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Change log

Release notes

New features, fixes, and infrastructure improvements across WatchAnimeX.

Latest

Player, personalization and responsive polish

A more capable native player, clearer personalization controls, and carefully tuned layouts across desktop and mobile.

  • ✓The native player now has direct audio and caption access, improved settings, cleaner play feedback and a refined buffering indicator.
  • ✓Theater mode is available below the player for every server, with native controls plus T and Escape keyboard shortcuts.
  • ✓SUB, DUB and MULTI playback follows each viewer's saved audio preference.
  • ✓Dark and Slate controls now sit beside the accent palette, with Violet as the default accent for new viewers.
  • ✓Status notices follow the selected accent instead of forcing green.
  • ✓Hero framing, mobile pagination, sharing controls and navigation guidance were refined for narrow screens.
  • ✓Dive Back In entries can be removed individually without clearing the complete history.
  • ✓Anime details gained a saved trailer autoplay toggle and cleaner responsive actions.
WatchAnimeX web and player release
Reliability

Personalization and reliability

A calmer default canvas, clearer theme controls, and stronger update behavior.

  • ✓Gray is now the starting background for every viewer, with Black one tap away.
  • ✓Background and accent choices now live together in the Theme menu.
  • ✓Open tabs receive new deployments without stale assets blocking navigation.
  • ✓Immutable asset caching improves repeat visits without hiding new builds.
WatchAnimeX web release
Playback

Faster episode starts

Playback preparation begins earlier and provider switching feels more immediate.

  • ✓Episode and provider resources prefetch before entering the watch page.
  • ✓Native playback no longer forces 4K for first-time viewers.
  • ✓Mobile controls and trailer framing received responsive fixes.
WatchAnimeX player release
Accounts

Unified list connections

Anime progress can move with viewers across their preferred list service.

  • ✓AniCore OAuth and synchronization joined AniList and MyAnimeList.
  • ✓Profiles can switch between connected list providers.
  • ✓Resume behavior respects the latest synchronized episode.
WatchAnimeX account release