Reel Beta v0.8.782 Coming to the Roku Channel Store

For people who run their own Plex Media Server

Now showing: your library.

Reel opens straight into your library - the media you share with family and invited guests, presented with care. Reel talks to one server: the Plex Media Server you already run.

Reel's Home screen: the left rail collapsed to a slim icon gutter, a focused film re-tinting the whole page its own colors, a Continue Watching row below.
Beta build · polish in progress

Built on these laws, everything else follows.

Familiarity

Users should not have to relearn how to browse, select, play, or return. Navigation, controls, and focus should follow conventions other apps have been using for years, and the same action must keep the same meaning from one screen to the next. New features must extend what the app does, not redesign user habits.

Configurability

Meaningful choices about appearance, behavior, and available features must belong to the server owner. Once configured, the experience cannot be changed, expanded, or reinterpreted by an update. Any new feature that alters what users see or how the app behaves must remain disabled until the owner enables it.

Craft

Every screen and interaction has to hold up after the first impression wears off. Focus must be obvious, navigation can't do anything unexpected, and getting somewhere should never take more clicks than it reasonably needs. A feature isn't finished until it feels deliberate, predictable, and easy to use.

The full tour

We're still hanging the lobby cards.

This page is getting its finishing touches right now - the full walkthrough of navigation, the library grid, the episode guide, playback, subtitles, and the owner's settings, each with fresh screenshots. Check back soon; the doors are almost open.

Reel is in beta with an invited crew. Coming to the Roku Channel Store.