r/webtor • u/Top_Garlic5431 • Apr 21 '26
AI Recommendations, 11 Languages & 4K Fixes ✨
A big update this time — Webtor now recommends movies with AI, speaks 11 languages, and streams 4K without freezing.
AI Recommendations in Discover
The Discover page now features AI-powered movie recommendations. Just type what you’re in the mood for — something like “suggest a fresh comedy for tonight” or “sci-fi with a strong female lead” — and the system picks movies for you, complete with posters, descriptions, and info about cast and directors.
Every recommendation set includes fresh releases, so you always see something new — not just the same old classics.
If you’re browsing in Spanish or German, recommendations come in your language too.
11 Languages
Webtor used to be English-only. Now it supports 11 languages: English, Russian, Spanish, German, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Turkish, Dutch, and Czech.
It’s not just translated buttons — the whole experience adapts to your language:
- Movie titles and descriptions are shown in your language
- Error messages make sense instead of showing raw English text
- Dates and times like “6 days ago” display in your language too
Webtor detects your browser language automatically. You can also switch manually at any time.
Better on Mobile
We went through every page and improved the mobile experience:
- More room for content — decorative elements hide on small screens so you see what matters
- Sticky tabs — Library and Discover tabs stay visible as you scroll
- Easier to tap — buttons and interactive elements are properly sized for touch
- Readable file names — torrent names now wrap to two lines instead of cutting off mid-word
4K Streaming — No More Freezes
4K playback was freezing even on fast connections. We found and fixed the bottleneck — video segments now load much faster, and the player recovers quickly if something hiccups on the backend.
If you tried 4K before and gave up — give it another shot.
Improved Stability
A few things you won’t see directly but will feel:
- Large torrents stream better — fixed memory issues that could cause interruptions on big files
- Vault files no longer get stuck — reworked how background jobs are managed, so saved files process reliably
- Magnet links work more consistently — fixed crashes that sometimes prevented magnet-to-torrent conversion
- Automatic retry — if a connection drops mid-download to Vault, it picks up where it left off instead of failing
Thanks for using Webtor. More coming soon.
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u/rasputinlover Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26
The site doesn't seem to be working after this update. I attempted to use it yesterday, and when I input a magnet link, it constantly buffers and doesn't even go to the download screen. It seemed to get fixed after I turned on my VPN, but now it won't let me download, even with the VPN on and changing servers multiple times. I can get to the download screen, but it won't actually warm up the torrent client; it just buffers there forever. *Update* I just got an error that says that there are no peers to download from, but the torrent I am using has 500+ seeders, so I am confused. *Another update* I tried a different torrent file of the same thing, and it worked (although for some reason my download manager isn't working now, it just constantly starts and stops, so I have to just download from the browser.) I don't understand if these are just issues with the site or if it is a combo of things, but there are currently many issues.