Search Results: ContentDiscovery

A new tool, StreamBuddy, tackles the frustration of scattered streaming libraries by enabling complex natural language searches across platforms. Developers can filter films by service, ratings, actors, genre, runtime, and release year in a single query, promising smarter content discovery. This highlights ongoing technical challenges in aggregating fragmented metadata and signals a shift toward conversational interfaces for media search.

Netflix's algorithm-driven interface hides thousands of titles, but technical users can bypass recommendations using secret genre codes. We explore how developers can access these hidden categories through direct URL manipulation and browser extensions, revealing a vastly larger content library than surface browsing suggests.

Roku is rolling out four major updates to its streaming platform, including AI-curated short-form 'Surf Mode' and real-time trending content rows, directly addressing the overwhelm of fragmented streaming libraries. These features aim to simplify discovery across its 90 million devices while highlighting new theatrical releases and live TV channels.