{"id":481379,"date":"2026-06-03T18:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/481379\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T18:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:43:08","slug":"new-social-features-further-plexs-evolution-from-media-server-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/481379\/","title":{"rendered":"New social features further Plex\u2019s evolution from media server business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plex is adding new social features to the platform.<\/p>\n<p>As of today, users can make and share \u201cpersonalized lists on Plex of any movie, show or episode,\u201d the company said in an announcement. Later this year, users will be able to import lists from other streaming services and react to other people\u2019s lists.<\/p>\n<p>This month, Plex will also launch a community forum that will allow people to \u201cpost and comment directly on any movie, show, season, or episode.\u201d Later this year, Plex will introduce \u201cMatch Scores\u201d based on a viewer\u2019s history and past ratings to predict how much they\u2019ll like a show or movie, Plex said.<\/p>\n<p>Plex already lets people rate content, and this year it will also allow them to react with emoji. Similarly, Plex will also enable people to respond to reviews and discussions with images. The goal, per Plex\u2019s announcement, is to bring \u201ca new layer of expression to every conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a \u201cFollow Anything\u201d feature coming this year will provide users with alerts around movies, shows, actors, and crew members that they follow.<\/p>\n<p>Plex\u2019s announcement claimed that its users have already \u201cmade over 100 million watching decisions a month and created more than 45 million watchlists,\u201d making the new capabilities relevant to how people use Plex today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe addition of these features marks the next step in Plex\u2019s vision to unify entertainment discovery and help users navigate an increasingly fragmented streaming landscape,\u201d Plex\u2019s announcement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plex is adding new social features to the platform. As of today, users can make and share \u201cpersonalized&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80],"class_list":["post-481379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}