# 🚀 Introducing a New VIP Beta of Trakt for Android **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** android\ **Created:** [October 30, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960 "2025-10-30T18:05:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kcador](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/kcador/32/54680_2.png) [@kcador](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/kcador)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/1 "2025-10-30T18:05:54Z")
Hi everyone! 👋 We are excited to share the first VIP Beta of the new **Trakt app for Android** 🎉 This is a completely new app built from scratch. It is **lighter** , **faster** and introduces a **fresh** new design that will serve as the foundation for the future of Trakt on Android. This Beta does not include everything the current production Android app offers. It is an early look at what we are building next. Your feedback at this stage is very important. * * * ## 📥 How to Access If you are a **Trakt VIP** , you can join the Beta and install the new Trakt app for Android using the link below: 👉 **[Join the VIP Android Beta](https://trakt.tv/apps)** If you are already part of the Beta Group, you can now install the [new version](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.trakt.trakt) directly on your Android device. If you are not a VIP yet and would like early access, you can learn more about VIP [here](https://trakt.tv/vip). If you have trouble installing or accessing the Beta, please contact us through our support channels and we will help you. * * * ## ✨ What is Included This first Beta version focuses on the core experience and a clean, modern and smooth interface. **Fresh New Interface** A redesigned app with a simpler and more fluid experience. **Discover Shows and Movies** Browse popular, trending, anticipated and personal recommendations. **Show and Movie Pages** View overviews, ratings, genres and manage your watch history and watchlist. **Watching and History** Track what you are watching with **Continue Watching** and browse your history. **Comments** Read comments from the community for shows and movies. This is only the beginning and we will release improvements and new features frequently during the Beta. * * * ## 🔧 What is Missing for Now Some features from the current Android app are not available in this first Beta. They will return over time with improvements. Here are some of the features planned for upcoming releases: ⭐ Ratings and Favorites 🎯 Filters and more browsing options 🌍 Localization with support for more languages ⚙ More profile and account features Additional updates will follow as the Beta evolves. * * * ## 🏗 Why a New App The current Trakt Android app has been around for some time and reached its limits. This new version is built on a more modern and scalable foundation so we can: ⚡ Release updates faster ♻ offer a more consistent experience across devices ✨ support new features more easily This VIP Beta is the first step before replacing the existing Android app with the new version. * * * ## 🙏 How You Can Help Your feedback will help us refine the app and shape what comes next. Please share: 🐞 Bugs 💡 Suggestions 💅 Usability feedback 💜 Things you like Post everything in this thread so feedback stays in one place. It helps us track and prioritise effectively. * * * ## 👀 Want a Preview? ![Trakt Android](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/trakt/original/3X/9/d/9d4dd388574fad8262f2a03f5fc917171691cd46.jpeg) If you check it out quickly, you may even still enjoy the limited-time 🎃 Halloween theme before it disappears! ![Trakt Android Halloween Mode](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/trakt/original/3X/6/3/63e29e3b861cdc9ffe68aa3fa63e221ae89204f4.jpeg) * * * Thank you for being a VIP and helping us shape the future of Trakt on Android! 🍿 The Trakt Team ---
**Author:** ![chronosvella](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/chronosvella/32/42312_2.png) [@chronosvella](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/chronosvella)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/2 "2025-10-30T18:58:16Z")
How do you back out of the Beta on Android? I’d like to go back until is fully functional ---
**Author:** ![kcador](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/kcador/32/54680_2.png) [@kcador](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/kcador)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/3 "2025-10-30T19:03:30Z")
You should be able to either leave the beta program from the Google Play page or just uninstall the beta and reinstall the production version. Here’s a [guide](https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/15654751?hl=en) from Google on the topic. ---
**Author:** ![cuellarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/cuellarm/32/48134_2.png) [@cuellarm](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/cuellarm)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/5 "2025-10-30T19:18:24Z")
I installed the Beta and have been testing it a little bit. I can see it is pretty much the same as Lite. With that said, here are some observations: - The app is fluid on my Google Pixel 7 Pro. The animations are smooth and the images load pretty quickly. - Continue Watching: needs ability to filter out completed shows or items in the watchlist, like the main site, so it only displays shows I am actively watching. - Mark as Watched: needs the option to select the date. Tapping marks watched immediately, and I tried tap and hold to see if it showed the option, but it doesn’t. This makes it inconvenient to use the app if you want to use anything other than ‘right now’ as when you finished watching something. - Upcoming Schedule: needs option to see the full calendar. Trakt Lite has an icon that takes you to the calendar; the Beta app does not, which makes it very limited and only lets you see the next 5 or so items coming up. - Would really like the option to blur spoilers, like episode descriptions and episode images. The image of an episode can give away key info you may not want to have. Maybe use the season poster instead, or give the option on which one to use? - Needs Sort options all across (e.g. sort by last watched date, sort by date added to list, alphabetical, etc.). - I never saw the Halloween theme - Does the app support notifications? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![chronosvella](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/chronosvella/32/42312_2.png) [@chronosvella](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/chronosvella)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/6 "2025-10-30T19:22:19Z")
Did all that. No longer in the beta. Re-downloaded, got the old app. Then it updated to the beta again. There’s a bug ---
**Author:** ![kcador](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/kcador/32/54680_2.png) [@kcador](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/kcador)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/7 "2025-10-30T19:40:33Z")
> [@Skick3](#): > > Continue watching, mark episode as seen, That’s already available in the beta. > [@Skick3](#): > > and rate episode (1-10) are no longer possible. The ability to rate is not available yet in this beta, this is stated in the post above. > [@Skick3](#): > > Marking a date as seen is no longer possible. Not yet in the beta. > [@Skick3](#): > > Adding content to a list is no longer possible. For the moment, you can long press the 🔖 button on a content and it will open a sheet with all your lists. This will be improved. > [@Skick3](#): > > Filtering in lists is no longer available. > Filtering in searches is no longer available. Filtering is part of the missing items in the beta, yes. > [@Skick3](#): > > As well as episodes from the current season somewhere in between, but how do I access other seasons? You can select a season on top of the episode row. There is currently no season overview. > [@Skick3](#): > > Where has the calendar gone? Not part of this first beta. > [@Skick3](#): > > Advertising You seem to be calling Trending, Anticipated and Popular content as well as Related content as advertising. I don’t think that’s the case. The TV icon is there to help you discover new TV content. The Movie icon is there to help you discover new movie content. > [@Skick3](#): > > Lists that are now completely unsorted and jumbled together, and you can search through over 30 lists to find the relevant one. Personal lists from others can no longer be accessed. This will be improved. Browsing and filtering will be improved. ---
**Author:** ![kcador](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/kcador/32/54680_2.png) [@kcador](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/kcador)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/8 "2025-10-30T19:45:52Z")
> [@cuellarm](#): > > The app is fluid on my Google Pixel 7 Pro. The animations are smooth and the images load pretty quickly. Thank you 🙏 > [@cuellarm](#): > > Continue Watching: needs ability to filter out completed shows or items in the watchlist, like the main site, so it only displays shows I am actively watching. You can drop them on the web, they will disappear from the Android beta. Dropping will be supported in Android directly in the near future. > [@cuellarm](#): > > Mark as Watched: needs the option to select the date. Tapping marks watched immediately, and I tried tap and hold to see if it showed the option, but it doesn’t. This makes it inconvenient to use the app if you want to use anything other than ‘right now’ as when you finished watching something. Yes, this will be added soon. Thanks for the way you voiced this feedback! > [@cuellarm](#): > > Upcoming Schedule: needs option to see the full calendar. Trakt Lite has an icon that takes you to the calendar; the Beta app does not, which makes it very limited and only lets you see the next 5 or so items coming up. Planned 👍 > [@cuellarm](#): > > Would really like the option to blur spoilers, like episode descriptions and episode images. The image of an episode can give away key info you may not want to have. Maybe use the season poster instead, or give the option on which one to use? Taking note of this one. Not the highest priority but interesting. Thanks! > [@cuellarm](#): > > Needs Sort options all across (e.g. sort by last watched date, sort by date added to list, alphabetical, etc.). Yes, this is a big one we are missing right now from the beta. > [@cuellarm](#): > > I never saw the Halloween theme It should be available now 🎃 > [@cuellarm](#): > > Does the app support notifications? Not yet but it is planned. ---
**Author:** ![kcador](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/kcador/32/54680_2.png) [@kcador](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/kcador)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/9 "2025-10-30T19:47:32Z")
Did some Googling and found this might help: go to Settings → Applications → Manage apps → Google Play Store → Storage → Clear data, and when it shows an option, choose only Cache. Then try the above again. ---
**Author:** ![RickSanchez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/ricksanchez/32/52141_2.png) [@RickSanchez](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/RickSanchez)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/11 "2025-10-30T20:24:15Z")
Urgh, not this crap again with watchlist items in your continue watching. They need to sort this out and stop trying to change stuff people will never want by default. It makes no logical sense. I hope for everyone’s sake this is just a bug again. ---
**Author:** ![cuellarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/cuellarm/32/48134_2.png) [@cuellarm](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/cuellarm)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/13 "2025-10-30T20:29:22Z")
> [@kcador](#): > > > [@cuellarm](#): > > > > Continue Watching: needs ability to filter out completed shows or items in the watchlist, like the main site, so it only displays shows I am actively watching. > > You can drop them on the web, they will disappear from the Android beta. Dropping will be supported in Android directly in the near future. I think I was not clear explaining this. I did not mean Dropped shows, which I am very familiar with. Right now, on the main site, going to _Up Next_, which takes you to _In Progress_, shows you only all the shows you are currently watching, as it should be. However, on Trakt Lite, and also the new Beta App, the behavior is not the same. _Continue Watching_ is showing my active shows + everything in my _Watchlist_. This should not be the case. _Watchlist_ is a list of shows I am interested to see at some point, but it should not be commingled with what I am currently watching. So, in a nutshell, Trakt Lite and the Beta app are mixing together shows from _In Progress_ AND _Watchlist_ shows. It should not include _Wachlist_ shows in there. I saw another user commented on the same thing. I hope I am explaining myself better this time. Thanks for your attention. ---
**Author:** ![Hank](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/hank/32/50900_2.png) [@Hank](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/Hank)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/15 "2025-10-30T21:21:21Z")
Reposting here at Justin’s suggestion… @kcador Is the Trakt team listening to their users at all? Do you all understand that we do not want this change? Folks were very vocal about their displeasure with this change when it infected the iOS app a few weeks ago. Is your goal to run off every paying user you have left? If so, then I guess you are on the path to success. If not, I suggest you all get your heads out of your backsides quickly. ETA - Just to clarify, I am talking about the inclusion of watchlist items in Up Next. ---
**Author:** ![allyssonsouzam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/allyssonsouzam/32/47869_2.png) [@allyssonsouzam](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/allyssonsouzam)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/16 "2025-10-30T23:45:00Z")
“Continue Watching” section is not loading for me “Uh oh… this wasn’t planned. If this keeps happening, please contact Trakt support. ae.g: lllegal input: Unexpected JSON token at offset 64423: Expected string literal but ‘null’ literal was found at path: $[18].progress.last\_episode.title Use ‘coercelnputValues = true’ in ‘Json f?’ builder to coerce nulls if property has a default value. JSON input: …9635.“trakt”:52779407.“title”:null.“votes”:0."i” ---
**Author:** ![wyrdf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/wyrdf/32/19985_2.png) [@wyrdf](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/wyrdf)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/17 "2025-10-31T01:32:05Z")
All the functions in my android app as a VIP have been changed and I can no longer find a bunch of stuff. I can’t get rid of the beta. And the cost is going up from 30 to 60 USD dollars from last year. I use this app several times a day and now it is useless. Won’t be renewing ---
**Author:** ![kcador](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/kcador/32/54680_2.png) [@kcador](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/kcador)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/19 "2025-10-31T07:19:00Z")
We are working on the _Continue Watching_ to make it better. The Watchlisted items will be separated from the pure _Continue Watching_ soon. This is something we communicated already in another thread on the forum about the Up Next feature specifically. I’m just mentioning this because this is not something I’m saying to appease you. It is a feedback we received already and we are working on it. > [@LoganWolverineX](#): > > also sorting is all messed up.. it appears to be sorting in last watched rather than my default of sorting by air date/time Can you be more specific about where? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![kcador](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/kcador/32/54680_2.png) [@kcador](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/kcador)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/20 "2025-10-31T07:53:05Z")
> [@Skick3](#): > > I read the initial post and know what hasn’t been implemented. Only basic functionality should be included in the first beta version of a new release. Agreed. Currently, only a few basic functionalities are available in the beta. Your feedback helps prioritize what we should include in the next one. > [@Skick3](#): > > It doesn’t work, I can’t add a movie to one of my 30 lists, only to the watchlist. That’s not the same thing. > That’s not the point of lists, to clutter up the watchlist with everything. You are right. Can you please confirm the following doesn’t work: - open a movie detail page - long press the ribbon icon - see a list of all your list pop up - tap a list to add the movie in that list There might be a bug here. And as I said, this will be improved (especially the discoverability of it). > [@Skick3](#): > > Where can you do that? > Nothing happens when I press or long press on Header/Text Season X. Sorry, I think we are mixing things up here. Let me share more: - You can long press the ribbon icon to add a movie to a specific list ![Screenshot_20251031-083040](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/trakt/original/3X/6/4/6452117565f5f7db7f8be3aea3baf3b8ba7d81d8.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20251031-083106](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/trakt/original/3X/a/7/a7d6ef36689b9efb2650946b71427eaedf1335ba.png) ![Screenshot_20251031-083120](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/trakt/original/3X/c/e/cee1f7612250245eda816d6b175eb34b01131020.png) - You were also asking about seasons and episodes, I was just point out that you can select a season (one tap) on top of the episode list to change the season’s episode lineup you see. ![Screenshot_20251031-083216](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/trakt/original/3X/6/6/661c3808114ffbbf08f53244a74bb4d7a610f8c3.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20251031-083221](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/trakt/original/3X/b/a/ba43f93d9d2320b09bf9ae58ca0206b285255712.jpeg) > [@Skick3](#): > > I would prefer it if the calendar opened here instead of other things that I don’t look at. There is already an icon next to it for that. It would be good to add a grouping option between movies and series here. Other dialogues also have this grouping option in the new app. This is a good point, thank you! We are looking at another way to group things (navigation) and we are going in that direction. > [@Skick3](#): > > My greatest wish is that the basic functions such as rating (scale 1–10, imdb, tmdb), “Watched” (including time/date) are available again, and that the episode mask is clearly arranged and filled with relevant information. All planned! > [@Skick3](#): > > Additional content should remain in tabs such as “About,” “Cast,” “Season,” etc., as in the previous Trakt app, instead of cramming everything together on one screen without spacing and in one font size. The episodes of a season should be listed clearly one below the other instead of in a single line. Just bring back the old, clear episode mask and get rid of the Trakt Lite crap. I’ll bring this up to the UI/UX team. Just a note: what you are describing is true for the Android app because the previous design used sections but it’s not true for all the platforms. So comparing a specific platform to the whole Trakt Lite experience is not really fair. > [@Skick3](#): > > Something else I noticed: Continue Watching only lists 20 series instead of all open ones (except those that have been watched in full). You can open the full list by taping the title (Continue Watching \>). > [@Skick3](#): > > Then I also hope that you take user feedback on board and don’t just stubbornly continue with a Trakt Lite 2.0 version, because it’s incomprehensible that such a highly regarded tracking app should be ruined like this. I’ll come back to this later. Thanks for your feedback! ---
**Author:** ![kcador](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/kcador/32/54680_2.png) [@kcador](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/kcador)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/21 "2025-10-31T07:57:36Z")
What you said! This is coming to the new Android version in the near future. ![Screenshot 2025-10-31 at 08.54.52](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/trakt/original/3X/a/7/a7aa1305cf511ced5ce34a9ba91284799a032054.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![kcador](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/kcador/32/54680_2.png) [@kcador](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/kcador)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/22 "2025-10-31T08:11:19Z")
> [@Hank](#): > > Is the Trakt team listening to their users at all? Yes! > [@Hank](#): > > Do you all understand that we do not want this change? Yes! We do all understand that **some** users do not want this change. We are improving things constantly while listening to our users (not just on the forums) and we are also looking at our analytics data. You are not alone but also you are not alone. > [@Hank](#): > > Is your goal to run off every paying user you have left? No! > [@Hank](#): > > ETA - Just to clarify, I am talking about the inclusion of watchlist items in Up Next. Look at my other replies: I think I’ve made it clear we **are** listening. This is a beta for a new Android version (not a beta of a new Up Next), the _Continue Watching_ and _Start Watching_ is a change we are rolling out because we don’t have our heads in the sand. ---
**Author:** ![kcador](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/kcador/32/54680_2.png) [@kcador](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/kcador)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/23 "2025-10-31T08:18:42Z")
We’re on it. Thanks for the report! ---
**Author:** ![kcador](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/kcador/32/54680_2.png) [@kcador](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/kcador)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/24 "2025-10-31T08:25:13Z")
> [@wyrdf](#): > > All the functions in my android app as a VIP have been changed and I can no longer find a bunch of stuff. Could you be more specific? It will help us prioritize what to bring back for your use cases. > [@wyrdf](#): > > I can’t get rid of the beta. You should be able to leave the beta program, uninstall and reinstall the production app. ---
**Author:** ![FerdiZ](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.trakt.tv/ferdiz/32/19990_2.png) [@FerdiZ](https://forums.trakt.tv/u/FerdiZ)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960/25 "2025-10-31T09:35:24Z")
Will there be an option to revert back to the ‘old UI’? I am guessing at some point the BETA version will be the ONLY version. I for one, strongly dislike the ‘Lite’ style that seems to be rolled out to iOS and now Android aswell. Specifically, I prefer vertical scrolling (with or without grids) over the horizontal scrolling that seems to be the prevailing UI/UX at the moment. I see this happening on various different platforms. In your first post you describe it as a ‘fresher’ design. Fresher, for me atleast, translates to less cluttered which the Lite design doesn’t achieve for me. It seems that, as kcador already so poetically stated, we are not alone but we are not alone. So how will you cater to the group that is not alone in preferring the non-lite designs and intuitivity? [Next page](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/introducing-a-new-vip-beta-of-trakt-for-android/84960.md?page=2)