📦 Trakt Product Roundup – September 2025

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September brought big improvements across both backend and frontend: new features polished, performance boosted and steady progress on Trakt, Trakt LITE, iOS and Android. And with Liquid Glass flowing out across third-party apps, the Trakt ecosystem is looking sharper than ever.

:sparkles: New on Trakt

Comments just got more expressive! :heart::joy::clap:
Reactions are now live on Trakt and Trakt LITE, coming soon to our iOS app and later this year to the new Android app.
:open_book: Learn more

Discord Rich Presence Bot :video_game:

Bring your Trakt activity into Discord with our new Rich Presence bot.
This is currently an engineering preview, not user-friendly.
If you can’t wait, you can clone the repo and run it.
:technologist: Open source on GitHub

Under the Hood :gear:

  • Search → Ongoing work continues to make it even faster and more accurate while we expand beyond basic searches to power trending, anticipated, popular, and custom results.
  • API performance → We’ve rolled out significant backend optimizations to improve speed and reduce server load. This briefly affected “Up Next” in our own apps, but the end result is a faster, more efficient API for both Trakt apps and third-party developers.

:high_voltage: Trakt LITE

Lots of quality-of-life updates this month:

  • Toggles
    • Better toggles in search & list headers (#997)
    • Improved favorites (#1001)
    • Toggle states now persist in your browser
  • Lists & Navigation
    • Redesigned Social List (#1007)
    • New mobile nav bar (#1009) with bottom search bar on non-iOS devices
    • Better list loading states (#1014)
    • Grouped activity items by episode – perfect for binge-watchers (#1043)
    • New drill-down design for lists (#1063)
  • Filters
    • “Ignore watched/watchlisted” no longer enabled by default (#1017)
    • “This year” added to decade filter (#1057)
    • Smarter saved filter handling (#1056)
  • Search
    • Actor birthdays shown as placeholders (#1036)
    • Trending searches for movies/shows displayed (#1083)
  • Other Improvements

:nerd_face: Want to dive deeper? Each update links to a GitHub pull request with details and screenshots.
And since Trakt LITE is open source, you can follow along as it evolves!

:robot: Trakt Android & Android TV

Our brand-new Android app is shaping up fast. Here’s a sneak peek:

New Trakt on Android
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:red_apple: Trakt iOS & tvOS

  • iOS 2.8 (BETA) → Now available for beta testers :tada:
    • Full support for iOS 26 and Liquid Glass
    • Refreshed Search tab with trending movies/shows and monthly birthdays
    • Added support for comment reactions :heart::joy::clap:
    • This update will be available publicly in October.
  • tvOS 1.7
    • Open Movies, Shows, and Episodes directly in Plex or Infuse
    • Dedicated Filters section in Settings
    • “Collection” renamed to “Library”
    • Fixed sync reliability when returning to the app

:hugs: Trakt Community

Apple’s iOS 26 introduced Liquid Glass and our third-party developers quickly embraced it:

  • Sequel v2.6 → Full redesign, refreshed navigation & detail screens, putting your media first.
  • Konsensus v1.14 → Cohesive new look with smoother interactions, aligned with Apple’s latest design.
  • Rippple v26 → A stunning new Liquid Glass design — lighter, fluid, expressive, yet instantly familiar.

If you’re a developer building a great Trakt app, we’d love to hear from you!
If your favorite Trakt app isn’t mentioned here and you’d like it featured, let us know.

:backhand_index_pointing_right: That’s a wrap for September! What update are you most excited about?

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