VIPs can opt in to a new “experimental” search engine in the settings. Please let me know if the accuracy is better with this new engine.
Just checking is the new experimental search web only or also used on the app? (@Ohifriend)
As I search on both soooooo 
The new search engine is the default for all VIP members now. New topic has more details, please post any bugs or feedback in that topic.
I’m not 100% sure how this is working from the API side of things. My guess is that if the search results (eg. the order) is different on the app vs the website then it’s website-only atm.
From my test of https://trakt.tv/search/?query=Spiderman it looks like the experimental search is different to what the app shows (via the API) and therefore it’s website only atm.
I’m happy that the search feature is finally getting some love however, it’s still a hit or a miss 99% of the time.
I still find myself using other apps when trying to search for content, because Trakt typically requires the full title usually to get an accurate result.
It’s very frustrating when I need to search for X film and I know that other sources will allow me to search a section of the title, and that other sources understand the context that I’m searching for a film and will autocomplete and/or make an assumption.
I’m not entirely sure how Trakt search works but it feels like an exact match kind of search, when in the form of content, context matters.
(I am VIP with experimental enabled)
Question.
Can i search by last watched time, based on rating? So for example i want to see all 8’s and the last time i watched them. Without exporting (though i can export its not the end of the world). Idea being “I havent watched this amazing movie in a long time”, it would be great to see its been 5 year since the watch
I will say the guy above on the search is correct, wildcard SHOULD be default at the beginning and end of every search, but its not.
It’s not currently possible to do exactly what you’re looking for, but you can filter your ratings page by rating. However, it’s only possible to then sort by the “rated date”, not watched date. Depending on when you rate something (immediately after a watch?) then that could potentially work for your scenario.
Yeah i have most of the integrations setup to rate, however rate date isn’t updated if i’ve already watched something once (unless i’m mistaken) for Kodi and other logins…