What it does
Recommendations suggests titles from your own library, based on what you watched, rated and favourited. Suggestions are arranged in up to eight shelves. Nothing outside your library is ever suggested. It is free, needs no JellyWatch account, and works on TV, phone and tablet.
Turn it on
You enable Recommendations for each profile:
- On Home, a one-time banner offers Enable Recommendations or Not now.
- On TV, select Recommendations in the sidebar, then Enable Recommendations.
- On phone and tablet, use the Recommendations button on Home, or Settings → Recommendations.
If you already enabled it for the same Jellyfin user on another device (for example the TV), your phone picks it up by itself, unless you turned it off on this device.
Kids profiles never get Recommendations.
The first analysis
The first time, the app reads your library and the server prepares your shelves. The screen shows Preparing your recommendations with a progress percentage. You can leave the page. It keeps working in the background.
The shelves
| Shelf | What it shows |
|---|---|
| For you | The titles that fit your taste best, with variety across genres and sagas |
| Because you liked … | Titles similar to one title you liked recently |
| You will probably like | More of the same ranking |
| Same mood as your favorites | Closest to your favourites, high ratings, thumbs-up and requests |
| Series that match your taste | Series only |
| To watch tonight | Movies with a length close to the movies you usually finish |
| Hidden gems in your library | Well-rated titles in genres you rarely watch |
| Movies outside your habits | Good movies from genres you do not usually watch. This shelf changes from one refresh to the next. |
A title appears in only one shelf. Several versions of one film (for example 1080p and 4K) are shown as one card. If the app does not know your taste yet, only three shelves appear: For you, To watch tonight and Series that match your taste.
What the ranking uses
Positive signals: finishing or rewatching a title, favourites, your ratings and thumbs-up. A Seerr request counts only if you also started the title. Negative signals: abandoning a title, low ratings, thumbs-down, and hiding a title. Recent activity weighs more than old activity. Titles you keep seeing without opening slowly drop in the ranking.
New rankings
The ranking refreshes in the background and never changes the screen under your fingers. When new shelves are ready, a New recommendations available banner appears. Select it to apply them.
Hide a title
Press and hold a title (long press on TV, long press on phone) and choose Don't recommend. It disappears and will not come back. Your watch history does not change.
To bring one back, open Ignored titles (the icon at the top of the screen), then select Recommend again.
Troubleshooting
| Message | What to do |
|---|---|
| Not enough movies or series to suggest yet. | Add more titles to your library, or watch a few |
| Recommendations are unavailable for now. | Try again later |
| The shelves look old | Open the page. After two weeks away, the app starts the analysis again. |
