reflected in the context menu until the app was restarted. • Fixed an issue where the close button was not shown in Channels Inbox on macOS Sequoia.

Fixed a bug that sometimes caused selected sidebar items to not respond when clicked.

• Channels Inbox now opens as a sheet instead of a separate window, for a more streamlined experience. • Improved performance when importing channels from a Google Takeout file. • Added Command-C keyboard shortcut to copy the video URL in Channels Inbox. • Scheduled videos that didn’t have a duration available when they were added will now automatically update their metadata. • Fixed an issue where selecting “Play and Mark as Watched” on a playlist would incorrectly mark the entire playlist as watched instead of only the first 50 videos. • Fixed an issue where shorts were not properly hidden for some channels in Channels Inbox.

• Video lists now smoothly animate when you filter, sort, or make any changes to the displayed items. • Improved app launch speed and faster switching between lists. • Context menus are now selection-aware and behave just like other macOS context menus. • The Add Video sheet now preselects the chosen tag when you open it from a tag list. TAGS, SMART SEARCH, AND AUTO-TAGGING IMPROVEMENTS • Multiple selection support: Select and manage multiple items at once using Cmd+Click or Shift+Click. • Improved context menus: Right-click selected items for contextual actions (Edit, Duplicate, Delete, etc.). • Keyboard shortcuts: Use Delete key to remove selected items and Cmd+N to create new ones. • Drag and drop: Drag tags and smart searches into folders for easier organization. • Bulk operations: Duplicate or delete multiple items simultaneously.

NEW: AI ASSISTANT Generate concise, detailed, or simplified video summaries, ask questions about the video, and find exactly what you need: • Concise Summary: Get a quick overview of the video, perfect for understanding the core idea in seconds. • Detailed Summary: Dive deeper with a structured breakdown of the video’s main topics, key points, and important details. • Simple Explanation: A plain-language explanation that makes even complex topics easy to understand, designed for viewers with little or no prior knowledge. • Ask a Question: Ask anything about the video and get accurate answers. AI Assistant is available to Play Premium subscribers on devices that support Apple Intelligence. IMPROVED • Ability to sort the New by Creator section by name or video count. • Tag folders now display the total video count as a badge in the sidebar. • Added “New Tag...” option to the Add Tag context menu, allowing you to create a new tag directly while selecting videos without losing your selection. • Added “Open Play” option to the Window menu, allowing you to reopen the main window if it’s accidentally closed. • Play now remembers the last selected color when creating Smart Searches, making it easier to create multiple items with the same color. APP SHORTCUTS • New Shortcuts action to retrieve the currently playing item (Get Currently Playing Video). BUG FIXES • Fixed an issue where right-clicking a video in Channels Inbox while another was selected would incorrectly apply the action to the selected video instead of the right-clicked one.

• New visibility options in Preferences → Sidebar to show or hide individual sections like New, Watched, All, and In Progress. • New Shortcut action to retrieve all bookmarks from a video. • Smart Search now supports the * wildcard in the Notes field, allowing you to filter items that have notes. • Channel thumbnails that fail to load are now automatically refreshed from YouTube. • Attempt to fix an issue where row heights would miscalculate on launch when Show Full Title is enabled. • Fixed an issue where right-clicking a video while another was selected would incorrectly apply the action to the selected video instead of the right-clicked one.

• Fixed an issue that could sometimes prevent the player from saving the current playback position and marking as watched. • When importing a YouTube playlist, videos that already exist in your database will no longer be skipped. Instead, they will be automatically tagged with the tag you selected for the import. • You can now choose from 26 new icons to customize your tags, Smart Search, and folders, with new categories such as food and electronic equipment.