This AI-powered video player automatically organizes your media library, fetches metadata and trailers, and supports multiple sources. Enjoy top-notch picture quality with support for UHD formats and spatial audio, along with smart subtitle matching.
Summarized from real user reviews of Forward. Based on 658 reviews and a 4.5/5 average, it highlights the 5 positives and 4 negatives reviewers mention most about this Entertainment app.
1.3.18
July 14, 2026
This major update expands playback, media server, AI subtitle, offline download, and cloud-drive media management capabilities. - Added ISO/BDMV Blu-ray playback with remote ISO, chapters, playlists, and intro/outro detection. - Added Plex media server support for libraries, search, details, playback, watch state, and multiple servers. - Added AI audio-track recognition and AI subtitle translation with target languages, custom prompts, and model management. - Added a Scraping Center for finding, searching, and retrying unmatched or failed media files. - Added manual cloud-drive folder, file, and external subtitle binding from Detail pages. - Added iOS offline download management with improved source selection, queues, recovery, and cross-device package import. - Added ZIP subtitle packages, image subtitle scaling, and custom subtitle request headers. - Added in-player season switching, cross-season continuous playback, and next-episode preloading. - Expanded Emby STRM, chapter image, reverse proxy, download permission, and source recovery support. - Improved Stremio media tags, Watch Calendar, Continue Watching, watched status, and next-episode selection. - Improved Detail pages, libraries, Danmaku, Picture in Picture, and tvOS playback controls. - Fixed additional playback, download, sync, notification, caching, and interface issues.
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4 issues
Persistent crashing problem
Playback issues with certain file formats
4 requests
Add support for more cloud storage providers
Implement full-screen and picture-in-picture modes
Forward* is an AI-driven video player and media library management tool. It automatically organizes your media, fetches metadata and trailers, and provides a high-quality viewing experience with support for advanced formats and audio.
Key features include AI-driven media library management, multi-source aggregation from cloud storage and servers, customizable homepage, top-notch picture quality with UHD format support, comprehensive format compatibility, smart subtitle support, and seamless access to cloud and local resources.
The application is free to download and use, but it offers in-app purchases for additional features or content. The description indicates it has in-app purchases and no ads.
While the description doesn't explicitly list device compatibility, it mentions support for remote control interaction, suggesting it's likely available on platforms that support such input, such as smart TVs, streaming devices, or mobile devices with controller support.
Forward* uses AI to automatically categorize your media files. It intelligently recognizes content like movies and series, fetches relevant metadata, covers, and trailers from sources like TMDB, keeping your library neat and visually appealing without manual effort.
